Hello,

Could anyone please tell me if you have to have a marriage license in the uk before being able to get married in Canada, or can you just do the whole thing in Canada? I cant find any information anywhere.

Hello Brigitte, I found this information for you. Hope this helps? Getting Married in Canada

Ah thank you but he isn't Canadian, we are both from the uk.

My wife is Canadian, I'm the Brit. We got married in Canada (before applying for PR) and I don't recall nationality being anything to do with it.

I was advised that a few weeks after marrying I should get a Canadian version of my birth certificate.

That was in Quebec.

Citizenship/Residency

There are no citizenship or residency requirements when applying for a marriage licence in Ontario or BC (and probably the other Provinces, Google "marriage in <insert Province>".

If either of you have been divorced it makes it slightly more complicated, please read the websites for details.

http://www.toronto.ca/marriage/index.htm
http://www.niagarafalls.ca/city-hall...s/default.aspx

http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/marriage/howto.html
http://www.ontario.ca/government/get-married-ontario
http://www.servicealberta.ca/1822.cfm

Thank you everyone for your replies..
I have done some more researching and I have found out that We can apply for the marriage license in Canada before we get married and then we have a 3 month time frame to get married in.
Thank you, you have all been very helpful x

In Ontario you can apply online too

It would be a bit late afterwards.

Thanks guys.
We are getting married in Whistler so Im going to have a look if there is one online for that. Thanks again

Here you go: http://www.whistler.ca/residents/mun...etting-married

Not available online for BC unfortunately, one of you has to apply in person - but it is valid on the day of issuance and then up to 90 days afterwards.

There are several different marriage commissioners, here's a list: http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/sear...sortby=surname

I wonder if, one day, you'll be able to marry online.

We got married in BC, both Brits and got our licence two days before wedding, just walked on in and swore an oath and that was that!!!

Marriage commisioner we booked a year in advance as they were all so busy!! We got married in August!

Followed by a virtual online consummation...I imagine the practicalities of that bit won't be too unfamiliar to most blokes...

we got married at lake loiuse no problem