- Fees: $100 (License fees are non-refundable)
- Both must apply together in person to get a Marriage Licence and the accompanying Registration of Marriage to give to your officiant on your wedding day
- Must each bring with you when applying to your license
- Proof of age Gov't ID: birth certificates or passports
- Photo ID: drivers license (or age of majority card)
- If under 18, bring written parental consent
- Relevant immigrant status card, treaty status card, Canadian citizenship card etc.
- The Licence will expire 90 days (3-months) after issued
- The Licence needs the following information
- Both parties must provide their parents' full names and birth places
- Each partners SIN numbers,
- No photocopies of documents is accepted
- Originals or certified copies only
- This license gets signed by the following at your wedding
- Yourselves (the 2 people getting married)
- Your officiant or religious ceremony leader (Minister, Priest, Imam, ,Rabbi etc.)
- Your 2-witnesses and is then sent to the government by your Minister/ Priest/ Rabbi or officiant (within 48 hours) to confirm the wedding took place
- Waiting Period: none
- Search License Issuer Locations Here
- For More General Information Read the Marriage License page
at the Government of Alberta website
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
- Fees: Regular $30
- Rush Service: $65 In Canada, $75 USA, $105 International Shipping
- Marriage Certificate Application Form pdf Here
- Option1: Drop off in person: Search Registry Agents Here
- Option2: Online Application
- Option3: Snail-Mail: Vital Statistics Agency
254 Portage Ave Wpg MB R3C 0B6 - Option4: Fax: (204) 948-3128
MARRY AFTER DIVORCE, DISSOLUTION OR DEATH
- WHEN YOU APPLY for your license, bring with you
- Your original Certificate of Marriage
- Certified Death Certificate
- Proof of divorce or dissolution of union (court certified copies)
- Absolute Decree
- judgement of dissolution from original court
- Certificate of Divorce
- If you are still uninformed contact the
Central Divorce Registry of Canada
P.O. Box 2730, Station D
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1W7
Phone: 613-957-4519 - THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The only way out of a marriage is divorce
- Original or certified documents only (your papers will be returned to you)
- If the original documents are in a language other than English, (English or French in Quebec) a certified translation is needed
- Manitoba accepts the following death-related documents as proof
- Certificate of Death or
- Funeral Home Statement of Death or
- obituary clipping from the newspaper (showing date of issue)
WHO CAN MARRY US
- Religious service: your registered religious representative of your choice or your congregation
- Civil service: Officiants who have been vetted by your province already
- In Manitoba, officiants are called Marriage Commissioner(s)
LINKS & CONTACT INFORMATION
- Vital Statistics
- Phone: 204-945-3701(Monday to Friday 8:30-4:30)
- toll free from inside Manitoba 1-866-949-9296
- Email: vitalstats@gov.mb.ca.
- Vital Statistics Office
- Alberta Marriage Information (Main Page)
- Alberta Vital Statistics Forms
- Marriage Act
- Government Fees
