There are four types of documents involved in wedding paper work.
1. THE WEDDING LICENSE
To get married a couple must purchase a WEDDING LICENSE at any City/Town Hall (Clerk’s Office) in the Province of Ontario. Your Wedding License is valid anywhere in the Province of Ontario for 90 days. After that it expires.
On the day of the wedding, you, and your witnesses write your names as they appear on the MARRIAGE LICENSE form. The person who marries you is required by law to mail your License for registration to the Registrar General of the Province of Ontario.
2. THE RECORD OF MARRIAGE
This is a detachable portion of your marriage license which the person who marries you fills in and gives to you. This is just a record of your marriage and is no longer recognized as a legal document by the Province of Ontario.
3. THE CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
The Province of Ontario advises couples to apply for the “Certificate of Marriage.” In most cases the City Hall where you bought your wedding license will give you an application form. The Certificate of Marriage is a LEGAL DOCUMENT. You can also apply on line at www.serviceontario.ca to order your certificate or call 1- 800-461-2156 (The Registrar General of Ontario for more information.)
4. THE MARRIAGE REGISTER
Couples, their witnesses and the person who marries them write their names into a MARRIAGE REGISTER. This register is a legal document back-up to your marriage and is government property. All persons registered to officiate marriages in the Provinces of Ontario must have one to keep as a back-up record of your marriage.
To get married a couple must purchase a WEDDING LICENSE at any City/Town Hall (Clerk’s Office) in the Province of Ontario. Your Wedding License is valid anywhere in the Province of Ontario for 90 days. After that it expires.
On the day of the wedding, you, and your witnesses write your names as they appear on the MARRIAGE LICENSE form. The person who marries you is required by law to mail your License for registration to the Registrar General of the Province of Ontario.
2. THE RECORD OF MARRIAGE
This is a detachable portion of your marriage license which the person who marries you fills in and gives to you. This is just a record of your marriage and is no longer recognized as a legal document by the Province of Ontario.
3. THE CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
The Province of Ontario advises couples to apply for the “Certificate of Marriage.” In most cases the City Hall where you bought your wedding license will give you an application form. The Certificate of Marriage is a LEGAL DOCUMENT. You can also apply on line at www.serviceontario.ca to order your certificate or call 1- 800-461-2156 (The Registrar General of Ontario for more information.)
4. THE MARRIAGE REGISTER
Couples, their witnesses and the person who marries them write their names into a MARRIAGE REGISTER. This register is a legal document back-up to your marriage and is government property. All persons registered to officiate marriages in the Provinces of Ontario must have one to keep as a back-up record of your marriage.