Marriage Ceremony Rates

Marriage Ceremony

$250 (within Medicine Hat city limits)
  • Pre-Wedding consultation
  • Working together via email/telephone/skype with couples to customize Marriage Ceremony including poems, readings, vows, specialized ceremonies
  • Assistance with writing own vows (if needed)
  • Officiating the Marriage Ceremony
  • Civil Marriage Statement (this is a legal component)
  • Submission of completed Marriage License to Alberta Vital Statistics (legal component)
  • Follow-up with Couples after the Wedding Day

Outside Medicine Hat

$0.50 per/km
Travel expenses are added if the ceremony is outside of Medicine Hat city limits and are calculated at $0.50 per/km based on distance to and from the ceremony location.

Elopement 
(legal paperwork only)

$250 (Legal paperwork only)
  • Civil Marriage Statement (this is a legal component)
  • Submission of completed Marriage License to Alberta Vital Statistics (legal component)

Destination Ceremony
(legal paperwork only)

$250 (Legal paperwork only)
  • Civil Marriage Statement (this is a legal component)
  • Submission of completed Marriage License to Alberta Vital Statistics (legal component)

Rush Registration Fee

 $50
  • Personally register completed Marriage License next business day ​(after Marriage Ceremony) at registries office.
  • Saves approximately 2 weeks of waiting time if completed Marriage License is mailed to Edmonton, Alberta Vital Statistics (after Marriage Ceremony).

Rehearsal Fee

$50/hour - based on booking availability.

Sound system 

$50

Witness Fee

$35.00 per witness if provided by Marriage Commissioner.