Wedding traditions of Toronto
In Toronto, weddings are held in more than a hundred languages and at the Marriage Bureau at City Hall.
Canada legalised same-sex marriage nationwide in 2005, and Ontario in 2003. Toronto has a Civil Marriage Office at the City Hall and a diverse range of venues.
A wedding here
Many couples marry at a Toronto civic centre office or at one of the licensed venues in the city. A reception includes a first dance, speeches and cake, and a Polish-style dollar dance or an Italian-style envelope custom may appear.
Communities
Toronto's large South Asian, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Caribbean and Jewish communities each have a distinctive wedding culture.
Wedding customs of Toronto
Also part of it, and being written: Wedding (General customs.), Dollar dance (A custom in some communities.), Tamil wedding (A major community in the region.).
Communities and their weddings in Toronto
- Tamil and South Asian Large halls in Scarborough and Brampton.
- Italian and Greek Family weddings in banquet halls.
- Chinese Banquets and tea ceremony.
- Caribbean A feast and a long dance.
- Jewish Weddings under the chuppah.
A wedding trail idea for Toronto
- Toronto City Hall Home of the marriage bureau.
- Distillery District A heritage area for photographs.
- Casa Loma A castle used for weddings.
Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Same-sex marriage in Canada: Mm.Toronto, Public domain, source