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Real Weddings: Canada

Although we’re based in the United States, we feature a TON of Canadian weddings, especially Toronto and BC. Could it be because we’re no-so-secretly jealous of the less traditional wedding trends of our cousins to the north? Yes it could. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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Kim & Alex’s “Nightmare,” zombies, and Halloween geekfest wedding

The offbeat bride: Kim – production designer, illustrator and shadow caster (and OBT member “Kim“) Her offbeat partner: Alex – filmmaker and shadow caster Location & date of wedding: Bloor Cinema (ceremony) – Gladstone Hotel (reception) in Toronto, ON Canada — Saturday, October 31, 2009 What made our wedding offbeat: Our wedding was a huge […]

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Sarah & Ryan’s Toronto Island love festival

Almost every aspect of our 130-guest wedding was handmade. We sewed tablerunners and hankies, Gocco-ed the invitations, and bound little books for guest favours. My bridesmaid made my wedding band, a milliner friend updated my mother’s veil for me, and my brother and sister in law designed the wine labels for our homemade wine. There are too many DIY details to list here!

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Oonagh & Dylan’s collaborative, creative, black-tie wedding with eco-considerations

Dylan and I walked down the aisle together (me in a $199 gold tutu) towards my Dad (a judge) who was marrying us. We wrote our own vows that had ended with me launching myself on Dylan with emotion before we were officially instructed to kiss.

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Marie-Eve & Alexandre’s ice and snow winter wedding

Our marriage was under the theme of “ice and snow.” It took place in the ice chapel of the Ice Hotel in Quebec Canada. The structure is made of snow, and two walls and the benches made of ice, with animal skin to make them comfortable.