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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.

A backyard wedding (that makes $5k look like a million bucks!)

A chic backyard wedding (that makes $5k look like a million bucks!)

Lauren and Adrian took a $5,000 budget and made wedding magic in their own backyard. They were most interested in doing fun things with flowers, the sweet first look under an apple tree, and the FOOD. We’re talking really good looking sammies and a spread that makes any table look mild in comparison.

Most of all? We’re head over heels for the Lauren’s simple, chic, and so fabulous black and white dress. You won’t want to miss it (and the whole chic backyard wedding to boot!)…

A chic elopement in Vancouver with a floral wedding dress and a toy robot

A chic elopement in Vancouver with a floral wedding dress and a toy robot

Erin and Daniel chose to have just two witnesses and an officiant at their chic elopement in Vancouver. Their venue, the Roundhouse Community Centre, is intended for large weddings, so it ended up feeling very grand with only a few.

Erin and Daniel are both engineers, so they featured an antique multimeter and their toy robot.

This deeply meaningful wedding combined native vows and Easter eggs

This deeply meaningful wedding combined native vows and Easter eggs

The bride is Anishinabe and their community is in the Salish Sea, so this pair pulled from their communities for a meaningful ceremony focusing on the core: earth, energy, elemental, and potential. Their wedding was all about the core of connection. You’ll love it…

Autumn colors and epic love were on full display at this joyful wedding

Fall colors and epic love were on full display at this jubliant wedding

Give us a fall wedding anywhere — but when it’s in Ontario and the colors are out-of-this-world vivid, it’s just magical. That’s what we’ve got going on with Leanne and Paula’s wedding. There were shout-outs to baseball, Superman, Jewish traditions (including an almost-fail-but-still-success hora dance!), and a fabulous brooch bouquet.