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Civil Weddings

Justice staff and marriage commissioners are not restricted as to when or where a marriage may be performed in Prince Edward Island.

Requirements for a marriage license


Ceremony

The only legal requirement for the wording of a marriage ceremony is stated in Section 10(1) of The Marriage Act
(a) in some part of the ceremony, in the presence of the justice or marriage commissioner who is solemnizing the marriage and the witnesses,
(i) each of the parties shall declare: "I do solemnly declare that I do not know of any lawful impediment why I _______.(full name of the party), may not be joined in matrimony to _______(full name of the other party)." and
(ii) each of the parties shall say to the other "I call on those persons present to witness that I, _______,(full name of the party) do take you, _______,(full name of the other party) to be my lawful wedded "husband", "wife" or "spouse" (as the parties may prefer)" and
(b) after the declarations and statements required by clause (a) have been made, the justice or marriage comissioner solemnizing the marriage shall say:

"I, _______, (full name of the justice or the marriage commissioner), by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Marriage Act, do herby pronounce you _______ (full name of the party and _______(full name of the other party)) to be "husband and wife", "married spouses" (as the parties may prefer)."


No other particular form of ceremony is required.

Marriage Commissioners

Marriage Commissioners are appointed by the Director of Vital Statistics under Section 8.1(1) of the Marriage Act for the purpose of solemnizing civil (non religious) marriage Ceremonies in Prince Edward Island.

The following is a list of private marriage commissioners for Prince Edward Island:

James Robert Culbert
Vernon Bridge  
Tel:
Bus:
(902) 651.2202
1.800.268.7001

 

Chesley Alexander Boutilier
Long River

Tel:
E-mail:
(902) 886.2774
c.lboutilier@pei.symaptico.ca



Gary Fredrick Clark
Canavoy

Tel:
E-mail:
(902) 676.2754
geclark2@gmail.com



Susan Lawson
Brackley Beach

Tel:
E-mail:
Web:
(902) 672.3289
susan@beaumariscentre.com
www.beaumariscentre.com



Roderick James MacDonald
Charlottetown

Tel:
E-mail:
(902) 628.8726
rrmacdonald@eastlink.ca



Valerie Jean Downe
Charlottetown

Tel:
E-mail:
(902) 892.4009
vdowne@eastlink.ca



John Allison MacAndrew
Cornwall

Tel:
Bus:
(902) 566.2427
(902) 892.7359



F. Wayne Lilly
Summerside

Tel:
Cell:
(902) 436.3160
(902) 439.8686



Libbie Jane Ramsay
Fortune

Cell:
E-mail:
(902) 969.3576
Northernmouser@gmail.com



Lorraine Begley
Argyle Shore:  Weddings PEI

Tel:
Cell:
E-mail:
Website:
(902) 675.2611
(902) 218.0139
weddingspei@bellaliant.net
www.weddingspei.net



Marlo Dodge
Mt. Stewart

Tel:
Cell:
E-mail:
(902) 961-3484
(902) 969-0399
dodgemarlo@pei.sympatico.ca



Richard Warren Montigny
Charlottetown

Tel:
E-mail:
(902) 892.6705
richard.montigny@pei.sympatico.ca



Brenda Bulger
Charlottetown

Tel:
E-mail:
Website:
(902) 368.2030
bpbulger@hotmail.com
www.acrosstheislandweddings.ca 



Kelli Skinner
Charlottetown

Tel:
E-mail:
Website:
(902) 367.1699
sales@thebridetobe.ca
www.thebridetobe.ca



Adrian C. Smith
Cornwall

Tel:
Bus:
(902) 675.4054
(902) 368.6832



Trish Cheverie
Kensington

Email: tlcheverie@gov.pe.ca

  

Kevin Joseph Gotell
Georgetown

Tel: (902) 652.2387



Melody Ellis, MSW
"Peace of Space" in Point Prim

Tel:
Email:
Website:
(902) 659.2121
thesteeple@live.com
www.thesteeplecottage.com



Judith Ann Parsons
Winsloe

Tel:
Bus:
(902) 368.8877
(902) 626.5505

 

Jeanne F. Sullivan
North Tryon

Tel:
E-mail
(902) 437.3134
eveningprimrose@xplornet.com

 

L.M. (Len) Harrington
O'Leary
Civil Ceremonies on PEI

Tel:
Cell:
E-mail:
(902) 859.2220
(902) 206.1100
len_harrington@hotmail.com

 

Captain Joseph Russell Purchase
Montague

Tel:
E-mail:
(902) 838.4899
joe.purchase@gmail.com

 

 

Carolyn Thorne
Charlottetown

Tel:
Cell:
E-mail:
(902) 892.0116
(902) 626.7057
cmthorne@edu.pe.ca



Dawn Sadoway
Georgetown

Tel:
Cell:
E-mail:

Website:
(902) 652.2511
(902) 393.7375
dawn.sadoway@hotmail.com
gtowninn@pei.sympatico.ca
www.georgetownhistoricinn.com


Hon. J. Armand DesRoches
Charlottetown
Tel: (902) 940.0989
(902) 629.4505



James William MacNutt Q.C.

Charlottetown
Office Tel:
Home Tel:
Summer Tel:
E-mail:
(902) 894.5006
(902) 892.4505
(902) 672.2480
jmacnutt@macnuttdumont.ca


Robert Anthony Keefe

Tignish
E-mail: rob.keefe@gmail.com


Susan Whitaker

Springvale
Tel:
E-mail:
(902) 368.1224
susan.stephenson.whitaker@gmail.com

Lori McIlmoyl
Stratford
Email:  lorimcilmoyl@hotmail.com
    or   peisundog@hotmail.ca

 
Diana Lariviere
Argyle Shore
Tel:  (902) 675-3221
Email:  cawlar@bellaliant.net
Website: www.weddingspei.ca


Thelma Johnston
Cardigan
Tel:  (902) 583-2597
Email: wjohnston@pei.sympatico.ca

Forms

Record of Marriage
  (PDF)     

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