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Beautiful Assiniboine Park is conveniently located in Winnipeg and offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor event spaces, making itself one of the most complete wedding venues in the city.

With outstanding venues to accommodate every taste, size, and budget, stunning photography locations, and experienced staff, there’s no better place to host your event! Our expert team will be there to help plan your event, every step of the way.

Facilities and capacity

Assiniboine Park offers six different venues for you to choose from to celebrate your wedding ceremony and/or reception.

The Leaf

  • Banquet Hall: 300 seated, 450 standing
  • Mezzanine: 200 people

The Pavilion

  • The Pavilion Atrium: 100 people seated or 130 people standing
  • The Pavilion Galleries: 48 people seated or 100 people standing

Qualico Family Centre

  • Park Café & Tamarack Room combined: 180 people seated or 220 people standing
  • Park Café: 80 people seated or 120 people standing

Assiniboine Park Zoo

  • Gateway to the Arctic: 90 people seated or 250 standing
  • Tundra Grill: 100 people seated or 140 people standing

Leo Mol Sculpture Garden

  • Ceremony set-up: 84 folding chairs with standing room for additional guests for a total of 150 people

Gardens at The Leaf

  • Performance Garden: 200 people seated, 15 standing onstage
  • Seasonal Garden: Details available in spring 2023
  • Kitchen Garden: Details available in spring 2023
  • The Grove: 250+ people

Services offered

Our team will take care of everything so you don't have to worry about anything. Depending on the package chosen, you may find the following customized services:

  • Chairs and tables setup
  • White Linens with a choice of coloured napkins
  • Skirting for food tables and head table
  • A/V equipment in the Qualico Family Centre and Zoo
  • Table numbers
  • Seating arrangements and décor
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Frequently asked questions

How many event spaces or rooms does your venue offer?

We have 6 venues to choose from

Describe your venue:

Ballroom
Banquet hall
Historic
Park/zoo

Describe the style of your venue:

Classic
Garden
Glamorous
Modern
Tropical
Vintage

What kind of settings are available?

Covered outdoor
Indoor
Uncovered outdoor

Which of the following wedding events does your venue service?

Ceremony
Reception
Bridal shower
Engagement party
Rehearsal dinner

What event services do you offer?

Catering / bar
Clean up
Event planning
Set up

What catering services do you offer?

Buffet
Cocktail reception
Dessert
Hors d'oeuvres
Outside cake
Plated
Server(s)
Stations
Tastings

What bar services do you provide?

Bartender(s)
Cash bar
Champagne toast
House wine
Liquor license
Open bar
Premium liquor
Signature drink
Specialty beer
Specialty wine

What event items are available?

Audio equipment
Chairs
Tables

What food and beverage items are available?

Barware
China
Chocolate fountain
Flatware
Glassware
Linens

What transportation and access is available?

Parking
Wheelchair access

Do you have a site fee for wedding receptions at your venue?

Yes

What is the starting site fee for wedding receptions during peak season?

$500

What is the starting site fee for wedding receptions during off-peak season?

$500

Do you have a site fee for wedding ceremonies at your venue?

Yes

What is the starting site fee for wedding ceremonies during peak season?

$500

What is the starting site fee for wedding ceremonies during off-peak season?

$500

Which of the following are included in starting site fee?

Set up
Clean up
Chairs
Tables
Linens
Flatware
Glassware
Lighting/sound
Parking

What is the average catering price per person for plated service?

$30

What is the average catering price per person for buffet service?

$48

What is the average catering price per person for stations?

$60

What is the average catering price per person for hors d'oeurves?

$20

Which of the following are included in the cost of wedding catering?

Server(s)
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Reviews for Assiniboine Park

We're all about trust. Our community relies on honest reviews to help you make those big decisions with ease.
4.4 out of 5 rating
4.4 out of 5 rating
10 reviews
88% recommend it
  • Quality of service
    4.3 out of 5 rating
  • Response time
    4.3 out of 5 rating
  • Professionalism
    4.6 out of 5 rating
  • Value
    4.5 out of 5 rating
  • Flexibility
    4.2 out of 5 rating
Kirsten
Kirsten H. Sent on 18/09/2023
4.6 out of 5 rating

Polar Bears were at our wedding!

Great food, breathtaking views of animals, everyone loved it. No light show as promised due to technical difficulties and a pay per consumption non-alcoholic menu (pop, juice etc) only downsides. It was magical!
Bridget
Bridget Sent on 19/08/2021
4.8 out of 5 rating

Leo Mol was Beautiful

I absolutely fell in love with our venue. I knew I wanted to be married there before I was even engaged. The arbor is surprisingly a hidden gem, many of our family didn't know it existed. 10/10 would recommend.

Communication could be better, but thats on both sides hahah. I was not exactly the easiest to get ahold of, but once everything was sorted, things were great. The staff was amazing, set up was amazing, everything was perfect. They even offered to play with/watch the kids during the ceremony if needed which means so much to someone with young children.
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Karly Sent on 02/10/2020
3 out of 5 rating

Dissapointing

I love coming to the Assiniboine Park and Zoo, but I need to be honest, was less than impressed with their customer service in planning a wedding there. Staff were not flexible at all. Would only meet mon-fri days.. not in the evenings or weekends (which is difficult when both you and your partner work mon-Fri day jobs), so we had to take time off work to go there. There were also many restrictions BEFORE covid that I found were unfair and difficult to work with (ie. decorating rules, very strict time restraints, no napkins because we weren't having a sit-down dinner. this was frustrating because we were told a Cocktail style and Food Station style dinner was MORE expensive). During covid when the Assin Park was closed, we were told by the Banquets Manager that she would keep us posted as to when they were open for events again. Well, they did not. We drove by the park and saw them advertising small events. We then reached out to them to set up a meeting to find out what was going on. We ended up cancelling our wedding there, and they seemed almost glad to not have to deal with us. They gave us a full refund due to covid, so yes that's great, but just didn't try to work with us at all whereas a small business definitely would have to tried not to lose business. Also we could have known earlier and made decisions sooner if they had actually reached out like they sad they would. I know couples who have planned weddings there successfully, but this was our experience and it was not positive.
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Lee S. Sent on 10/09/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Very helpful

Really good to work with. Communication and service was great. The venue was beautiful and clean. You get more than what you pay for.
Matt
Matt L. Sent on 14/08/2019
4.4 out of 5 rating

Classy & Coordinated

It's clear that APC does a lot of weddings - they have timelines and forms and rules to follow, but at the same time, coordinators (like Kyla) are available and responsive and help your wedding have the personal and intimate touch you need.
Allyson
Allyson T. Sent on 17/06/2019
4.4 out of 5 rating

Pavillion at Assiniboine Park

After having some issues with our initial event coordinator we asked to be switched to another one provided by Assiniboine Park. The new coordinator, Kyla, was wonderful. Very prompt in returning any emails or phone calls, answered any questions and did a wonderful job!
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Erika Sent on 28/11/2018
4.4 out of 5 rating

Qualico Family Center

Beautiful venue, well organized and friendly staff. My only concern was that they did not help us budget alcohol properly and ended up with an additional $3000 bill th next day. Also, requested champagne that was available for cocktail hour only and removed from the bar after dinner
Ryan
Ryan J. Sent on 30/10/2018
4.2 out of 5 rating

Winnipeg's Hidden Gem - Gateway to the Arctic

We found this venue by accident and are so lucky we did! Not many people can say they had Polar Bears and Harbour Seals at their wedding. All this for what we feel, is well below the average cost of Wedding Venues in Winnipeg. Though there are a few restrictions which don't make much sense, the staff more than made up for any shortcomings by being absolutely professional and helpful throughout the process. Our guests rave about the venue and food still to this day. We highly recommend this venue to anyone tired of the typical ballroom wedding!
Dereck
Sylvia Sent on 29/03/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Quick and quiet

The Fire place was a cozy background during our union at the qualico family shelter. This park will be around hopefully forever for our future family generations to visit where our married bliss first bloomed.
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Corie M. Sent on 31/08/2017
4 out of 5 rating
The wedding ceremony spot was perfect, however with there being so many weddings taking place we couldn't have our photos taken where we had planned to. The food was amazing. The drinks were a little pricey, and we were told the reception would be set up by 3pm so we could decorate and it wasn't. That is the only reason they didn't get 5 stars.
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Awards

10

Assiniboine Park Real Weddings

Ren & Kat
48 Photos · 16/Jun/2019
Sean & Heather
103 Photos · 16/Feb/2019
Robin & Derek
118 Photos · 29/Sep/2018
David & Deirdre
78 Photos · 08/Sep/2018

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With outstanding venues to accommodate every taste, size, and budget, stunning photography locations, and experienced staff, there’s no better place to host your event! Our expert team will be there to help plan your event, every step of the way.

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55 Pavilion Crescent R3P 2N6 Winnipeg (Manitoba)
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