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Named Toronto's Best Wedding Officiant in 2024/23/22/21/20/19/18/17 by Three Best Rated,​ she conducts fun,personalized wedding ceremonies in any setting, big or small. She offers a range of affordable services for all budgets, and has conducted almost every type of wedding ceremony imaginable in venues all around Ontario.

Experience

With over 15 years of experience, The Marrying Lady has been featured on several TV programs and officiated the largest number of weddings at one time in North America. She has studied ceremonial rites when living around the world and makes each ceremony special by personalizing the words and sections to suit you!

Services offered

The services she offers include:

  • Traditional & completely Non-traditional
  • Simple & Sweet - beautiful ceremonies for couples who want the best without the stress
  • Spiritual
  • Friend Conducting Ceremony
  • Mixed Faiths / Interfaith Ceremonies
  • Multicultural: Including but not limited to Persian, Jewish, Filipino, First Nations, Asian, South Asian, Celtic elements
  • Tea Ceremonies
  • Handfastings
  • LGBTQ+ marriage ceremonies
  • Vow Renewals
  • Legal Insight - Expeditng processes, out-of-country divorce issues, etc.

How she works

Big or small, she brings smiles, warmth, and celebration to every occassion and is often mistaken for being a family friend. Her videos and reviews speak to her professionalism, tone, creativity, and adaptablility to meet the customized needs of people from all backgrounds.

Beyond your ceremony and signing legalities, The Marrying Lady has years of working with other vendors in Toronto and the GTA and shares tips and tricks to help you get the best ceremony photos, how to advise your wedding party and families on their roles, insight into what questions to ask to help you avoid common mistakes, and actively addresses all ceremony logistics.

With a background in creative writing, cultural communications, and event planning, she is non-judgmental and believes in honouring your needs, intentions, and personal expressions to create the ceremony that is the truest expression of you.

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Frequently asked questions

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Civil union
Single religion
Interfaith ceremony
Non-religious
Vow renewal
Ceremony rehearsal

What services do you provide?

Licensed
Allow couple' own vows
Premarital counseling

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Baha'i faith
Buddhist
Anglican
Baptist
Catholic
Episcopalian
Lutheran
Methodist
Mormon
No denomination
Orthodox christian
Presbyterian
Quaker
Earth-based
Evangelical
Hindu
Islam
Jainism
Jewish
Pagan
Shinto
Taoist
Unitarian
Sikhism

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$200

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$123

If you offer pre-marital counseling, what is the starting price for (per session)?

$15
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Reviews for The Marrying Lady

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Gabriella
Gabriella A. Sent on 03/11/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Look no further!

Look no further than Tade for your wedding day. She is the perfect mix of warm, kind, professional, and fun. Her experience is obvious, and we couldn't have asked for someone better to officiate our ceremony. Tade took the time to talk us through everything in advance, help us understand what to expect, allowed us to contribute to the ceremony script to make it feel personal to us, and we felt in such good hands throughout the entire process. So many guests have since commented on how wonderful Tade was - she made everyone feel at ease and excited. She created the perfect environment for us to walk down the aisle to! Thanks Tade!
Scott
Scott D. Sent on 31/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Look no further.

Look no further, Tade the Marrying Lady is your person to marry you and your person.

Why? Two big reasons: first, at the time of writing this review (October 31st, 2024), she has a perfect 5 star rating on Google with 937 registered reviews. I'm not great with math, but that looks like a 100% success rate to me :)

Second, our experience – my partner and I are non-denominational, both coming from different places on the raised-by-a-religious-family spectrum, and it was important to us to have a celebration of our love that suited all parties. With our ceremony held in Ontario, we also wanted to be officiated over by a close friend of ours, herself not recognized by any religious institutions (and not recognized by Ontario to legally marry us). So, we found Tade, agreed on a time and place before our public ceremony, and thought to ourselves Well, We Can't Have All Things At Once, So We'll Have A No Frills Legal Marriage. Honestly, we didn't put much stock in the legal ceremony, assuming that it would be bare bones and less important than our public ceremony. That's where Tade blew our socks off.

We agreed to meet in a park in Little Italy, fairly innocuous, on a Tuesday evening. True to Toronto form, there were other people using the park, there was litter on the ground, and no park benches were clean. When Tade arrived and we began, the words and advice that she came with held a certain gravity, such so that when our ceremony began, we felt as though we three (and our two witnesses) were the only people around for miles; the focus that she brought and her love for love was so infectious that there was little else to attune to; we had to sign our papers and, thoughtfully, she brought a clean, ceremonial blanket to cover the bench with. Her vernacular and sincerity were truly touching, and made all the difference to us – she turned our little formality into an event we would never want to forget.

If you're reading this Tade, thank you.

If you're reading this while trying to decide on an officiant to bring you and your someone together/forever, you found her.
John
John E. Sent on 20/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

She's The Best

If you need to get married, Tade is the marying lady for you. We did a small paperwork ceremony with our mom's in attendance and she made what we thought was just going to be signing documents so special. She's very knowledgable, kind and warm. Perfect person to have officiating your ceremony in varying capacity.
Calum
Calum S. Sent on 16/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful ceremony

From our first conversation with Tade, we were confident that she was going to officiate a ceremony that reflected our love and respected our values in our relationship. Working with her was a breeze—she was easy to communicate with, was very responsive and provided excellent advice. However, on the day of our wedding, she exceeded our expectations! The way she built up anticipation and included our guests in the ceremony created a special energy in the room that was full of excitement for witnessing our marriage. Many of our guests commented that our ceremony was one of the most intimate, engaging, and loving ceremonies they had ever attended! We cannot thank Tade enough for helping set the tone for the most special day of our lives. Hugs Calum & Shawn
Kassi
Kassi B. Sent on 16/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Personal, warm and a total pro.

Tade was wonderful to work with and gave us a beautiful ceremony. She was exactly what we were looking for. Multiple people praised her in the days and weeks following our wedding. She helped guide us through every step of the way and was so warm and professional. She was wonderful at making us feel celebrated and captivating the room.
Jon
Jon Y. Sent on 05/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A simple but lovely and memorable ceremony!

We chose the basic ceremony with Tade to get our marriage solemnized and documents signed, but she still made it a meaningful, memorable and fun event. After the ceremony, she followed up with an email clearly explaining the next steps to get our official certificate from the City of Toronto.
She is so friendly and professional - it was a delight to have her marry us. We would absolutely recommend her to any couple looking to get married!
Philip
Philip A. Sent on 27/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Flexible, customizable, friendly, perfect

Tade is absolutely amazing. Getting her on board for the wedding was super straightforward, she keeps everything wonderfully simple. We had a long initial conversation with her (before she asked for any money!) where she gave us all sorts of advice and thoughts on our wedding and listened to all of our vision for the ceremony. She is so much fun to talk to. She then provided us with a full draft based on all of the ideas that we had. We were planning early, so we then didn't end up touching base with her for over a year. When we chatted again, she remembered everything and was fully ready to go in the last couple of months before the wedding, helping us iron out the last details.

One amazing thing to highlight: Tade lets you customize every word of the entire ceremony script, and then she delivers it perfectly, naturally, and flawlessly. If you want a lot of control over your ceremony, Tade is an amazing choice. And her prices are GREAT.

We cannot thank Tade enough for the perfect ceremony she delivered for us.
Kevin
Kevin H. Sent on 04/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic Experience

Tade did an incredible job officiating our wedding and we couldn't have asked for anyone better! She walked us through the process and created a loving atmosphere during our ceremony. We highly recommend her!
Natisha
Natisha S. Sent on 24/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

You are Awesome♥️

Teddy is awesome🤗It was a small intimate wedding but she make each 4 of us feel like we know her for a long time by sharing her Indian story♥️ 🙏🏼 Thank you 🫶
Nicole
Nicole Sent on 08/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing ceremony and excellent pre-wedding support

Tade is an amazing officiant!!!

Based on our first meeting, she sent us the bones of a ceremony she thought suited our vibe and we filled in the details before our walkthrough two weeks prior to the wedding. During our walkthrough, she gave us great advice on timing, private vows, legal aspects, and photo-moments. She has expertise and understanding that come from years of experience.

She was so good at commanding a crowd in a way that felt fun and genuine. It was lightly raining during our wedding and she got everyone's attention inside, made announcements, and got everyone outside very efficiently. The ceremony itself was beautiful in no small part because of her support.

Can't recommend her enough!
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