Valentine's Day - Tuesday, February 14th

Bookings are now underway for what many people consider the most romantic day of the year. Combine it with all of the Winterlude festivities taking place at the same time and you've got an incredible match. Don't wait too long to book as these premium times will go quickly.

And then there's St. Patrick's Day on Saturday, March 17th!

Elopements  can provide you with all the beauty and joy of getting married  without all of the usual mental and financial stress associated with a wedding.

At one time, an elopement  used to be a marriage conducted in a rather sudden and secretive fashion, often involving a hurried flight away from one's place of residence together with one's beloved with the intention of getting married. Now it has become appropriate for career oriented couples who want to forgo the major  planning and decision making  of a traditional wedding, or possibly have othermore immediate financial goals, like purchasing a home.

You can have elegance and all of the wonderful aspects of a traditional wedding day without all the fuss and stress that comes along with it. With just a tiny bit of planning, you can have it all! Like a rose beginning to bloom, with true love, an elopement ceremony with a small number of family and friends in attendance becomes  a  celebration of your new life together for all to witness and support.

More and more couples are choosing to elope. When all is said and done, what is it that you want to remember the most? "Just the two of you" is the right answer for an elopement!

Doing an elopement amidst the physical beauty of Ottawa is much more romantic than a cheesey ceremony in Niagara Falls or Las Vegas and all of their unrestrained crass commercialism. Moreover, there is no waiting period or blood tests required for anyone. As long as you obtain a valid Ontario marriage license, you can get married even the same day in most cases.

Do you want much better deal than at City Hall or elsewhere! Lynne and Keith Langille offer the lowest cost elopement weddings and best ceremonies in Ottawa with a range of options from $150 to $350: where and when you want, with whomever you you want present, with a script that you can choose, control, and edit. As the leading independent elopement specialists in the Ottawa area, Lynne and Keith are your best bet for every elopement budget and need. Moreover, Lynne and Keith are full time marriage officiants and are always available during weekdays when most other officiants are still at their day jobs.

No witnesses? Lynne and Keith can help you arrange that too!

Many couples from the Montreal area and other regions of Quebec are now making a memorable day trip to Ottawa to bypass the long times to get the necessary appointments and interviews in Quebec and having a wonderful elopment ceremony right after obtaining their license, usually the same day, as they are less than 10 minutes away from the City Hall marriage license office in Kanata.

The Top Reasons Why Couples Elope:

1.   to have an affordable Wedding;
2.   to save time;
3.   to maintain your sanity;
4.   to have fun and enjoy your own ceremony;
5.   to have freedom from the norm;
6.   to circumnavigate family politics;
7.   to redirect money towards buying a house;
8.   to get around the high cost of destination weddings;
9.  to avoid the costly expenses of having foreign language marriage documents translated and certified; and,
10. to start Immigration procedures.

Summertime Elopement Ceremony at Nepean Point

When couples want to eliminate the pressures of a conventional wedding, they sometimes choose to “Elope” or have a small ceremony, without breaking the bank. Whether it's during the Christmas-New Year's period, Valentine's Day, Winterlude, Solstice or any other time of the year, Lynne and Keith can guide you in creating a unique and memorable ceremony at a wide range of venues.

Winterlude Elopement Ceremony on the Rideau Canal

Elopement is fun and romantic!… Like a small private wedding… with or without a wedding gown, with or without a bridal bouquet… A ceremony restricted to the bride and groom (and a couple of witnesses) or may include few close friends and even the parents, followed by a nice dinner after the ceremony and maybe even (or not) a brief honeymoon. No witnesses? Well, Lynne and Keith have a number of solutions for that issue.

Summertime Elopement Ceremony at Coburg Park

Elopement is a practical solution to career couples. It takes little preparation! Even though its a more simple ceremony, if you wish, there's still lots of opportunity to have its serious dimensions balanced with appropriate lightness and humour.

Summertime Elopement Ceremony at Lynne & Keith's residence

Elopement may also be the only option to get married. When a couple in love, determined to share their lives together, faces opposition by one or more of the parents to the marriage due to religious, racial or cultural misconceptions… Such opposition is still not uncommon!

Elopement Ceremony at the Rideau Canal during a cross-country train trip

Elopement is cheap. Lynne and Keith will help you experience a tasteful and meaningful ceremony that satisfies all of your needs without the pressures and expenses of traditional weddings. Alternatively, Lynne and Keith also have the creative means for you to successfully conduct an exotic foreign wedding ceremony with or without your own witnesses but with all the security and legal protections of an Ontario registered marriage. And this can be done quickly from just $150, which is a fraction of the rates charged by cruise lines and resorts for their cookie cutter impersonal ceremonies.

Summertime Elopement Ceremony at Nepean Point

November and December are increasingly becoming very popular months for elopement weddings especially near the Winter Solstice, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. If you're thinking about getting married around this time, it's best to check with Lynne and Keith as early as you can so that they will be able to ensure their availability for your ceremony. Call them at 613-831-7555 to discuss your plans.

Summertime Elopement Ceremony at night

Once you have a valid Ontario marriage license, Lynne or Keith Langille can usually perform your ceremony the same day. With City hall only doing a few ceremonies each day and often fully booked, Lynne and Keith are usually the first available and convenient option for those who want their ceremony performed right away. No need to wait until the late afternoon, evening or the following day. And Lynne and Keith's elopement ceremonies are much more memorable and heart-felt than those sterile ones done by a municipal clerk at City Hall. Moreover, you can have your ceremony where you prefer and always in a much more picturesque setting than in a bland office room.

A warm Elopement Ceremony at the Chateau Laurier held on a chilly day outside

Lynne and Keith offer two different Elopement Wedding Packages from $150 to $350 designed to fit different circumstances, visions, needs, and budgets. The Elopement Ceremonies are designed for couples who want an affordable yet high-quality wedding ceremony. Therefore, the base pricing for these ceremony levels does not include any pre-wedding in-person meetings with Lynne and Keith. They respect your busy schedule and your need to keep wedding planning time to a minimum so all pre-wedding arrangements can be done via email and phone. All applicable taxes are included in these rates.

Lynne and Keith are less than 25 minutes driving time from the Ottawa City Hall downtown office. For those in the west end of the city, they located less than 10 minutes distance from the City of Ottawa's Kanata marriage license office. Imagine, you can get your marriage license and then get married in less time that it would take to drive downtown, park, make your way through a confusing office complex and only get a marriage license, let alone wait for an available opening for the City's bland and more expensive wedding ceremony which is only available at their downtown City Hall office.

Their standard elopement package consists of a contemporary ten minute Justice of the Peace style civil ceremony (or at your option, the basic minimalist ceremony required by the Province), preparation, completion, and filing of all the legal documentation. It's ideal for those couples who simply want the peace of mind of a legal Ontario registered marriage prior to a destination wedding ceremony and for those who want to avoid the extra costs of translating and certifying foreign marriage documents. This standard elopement package is available throughout the day and evening Sunday (except long weekends) to Friday and before 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays. You are welcome to have several guests observe the proceedings, something unavailable elsewhere. This standard elopement package can be booked in advance or often within an hour's notice, once you have a valid Ontario marriage license. This standard elopement package is $150 (week days/evenings) or $200 (Weekends; Friday PM to Sunday evening) for marriages performed at Lynne & Keith's Stittsville residence (the lowest rate in Ottawa). This is even $25-$235 cheaper than the options that Ottawa City Hall offer and it's also available during the many times when City Hall (Mon-Fri, 9-4) isn't even open. No paid parking required either! This standard elopement package is also available elsewhere at your venue of choice in Ottawa for $100 extra.

Their deluxe elopement package is the best value elopement deal available in Ottawa. This elopement package includes a choice from amongst several different pre-written modern and contemporary scripts for ceremonies about 10-15 minutes in length and you fully control the content and can revise and personalize as you see fit. This option includes e-mail consultation, access to their knowledge and experience base, officiation of your ceremony, and preparation and filing of all the legal documentation. This deluxe elopement package is available throughout the day and evening Sunday (except long weekends after 1 pm) to Friday and before 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays. The deluxe elopement package can be booked in advance or often within an hour's notice, once you have a valid Ontario marriage license. This deluxe elopement package is $200 (week days/evenings) or $250 (Weekends; Friday PM to Sunday evening) for ceremonies held at Lynne & Keith's Stittsville residence. Compare this to the Ottawa City Hall rates up to $370 for ceremonies held there using the same bland one size fits all seven minute ceremony. For deluxe elopement package ceremonies held at other Ottawa venues including those with exceptionally photogenic panoramas (something that is also unavailable from City Hall ot elsewhere), such as: Nepean Point, Major's Hill Park, Victoria Island, and Bate Island, etc., the fee is an additional $100. This option is particularly attractive for those who wish to have a number of guests attend and observe the ceremony.

Amongst the many elopement ceremonies that Lynne and Keith have performed, they have helped some couples advance immigration processing by virtue of a Canadian-registered marriage even though they still planned religious or civil weddings later in their home country, some while transiting through Ottawa, some couples being posted abroad, some older couples who felt it was time and that their children would accept their decision to do so quietly, and some who simply appreciated the discretion that elopement affords them.

Whatever your reasons for selecting an elopement wedding, Lynne and Keith Langille can help you turn it into a truly wonderful experience that others will envy. Call them at 613-831-7555.

Solstice Elopement Ceremony at local B&B