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Joey
WeddingWire Admin May 2015 Maryland

Canadian Trends and Traditions - Your budget

Joey, on May 20, 2019 at 08:24

Posted in Plan a wedding 52

The typical cost of a Canadian wedding was about $29,450. That's regardless of city and province, guest list size, what vendors are being hired... all of which can greatly impact the budget a couple needs in order to bring their wedding vision to life. How does this national average compare to...

The typical cost of a Canadian wedding was about $29,450. That's regardless of city and province, guest list size, what vendors are being hired... all of which can greatly impact the budget a couple needs in order to bring their wedding vision to life. How does this national average compare to yours?

Is your budget bigger or smaller than 30K?

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52 Comments

  • K
    Expert June 2019 Ontario
    Kim ·
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    Definately smaller!!! We were aiming for 5k but realistically itll be about 8k
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  • Geneviève
    VIP September 2020 Ontario
    Geneviève ·
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    Way smaller. We're aiming for a $10k wedding excluding honeymoon

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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
    Tori ·
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    Lower! (Hopefully)

    Our budget is $20,000 and right now we are looking to be right on track Smiley laugh All in right now with the main things of food, venue, booze, and DJ we are sitting at $16,000 and the rest would be for decor, favours, tips, etc.

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  • Kirsten
    Frequent user October 2025 Alberta
    Kirsten ·
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    Smaller it will be $18-$20,000

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  • Chelsea
    Super June 2020 Alberta
    Chelsea ·
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    Smaller! our budget is ****
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  • Robyn
    Super June 2019 Ontario
    Robyn ·
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    We set it at 20k, not including a honeymoon, but we are way over, probably closer to 30k by the end of it.

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  • Janaya
    Expert August 2019 Saskatchewan
    Janaya ·
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    I wish! we decided to have our wedding on a small budget. luckily my mom is paying for the food and my dad is paying for my dress and the alcohol so that cut down our costs! My FH dad parents gifted us $3,000 for whatever we needed so we have planned the rest of the wedding on that budget. so crazy

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  • A
    Super September 2020 Ontario
    Amelia ·
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    Ours is a bit smaller - all in. We didn't set firm a budget, just trying to keep everything as low as possible.

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  • Jenna
    Frequent user February 2021 Nova Scotia
    Jenna ·
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    Smaller! We didn’t set a budget but we’re trying to keep around 15k.
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  • Monique
    Devoted August 2020 Saskatchewan
    Monique ·
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    We're at 4,000 now but we definitely don't want anything over 5,000
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  • Holly
    VIP June 2019 Ontario
    Holly ·
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    We never had a set budget. We started wanting to stay around 10k but then decided maybe 15k was more reasonable but definitely under 20k and we are still under the 20k! Looking at about 16-17k at the end!
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  • Caitlyn
    Super January 2020 Ontario
    Caitlyn ·
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    Our budget is about 35k
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  • Seleena
    Super September 2019 British Columbia
    Seleena ·
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    Ours is about 14 all in, a number I can live with lol

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  • Shla
    Devoted October 2021 Ontario
    Shla ·
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    Wayyyyyyy under! 30k is absurd to me because I am cheap as hell!
    We are looking to stay around the $5000-$6000 mark.
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  • Kelsie
    Master July 2021 Ontario
    Kelsie ·
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    Mine is bigger than 30k.

    With the venue we chose its impossible to be under 30k. Trying to save in other areas though to make up for it!
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  • Stephanie
    Frequent user July 2021 Ontario
    Stephanie ·
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    I would be interested to know what all is included in people's budgets.
    Does this include honeymoon?
    Does this include trial costs?

    Did people buy dresses etc for their wedding party?

    Right now I am tracking everything, even stamps, lol.
    Ours is looking close to $35000 for everything, but we definitely don't want to spend that.
    We are looking at cutting costs everywhere we can.
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  • Madisyn
    Expert February 2020 Ontario
    Madisyn ·
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    We found we couldn't throw a wedding in the GTA for less than 30k, so we are going to a Punta Cana and spending less than 10k!
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  • Sarah
    Expert July 2021 Ontario
    Sarah ·
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    I’m in Ontario and our budget was originally 10k haha what a joke now it’s 18-20k
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  • Julia
    Frequent user July 2019 Ontario
    Julia ·
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    Much smaller. Thank goodness...30k is a lot
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  • Casey
    Master October 2019 Ontario
    Casey ·
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    My goal is to stay under 30K for sure. And we are on track to be way under that!
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