Officiant! How do i know they are registered?

Ask to see their certificate/license. they are supposed to be able to provide it to you. I would want to see it before booking with them.

Hi Maribeth, Service Ontario has a web page with links to finding officiants. They have both religious (with non-denominational officiants) and civil (city hall) officiants. The religious officiants link takes you to a download link where you can view all officiants for the whole province

https://www.ontario.ca/page/getting-married

You could also ask to see their certificate and it they seem sketchy about that, they might be sketchy in general and raise red flags

Of course not! I've seen so many movies and tv shows where it makes the marriage null that I too will be asking for proof! Better safe than sorry; if they are offended by that then I would be cautious for even using them as it would give me a feeling that they are trying to hide something.

I think of it like when you are going to get into bed with someone - you need to talk about the preventative measures and the testing before doing anything or it could result in some bad news.

I know that in Manitoba we have a list of marriage commissioners on our government website - but I tried to find something similar for Ontario and came up with nothing. I believe you may have to contact your local municipality for more information. That or you could always ask to see his/her certificate to verify the expiration date?