Officiants?

Hey there Crystal! Great advice from the PPs Is this clearer now? Do you need more guidance or have any further questions?

I think anyone can be an officiant. They just need the right qualifications (like a certificate I think).

Officiants are non-religious or religious (depending of which online course or actual course accepted by the association) licensed ministers that can marry you outside of the church. The service is up to you of how you choose to go about your wedding vows and ceremony.

Reverend is within the church association board that are qualified to be sworn by god to give the service from god marrying you. Some city halls do consider their ministers Reverend.

Seek online services of Officiants of your choice if you wish to have them come out to your venue location of eloping in the City Hall which provide Reverends or Officiants depending on the area and the cost too.

Ontario is a bit different. There are Courthouse weddings (and some courthouse staff will do an offsite wedding) but most officiants in Ontario are given that authority via a recognized religious organization. That doesn't mean they only offer religious ceremonies and most, if not all, offer secular ceremonies as well. In Ontario one cannot just become an officiant (via online registration, etc).
There have been some recent fraudulant activity in Ontario with people claiming to be authorized to officiate who in fact were not (and the subsequent marriages are then not valid)

Our officiant provides secular or Catholic (Not Roman Catholic) ceremonies. He brought his registration to our meeting and advised us how we could confirm his credentials.

Officiant is a general term usually for non-religious performing people that conduct ceremonies. In order to be an officiant you would have to register with your province or territory but it's different for each province and territory. Here in MB we can look up on the government site to see who is registered as an officiant and some have websites and phone numbers to contact them. Others are more professional and this is their main job so they can be found on wedding wire even!