Postponing from 2021 to 2022 and getting a court marriage?

Postponing may be your choice to make your guests feel comfortable knowing they are being safe to travel and health wise for themselves. A intimate wedding with the family present may be best to make things easier and have your celebration held for later time with everyone present. Consider a Vow Renewal without an officiant, yet a family member saying the same as you got married and putting rings on again.

Thanks Hank, and yes we were considering either court or civil. I don't think we'll plan to get married by the summer anyway so hopefully the restrictions will be a bit better.

I can't imagine how planning everything and having vendors booked with the uncertainty of this year is affecting you guys! Good luck!!

I feel for you, Meena. By court marriage, I'm guessing you mean a wedding in a Civic Centre. Just so you're aware, all Civic Centres in Toronto are closed for weddings. City Hall's wedding chamber is open for appointments but you can only have your two witnesses attend and no one else. They'll also have to be masked. So if you wanted your family, or even at the very least your parents to attend, they wouldn't be able to.

You can still have a civil wedding ceremony without being inside a civic centre. By July, it'll be warm enough that you can do it outside. You just need to hire an officiant and have them come to you. Gathering limits will depend on what the situation is like then and where you go but whatever option you choose will likely allow more than just two other people max for City Hall.

As for postponing the reception, we'll be doing that if the majority of the population has not received their vaccinations by our date. Even if government allows it, there's still a risk (and the past few months have shown us government will allow certain activities not for the benefit of health but for their own personal interests).