Regina Court House or City Hall Wedding

Start by contacting City Hall.
In many jurisdictions you can have a city hall or legal ceremony with a commissioner. You could maybe even just have it in your home if you wanted.

We’re getting married in BC, having a commissioner do a quick legal process and then my mom will act as celebrant in the presence of our guests.

Bouquet’s option no matter what type of ceremony you have so it’s really up to you and your FS.

I’ve found that WW has some good articles on the actual ceremony logistics of various cities. Check them out!

I'm not sure what the legalities are for Saskatchewan... I'm sure that's easy to find out, if you look up your province's government site.

However in terms of the actual "wedding"... my cousin got married in Mexico, and didn't do the legal ceremony down there, because they make you be in Mexico 5 business days before the wedding, and take blood work. So what they did was go for the destination "wedding" first, then a week or so after they got back, they had a marriage commissioner go to her parents house and they got married in front of the Christmas tree (she's obsessed with Christmas), with just their immediate families.

My personal opinion would be to do your "legal" wedding after your destination one. Try and keep it super quiet to your guests that they wedding they are witnessing is not "real"... At least if people find out it's not a legal ceremony when they are down there (or after)... I think it's easier to swallow that they saw your "first" wedding, rather than know that you were already married when you all went to the Dominican.

Ultimately it's up to you, but I know with my cousin I would have been pretty upset to know I spent over $2,000 to watch two married people repeat their vows. It's a little more special to know it's your first ceremony between you two as well. Even for you two, to still have that excitement, as opposed to having your "wedding day", knowing you're already married.

As for the outfit: She just wore a dress she liked for her legal ceremony at home... I'm pretty sure it was blue or black. She had a wedding dress in Mexico. I think she did have a mini bouquet at home, and a full size one in Mexico.

Also! To really ensure your guests don't know, my cousin had resort print a "fake" marriage license so they had something to sign during the ceremony. If your guests have been to a few weddings, they will notice a lack of "certificate signing" if you don't include it. They never need to know it wasn't real.

I hope this was more helpful than confusing, good luck!

I couldn't find any information about having a city hall/courthouse wedding in Saskatchewan, but I know in Ontario it is totally doable!

You may have to find a marriage commissioner, a link to Regina ones can be found here:

Marriage Commissioners in Saskatchewan

You could contact one and see if they know if you can do a city hall/courthouse wedding but you might have to do it at your house before you go.

We thought about doing a destination wedding but doing the legalities in Ontario beforehand but a lot of guests would not be able to make the trip so we opted to get married in Ontario.