- Fees: $128.85 (License fees are non-refundable)
- Either may apply but must bring with you when applying to your license both copies
- Proof of age Gov't ID: birth certificates or passports
- Photo ID: drivers license (or age of majority card)
- If under 19, bring written parental consent
- Relevant immigrant status card, treaty status card, Canadian citizenship card etc.
- The Licence will expire 90 days (3-months) after issued
- The Licence needs the following information
- Both parties must provide their parents' full names and birth places
- Each partners SIN numbers,
- No photocopies of documents is accepted
- Originals or certified copies only
- This license gets signed by the following at your wedding
- Yourselves (the 2 people getting married)
- Your officiant or religious ceremony leader (Minister, Priest, Imam, ,Rabbi etc.)
- Your 2-witnesses and is then sent to the government by your Minister/ Priest/ Rabbi or officiant (within 48 hours) to confirm the wedding took place
- Waiting Period: at least 5-days between application for your marriage license and issuance marriage license
- Search License Issuer Locations Here
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
- Marriage Certificate Application Form pdf Here
- Option1: Drop off in person: 300 Horseshoe Lake Drive
Bayer’s Lake Business Park
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3S 0B7 Canada - Option2: Snail-Mail Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 157 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2M9 Canada - Option3: Online Application
- Option4: Fax: (902) 450-7313
- Fees
- Short Form: $32.05 each
- Certified Copy: $38.75 each
- Long Form: $38.75 each
- Courier Service $20.00
MARRY AFTER DIVORCE, DISSOLUTION OR DEATH
- WHEN YOU APPLY for your license, bring with you
- Your original Certificate of Marriage
- Certified Death Certificate
- Proof of divorce or dissolution of union (court certified copies)
- Absolute Decree
- judgement of dissolution from original court
- Certificate of Divorce
- If you are still uninformed contact the
Central Divorce Registry of Canada
P.O. Box 2730, Station D
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1W7
Phone: 613-957-4519 - THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- The only way out of a marriage is divorce
- Original or certified documents only (your papers will be returned to you)
- If the original documents are in a language other than English, (English or French in Quebec) a certified translation is needed
- Nova Scotia has no more specifications
WHO CAN MARRY US
- Religious service: your registered religious representative of your choice or your congregation
- Civil service: Officiants who have been vetted by your province already
- Judges of Family or Provincial Court
- Justice of the Supreme Court
- Justice of the Peace
- Contact a Justice Centre & ask regarding the availability of a Justice of the Peace to marry you: Contacts List of Justice Centres in N.S.
- Listing of Justices of the Peace in N.S.
- Listing also available in-person at any location that will issue you, your marriage license
- Note: You cannot get a marriage license from a courthouse
LINKS & CONTACT INFORMATION
- Vital Statistics
- Phone: (902) 424-4381 (Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm)
- Toll Free
- 1-877-848-2578
- Email: vstat@gov.ns.ca
- Vital Statistics Nova Scotia
- Ns Civil Weddings Information
- Marriage Information
- Alberta Vital Statistics Permits & Forms
- Marriage Act
- Government Fees