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Congratulations!
Welcome! 
Please accept my best wishes if you are planning to celebrate a wedding. I am Mary Beaty, a licensed Wedding Officiant certified by the Registrar General of Ontario under the auspices of
the Humanist Association of Canada to provide legal civil marriage services in the Province of Ontario.
Types of Wedding Ceremonies
We provide
simple, ethical, non-denominational, non-religious civil marriage ceremonies, designed together with the couple to reflect your own wishes,
values, philosophy and style.
Traditional or Modern
We offer both traditional wedding services, and also creative modern ceremonies for couples who wish to design their own wedding and vows. Though our weddings services are secular, we are happy to include cultural traditions and special requests.
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We officiate at all sizes of wedding ceremonies, from private elopements, to small weddings for family and friends, to large formal events. I have been honoured to marry over 600 couples, and am familiar with many cultural traditions, non-traditional ceremonies and weddings in unique locations, as well as surprise weddings, private elopements, location weddings, ceremonies with children, re-marriages, and other special circumstances. Just ask!
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About Me: I am a librarian (UofT), a writer, a human
rights activist, a grandmother, and an original member of the Toronto School of Storytelling. As former organic farmer, I am also interested in sustainability, and green issues. You might enjoy my blogs, Agreenbride.com, and EthicalCeremonies.com.
I am a member of the The International Humanist and Ethical Union, The Humanist Association of Toronto, Humanist Canada, The Ontario Humanist Society, The Humanist Society (HS), and the American Humanist Association (AHA). From 2001-2007, I represented the AHA/HS at the United Nations in New York, and I am a founding member of the Council of Ethics Based Organizations (CEBO) in at the United Nations.
Wedding locations
I will consider most locations - formal and informal - including lofts, museums, hotels, parks, even your own back yard. We've used settings as diverse as The Rosewater Room, the Berkeley Field House, hotels such as The Four Seasons, Gladstone, Delta Chelsea, Royal 
York, or historic sites such as Todmorden Mills. McLean House (Sunnybrook), as well as your hotel room,
restaurants, bars, museums and art galleries, the party rooms of condos, and in my apartment by the fireplace, both winter and summer.
We've braved the weather in many unique spots,
including parks, gardens, castles, forests, beaches, boardwalks, bridges, rooftops, in a rowboat on the
lake, a deserted beach in November, at the top of the CN Tower in January and out in the snow in February - a rather short ceremony!
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Whether you choose a traditional, romantic or unusual setting, I'll listen to your wishes and help you design a simple, meaningful ceremony, which reflects your own values and traditions.
Weddings in Toronto, and Ontario
I am available for weddings in most of the Toronto GTA, and other locations in Ontario by request. Just send me a message by Email or phone, and I'm happy to answer
questions, chat about your plans, and send you sample ceremonies,
wedding ideas, and a fee schedule.
Weddings in New York
I am also licensed by the Humanist Society of the American Humanist Association
and the State of
New York to solemnize marriages in New York. I have married many Canadian couples honeymooning in New York City,
including a recent memorable wedding at dawn on the Brooklyn Bridge on Canada Day. I am happy to arrange a NY
wedding with one of the New York Wedding Grannies. Feel free to ask about legal requirements for Canadians wishing
to be married in New York. See Weddingsofnewyork.com
and ElopeNewYork.com for more information. We've also been profiled in the New York Times, the NYDailyNews, The Post, ABC, Martha Stewart Weddings, Canal+, TimeOutNY, etc., and will send links and references.
Best wishes! - Mary
Mary Beaty, Humanist Officiant, B.A., B.Ed., M.L.S.
