If you have decided to get married in Montreal, there are several places to celebrate your civil marriage. You can be married civilly in:
-a reception room,
-a restaurant,
-a park or garden,
-your home
-a notary’s office
etc.
The place of civil marriage must meet three criteria:
-respect the solemn nature of the civil marriage ceremony
-take place in a place where your officiant is allowed to marry you
-be arranged for the civil marriage ceremony
The location of the civil marriage also depends on the type of celebrant you choose. A court clerk or deputy court clerk has the right to marry you at the courthouse, in a hospital or penitentiary if one of the spouses is there. A mayor, a councillor or a municipal official can marry you in their town hall or in a place which is in the territory of their municipality. A relative who has been chosen as officiant will be able to celebrate a civil marriage in the place you agree with them. Just like a civil marriage celebrated by a notary officiant.