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Before you get married in Alberta, you will need to purchase a Marriage Licence from a licenced Marriage Licence Issuer. At McKillop Insurance & Registry Services Ltd. we have licenced Marriage Licence Issuers who can issue Licences to brides and grooms who intend to marry in Alberta. The licence is valid for 90 days from the date it is issued and is only valid to be married in the Province of Alberta.

Both parties to the marriage must apply together.

Both parties must provide the marriage licence issuer with valid identification.

Applicants must be at least 18 years of age (persons under the age of 18 must obtain consent to marry). Consent forms for minors are available from the marriage licence issuer.

If the marital status of either party to the marriage is divorced, copies of the final court documentation is required.

The bride and groom cannot be related by lines of consanguinity (close relation or connection). Federal legislation prohibits people from marrying if they are related linearly or as brother or sister, whether by whole blood, half blood or by adoption. Specifically: a woman cannot marry her grandfather, father, grandson, son or brother. A man cannot marry his grandmother, mother, granddaughter, daughter or sister.

Where either party is not fluent in English, they must provide a translator/interpreter who is over the age of 18 and is fluent in English as well as the language he/she is translating.

Where an applicant is mentally challenged notice must be made by the marriage licence issuer to the appropriate trustee or guardian.

There are no residency requirements; blood tests are not required.

To be better prepared, download an application for a Marriage Licence (in .pdf format) and bring it in with you along with the other required documents.
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