Wedding Trends In Canada 2014
Wedding Trends In Canada 2014
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From January 2014 to March 2014 more than one thousand brides and brides-to-be dished about their impending nuptials. They weighed in on everything from their rings and relationships to honeymoons and the final bill.
Highlights from this year's survey include:- There will be an estimated 162,056 weddings in Canada during 2014.
- The average age of Canadian brides is 31.
- December remains the most popular time to get engaged with 18% of men popping the question that month.
- 65% of weddings will occur between July and September. The most popular month to marry in is August, with 25% of weddings taking place that month.
- The expected cost of a wedding in Canada in 2014 is $31,685.
- The average number of wedding guests is 128.
- 86% of brides will buy at least one wedding-related item online.
- 1 in 3 brides are considering a honeymoon that involves adventure travel. That's up 40% since 2012.
- 15% of Canadian brides are planning on having a destination wedding. The total number of destination weddings has more than doubled since 2009.
- 39% of brides think prenuptial agreements are generally a good idea.
- 39% of brides were also involved in picking out their engagement ring.
- 31% say they would consider wearing a wedding dress in a colour other than white.
Click through the slides below to see more specifics on proposals, planning, registries, honeymoons and how brides are using the web to plan their celebrations.
A national sample of 1,095 currently-engaged female readers participated in the survey. Confidence interval: +/-2.8%, 19 times out of 20.View our reader survey results from 2013 and see how wedding trends in Canada are changing over the years.