If you are applying for an Ontario Marriage Certificate to support a separate application such as for a Passport, Driver's Licence, Immigration, or Native Status, it is important to check with the organization requesting the document to ensure you obtain the correct vital record. Changes cannot be made once an order has been placed.

Payment can be made by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, cheque or money order – Please make the cheque or money order payable to ‘Vital Certificate Processing Services’.

Certificates ordered with regular service average 15 to 20 business days to be processed and delivered.

Certificates ordered with rush service average 5 to 7 business days to be processed and delivered. Requests for rush service will be processed within 2 business days and will be couriered to you.

Search Letters average 5 to 8 business days to be processed and delivered.

Service times listed above are approximations and are not guaranteed. Incomplete or inaccurate applications will significantly delay processing time.

• Marriage Certificate – $65.00 each

• Marriage Certificate – Rush – $100.00 each

• Certified Copy of Marriage Registration – $75.00 each

• Certified Copy of Marriage Registration – Rush – $110.00 each




• Search Letter (Provides date of marriage when unknown) – $65.00 each. $15.00 extra for each additional 5 year search.

Fees include all taxes, search, shipping and processing charges.

If no record of the marriage is found by the Ontario Vital Statistics Agency, fees will be applied to the search cost and will not be refunded by the Agency.

All marriage certificates in Ontario are mailed or couriered directly from the Ontario Vital Statistics Agency.