COMPARING MARRIAGE LICENSE SERVICES IN NIAGARA REGION

The municipalities in the Niagara Region provide different levels of marriage license service. This page summarizes the different service offerings. The page was last updated as of July 2008.

Click on the map below or scroll further down the page below to find what each municipality offers.

Fort Erie

$125.00 cash or debit card

Mon-Fri 8:30 - 4:30

Municipal Centre, 1 Municipal Centre Drive, Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada L2A 2S6

Tel: 905-871-1600

Fort Erie website §

Grimsby

$100.00 cash or debit card

By Appointment only. Call the License Issuer between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm Mon. - Fri. to arrange an appointment.

160 Livingston Ave., PO 159, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada L3M 4G3

Tel: 905-945-9634 ext.2005

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Lincoln

Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Monday through Friday (closed on statutory holidays)

Lincoln Town Hall, 4800 South Service Road, Beamsville,Ontario.

TEL: (905) 563-8205

FAX: (905) 563-6566

Lincoln website §

Niagara Falls

$100.00 cash or debit

City Hall is open from 8:30 A.M. until 4:30 P.M., Monday to Friday, holidays excluded.

Lydia Picca - Vital Statistics Licensing Clerk

By Phone: 905-356-7521 ext. 4283

By Fax: 905-356-9083

E-Mail: lpicca@niagarafalls.ca

City of Niagara Falls, 4310 Queen Street, Box 1023 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2E 6X5

Niagara Falls website §

Niagara-on-the-Lake

The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has application forms only for marriage licenses but does not issue the actual license.

Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, 1593 Four Mile Creek Road, P.O. Box 100, Virgil, Ontario, L0S 1T0

Phone: Administration Offices 905-468-3266

Fax: Administration - 905-468-2959

Niagara-on-the-Lake website §

Pelham

No mention of marriage licenses

Town Clerk Cheryl Miclette: (905) 892-2607 Ext. #20

Deputy Clerk Nancy Bozzato: (905) 892-2607 Ext. #15

E-mail: clerks@pelham.ca

Town of Pelham, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, ON, L0S 1E0

Phone:(905) 892-2607

FAX: (905) 892-5055

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Port Colborne

No mention of marriage licenses.

Janet Beckett call: 905-835-2900 ext 106

Janet Beckett, City Clerk, City Hall, 66 Charlotte Street, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada L3K 3C8

Tel.: 905-835-2900 ext 106

Fax: 905-834-5746

Port Colborne website §

St. Catharines

$100.00 (cash or debit card only).

City Clerk’s office between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday

City of St. Catharines, P.O. Box 3012, 50 Church Street, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2R 7C2

Tel: 905.688.5600

Fax 905.682.3631

all hours of operation: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

St. Catharines website §

Thorold

The license fee is $100.00 cash or certified cheque only. A personal cheque is not acceptable.

Hours Issued: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. Please call prior to attending the office to be sure someone is available to issue the license.

Corporation of the City of Thorold, Clerk's Department, 3540 Schmon Parkway, P.O. Box 1044, Thorold, ON, L2V 4A7

Tel: Susan M. Daniels, AMCT. Deputy City Clerk, 905-227-6613 ext. 226

Email: depclerk@thorold.com

Fax: (905) 227-5590

Thorold website §

Wainfleet

No mention of marriage licenses.

Tanya Lamb, Township Clerk Ph. (905) 899-3463, ext. 226

Wainfleet website §

Welland

A Marriage License Application may be obtained in the Clerk’s Office at the Civic Square during regular office hours (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Marriage Licenses are issued between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday.

The current fee for a Marriage License is $100.00. This fee may be paid by cash, certified cheque, money order or Interac. Personal cheques cannot be accepted.

60 East Main Street, Welland, Ontario L3B 3X4

Tel:(905) 735-1700

Welland website §

West Lincoln

Municipal Office,Canborough Street, PO Box 400 Smithville, ON L0R 2A0

Tel: 905-957-3346 or 1-800-350-3876

West Lincoln website §