Nova Scotia seeks civil wedding officiants

Nova Scotia is accepting applications from private citizens to perform civil wedding ceremonies across the province. The deadline to apply is November 30.

• Administrative justices of the peace perform professional, non-religious weddings; they do not have the duties of presiding justices of the peace.
• Successful applicants will be appointed for five years.
• Nova Scotia currently has 246 registered administrative justices of the peace. They officiated at 3,443 marriages in 2025 and perform more than 75 per cent of wedding ceremonies in the province.