Congratulations on your forthcoming wedding in the greater Ottawa area. As you start to make all sorts of plans, it is very easy to get caught up in the wedding industry vortex and you can lose sight of what is really most important for the two of you on your special day.

Having your wedding ceremony performed by a licensed Ontario wedding officiant is the only element of the day that is legally required for a marriage to be completed. Everything else you choose to do for your wedding day is simply a discretionary option.

So you now have a really important choice to make. Do you want your marriage ceremony and wedding script to be specifically designed for and about the two of you, customized and personalized to reflect who you are both as individuals and as a couple and treat your family and guests to an innovative, refreshing experience, something that really energizes them? Or, will you settle for having just a typical, ordinary marriage ceremony with a script using essentially the same impersonal bland words and ho-hum style which are used in virtually every other wedding ceremony held anywhere, whether in a church, city hall, or other civil ceremonies?

Anyone who has ever attended a wedding ceremony performed by either Lynne or Keith Langille really knows the difference between these two types and the positive impact you can make by treating your guests, as well as yourselves, to one of Lynne or Keith's innovative wedding ceremonies. As Ottawa's only full-time ceremony and marriage celebrants,  they have invested thousands of hours in researching and developing a range of approaches which inject life, energy, and originality into every ceremony they perform.

Having been married for over 32 years and having performed over unique 600 ceremonies, Lynne and Keith believe that weddings don't have to be boring and lacking real emotion for everyone attending. As they experimented with new techniques, they heard back from the couples, families, and guests at the wedding ceremonies they conducted that they were thrilled with the innovations that Lynne and Keith introduced into the Ottawa area.

Lynne and Keith's clientele are now primarily very selective and imaginative couples who value customized and personalized wedding ceremonies that exude creativity, humour, and originality blended with tradition. Their clients are those who prefer to work with officiants who take the extra time to listen to them and their ideas and to work actively with them to achieve their wedding ceremony vision.

If you believe that you and your guests deserve a unique wedding ceremony; a spectacular event filled with joy, love and laughter, then Lynne and Keith Langille can help you raise the bar by which weddings are judged. They can make your wedding ceremony stand out in the experience and memories of you, your families, friends, and guests as the best wedding ceremony that you and they have ever attended in your lives. Read what their clients have written about Lynne and Keith's ceremonies here and then imagine you having a similar or even better experience up to and on your wedding day.

This website strives to give you a sense of the range of types of ceremony that Lynne and Keith Langille of Exceptional Ceremonies in Ottawa perform and more importantly the creative style that makes Lynne and Keith the most innovative marriage celebrants serving the Ottawa area and, perhaps, all of Ontario.

Unique in Ottawa, Lynne and Keith offer all prospective clients a free one hour face-to-face consultation with both of them in the privacy of their own home (or by telephone conference call for those couples remote from Ottawa) prior to your making any deposit or booking. Lynne and Keith do this so that you can meet them and judge first hand their chemistry and expertise to be effective with you in taking your wedding ceremony to a level far beyond anything you've ever experienced or imagined. In doing so you can determine that they have the right experience, look, sound, style, energy, and presence to preside with confidence and authority at your ceremony

Meet Lynne and Keith over a cup of tea and find out why over 99% of the couples who have ever met with them, have then proceeded to book with them, a record unmatched anywhere else in Ontario. With their experience of having designed and performed over 600 ceremonies in most Ottawa area venues, leverage Lynne and Keith's extensive expertise to work for you and feel the peace of mind that comes from being serviced by two of the very best professionals that you'll meet in all of your wedding planning.

2010 Wedding Ceremonies

Unlike most other Ottawa officiants, Lynne and Keith limit the number of weddings they perform any afternoon to a maximum of two, both of which are spaced two or more hours in between. They do this so that they can provide you with the best possible service and to ensure you a stress free experience, especially if things run somewhat behind your schedule. Ever hear of a bride who arrived late or a ceremony that didn't start on time because the guests hadn't all arrived? Well, it happens and when it does, Lynne and Keith are not the officiants who cut out part of the ceremony because they need to get to another too closely scheduled ceremony. Lynne and Keith believe that your ceremony deserves their full attention and focus and they ensure that their scheduling will not be the source of any stress during your wedding day.

Due to the strong word of mouth recommendations of Lynne and Keith, presently over 90% of their available 2010 openings are now committed. Most Saturday afternoons from September to mid-October are booked with only a limited number of openings available during this period. However, Lynne and Keith can accept bookings for most weekday afternoon and evening ceremonies during these months. For Oct 10th (10-10-10), they still have a few morning and evening openings available, especially suitable for elopements. Contact them soon before they are all gone. There are some prime Saturday afternoon and evening times available for mid-October to December, including during the Christmas-New Year's period.

If your wedding is scheduled to occur any time within the September to December 2010 period, you are advised to contact Lynne or Keith as early as possible, to determine their availability. You can contact them either by phone at (613) 831-7555 or alternatively inquire by e-mail at Keith@ExceptionalCeremonies.com to secure a reservation for your preferred ceremony date & time.

2011 Wedding Ceremonies

Bookings for 2011 are now well underway. At this time, there are still a wide range of dates available during the peak wedding season, however for some Saturdays Lynne and Keith are already 3/4 booked for the day.

Lynne and Keith are presently unavailable for the period of Feb 26-April 10th, 2011.

Lynne and Keith offer a premium service for their clients and due to the significantly higher level of service they offer, the extra number of hours they work on your behalf, and the limited number of engagements they accept, their fees for larger wedding ceremonies are usually slightly higher than those of most other Ottawa officiants (but not always).

Being a small, home-based boutique operation, they are not equipped to respond to a high volume of enquiries but rather a more limited number of serious enquiries from couples who really appreciate and want excellence for their ceremony. If finding the lowest priced officiant available is more important to you than having you and your guests experiencing an exceptional and innovative wedding service, then there are so many other Ottawa officiants available who may be a better fit for your ceremony expectations and priorities.

Lynne and Keith openly publish their fees and the rationale for them. They would prefer to not waste your time if, after researching this comprehensive website and all of its informative contents, you still think that their fees are beyond your budget and not worth the slightly extra investment. Almost without exception, couples who do choose to have the free private, one hour meeting with them are very delighted to have done so. Of these, over 99% of the couples who meet with Lynne and Keith, then proceed to book with them! Their extensive sample client testimonials can be found here and convincingly document why engaging Lynne and Keith is often the best decision you will make amongst all of your wedding services options. For couples who meet with Lynne and Keith before they make the other major vendor decisions (including the venue), they can usually give you advice that could save you thousands of dollars and provide superior results.

For those couples who demand a superior ceremony experience for yourselves and your guests, Lynne and Keith Langille are experts for a range of customized ceremonies. Their specialities include:

Civil Ceremonies * Spiritual Ceremonies * Eloping *  Bilingual & French Ceremonies
Second & Third Marriages * Same Sex & Gay Weddings * Surprise Weddings
  Western Quebec Ceremonies  * Backyard, Home & Cottage Ceremonies 
Renewal of Vows Ceremonies * Co-Officiated Ceremonies
Baptisms & Naming Ceremonies * Memorial Services
Non-Denominational or Inter-Faith Ceremonies
Ceremonies for Remotely Located Couples
Ceremonies without a Marriage
Ceremonies with Children
Ceremonies in a Church

 

You can contact Lynne & Keith at Keith@ExceptionalCeremonies.com or 613 - 831 - 7555 in Ottawa. They're usually around most days and evenings.

Lynne and Keith Langille are Ottawa Wedding Officiants, Marriage Celebrants, non-denominational Ministers, Wedding Ministers, and Marriage Commissioners who function much like a Justice of the Peace. They perform ceremonies mainly in the greater Ottawa-Gatineau, National Capital Region, as well as surrounding locations in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Lynne and Keith do not perform ceremonies in the Toronto, GTA, or southern Ontario regions.