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  • 28-09-2015 9:42am
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    horse7
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    Are weddings in Canada similar to ireland, do the guests get first drink free or what is the etiquette on the drinks front?


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    horse7
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    Anyone been to a wedding in Canada?


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    horse7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭horse7


    Anyone been to Canada?


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    Toots
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    OP there's a Canada forum on Boards http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1559 if you like I can move your thread there. TBH, I'd say there'd be few enough people on the Wedding forum that would have been to a wedding in Canada.


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    Faith
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    From what I understand (which isn't much), open bars are common at North American weddings because they don't take the piss with it the way an Irish crowd might. But there's not really a 'standard' format for weddings the way there is in Ireland. Some won't even have alcohol, or it will be a strictly buy-your-own-at-the-bar set up, including during the meal. So there's no simple answer to your question because it depends on the specific wedding you're attending.


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    horse7
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    Thanks guys,at least I have a starting point.


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    horse7
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    Toots wrote: »
    OP there's a Canada forum on Boards http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1559 if you like I can move your thread there. TBH, I'd say there'd be few enough people on the Wedding forum that would have been to a wedding in Canada.

    Please do.


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    Toots
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    Thread moved per OP request, posters please note that the Charter for the Canada forum now applies.


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    Joe Schmo
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    Hi OP,

    I have been at a handful of weddings in western Canada (AB and BC) so I can give some perspective: weddings in Canada are pretty similar to Irish ones in the order of church-photos-dinner-dancing. If your bride & groom are younger then there may be non-traditional settings like on a beach/public park/big tent as the weather can be quite predictable compared to Ireland.

    As mentioned above there may be a free bar (until a certain time) or possibly a loonie/toonie bar where each drink is $1/$2.

    If you get the invite and it's not clear the order of things or if there is open bar or full meal, it would not be considered rude to enquire with the wedding planners.


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    retalivity
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    If its in ontario, be prepared to be invited to the stag and doe a few weeks beforehand, were the couple basically beg for money to pay for the wedding through raffles, cheap booze, donations and crap like that.

    The wedding itself was much the same as ireland, was a free bar for a while that was more and asian thing (bride was asian)


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