Personalized Wedding Ceremonies

We can’t say enough about our experience with Rinette Emerson as our Officiant.

Through these trying times we eloped and had a small, intimate ceremony after having to postpone our first official date. Rinette was understanding, accommodating and offered many ideas and suggestions.

Thank you so much, Rinette, for making our special day that much more special!!!

Jim Emerson was our wedding officiant in Fall 2020. As you might imagine, it was a challenge to get married safely during COVID, but we managed to get it done thanks to Jim's great support.

He stayed positive and helped us through many last-minute changes and made sure that our moment was incredibly special for us, the few people who could attend in person and for all the guests who were streaming online.

We would highly recommend Jim to our friends and family.

Ottawa Wedding Officiants is the best rated online wedding officiants in Ottawa, so when my now husband and I decided to get married, we contacted them, and we got a response within minutes. That was incredible and not just that, but Jim was so understanding and guided us newbies through the process, and we felt so well taken care off.

But not just that but the date we had chosen turned out to be a really gloomy and rainy day and when we decided to change the date, Jim was so kind and understanding and we did not feel any pressure at all. Our day went so smoothly, and he was so funny yet professional, easy going and directed us so well. We chose the best man for our best day.

I cannot imagine having have done this without him. We highly recommend this company and Jim is the man. Thank you, Jim, from the bottom of our hearts. Our families from across the globe, who joined online, thanks you as well.

For our wedding we had both Rinette & Jim as our officiants.

They accommodated us when we asked them to Officiate our wedding as a team. It was a first time for them as a team, and even with only a few days notice they prepared and came through with a beautiful ceremony that highlighted their teamwork, their passion, and their commitment to us in a way we envisioned our ceremony would be.

Rinette & Jim are extremely knowledgeable & encouraging. From vow suggestions to readings and ceremony structure. They gave us the guidance we needed to create a ceremony that was true to who we are. They listened to our every want and request without argument or hesitation.

Thanks to Jim and Rinette, our wedding was the true non-traditional fairy-tale wedding we wanted.

Rinette was exactly what we expected and more.

Her tips in advance of the wedding were extremely helpful, and we took advantage of all of them - from printing our vows on nicer paper, to stopping halfway down the aisle for a kiss, to the edits to our personal vows to each other.

Rinette was organized, and very understanding when we changed our wedding date 3 times!

Our guests were raving about her all night on how amazing, and funny she was. We want to thank you, Rinette, so much for officiating our wedding and we recommend you to anyone we hear who is getting married!

We finally got married, which was about a 1 year endeavor given all the craziness from Covid, but through it all Jim was there for me and my now Wife! He helped to keep us calm and make sure that throughout the whole process, we remembered to focus on the most important thing, which is that we will be with the one we love, and all the other details will get figured out. He planned our ceremony with us, giving us multiple ideas and telling us to put together the ceremony exactly how the two of us wanted. And on the day of the wedding, Jim was absolutely wonderful. He ensured that our family members that were involved knew exactly what to do and where to be, and he showed the photographer the best place to be for some of the important shots!

Throughout this whole process, Jim was super professional but also very friendly and warm, and was always just an email or phone call away. This is one of those services you hope to never use again, but I would definitely recommend him to anyone!

Rinette is an amazing officiant who guided us through the entire process from finding a venue, planning our vows, and what to expect after the wedding.

Since my husband and I first connected with her, she has been extremely helpful. We found a venue that conflicted with her time available and reorganized our agenda to accommodate her availability. That's how much we wanted her!

We had a hybrid small in-person/Zoom wedding and Rinette made all of our guests feel welcome. We loved having her as our Officiant and my husband's sister is highly considering Rinette as her Officiant for her upcoming wedding!

A little over a month ago my husband and I tied the knot at a magical little place called Whispering Springs Wilderness Retreat and were honoured to have Jim as our officiant. Jim and I used to be on a running team together back when we both lived in the GTA. As soon as I got engaged, I couldn't think of anyone else I'd rather have marry us than him. From the very beginning, Jim was there every step of the way helping & guiding us to create a memorable and touching ceremony. We are so incredibly happy with how everything turned out and are forever grateful to Jim for being apart of our day. He was so helpful at the rehearsal in ensuring everyone knew what they had to do and making sure we got every possible photo op! Our guests were so touched with the ceremony and mentioned several times to us that it was the most beautiful ceremony. I highly recommend Jim (and his team) to anyone getting married. Jim - you were simply the best and we are so happy to have had you be a part of our big day.