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Wedding Planning Checklist (Personalized)
A month-by-month wedding planning timeline for Canadian couples. Venue and vendor booking order, your province's marriage licence timing, budget, and guest count — personalized to your actual wedding.
- Printable PDF (8.5×11)
- Editable Excel / Google Sheets
- Ready seconds after checkout
- Download link on the thank-you page, plus a backup by email
- Secure checkout via Stripe
- Broken or not as described? We fix it or refund it within 14 days — refund policy
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Quick answer
How far in advance should you start planning a wedding in Canada?
Most Canadian couples start 10-12 months out, mainly because photographers, popular venues, and DJs in most cities book up that far ahead. A shorter timeline (3-6 months) is doable, especially for a smaller or off-season wedding, but it means moving fast on the venue and photographer specifically, since those two are hardest to book last-minute.
How personalization works
This isn't a static PDF. After checkout you'll answer a short questionnaire, and we generate a printable PDF and an editable Excel workbook built around your answers.
- Step 1
Check out
Secure Stripe checkout. Your personalization link opens instantly on the thank-you page and is emailed to you as a backup.
- Step 2
Answer 11 questions
Takes about 3 minutes. Your answers auto-save — you can come back and change them any time during your 30-day window.
- Step 3
We generate your files
Personalization runs the moment you click Download — no waiting queue and no email delivery to wait on.
- Step 4
Download instantly
A printable PDF and an editable .xlsx workbook (opens in Excel or Google Sheets) download to your device. Regenerate any time.
What we ask you
- Province, months until the wedding, guest count, and budget
- Venue type, planning style (DIY vs. vendor-led), and officiant type
- Wedding party, kids involved, and a planned legal name change
- Any custom items you want added
What gets generated
- A month-by-month timeline from as-soon-as-possible through the final 2 weeks
- Your province's marriage licence timing worked into the right point in the plan
- Wedding-party, kids-in-the-wedding, and DIY-project sections — only if they apply to you
- A budget-and-vendor tracker matched to your guest count and venue type
What's included
- Month-by-month timeline from as-soon-as-possible through the final 2 weeks
- Your province's marriage licence timing built into the right point in the plan
- Wedding-party, kids-in-the-wedding, and DIY-project sections
- Editable Excel workbook
Exactly what you'll receive
Every section of the printable PDF and every tab of the editable spreadsheet that arrives in your download.
Personalized printable PDF (8.5×11)
PDF sections
- 12 months out — the big decisions
- 9–12 months out — lock in vendors
- 6–9 months out — the details
- 3–6 months out — invitations & logistics
- 1–3 months out — the license & final counts
- Final 2 weeks
- DIY project tracker
Editable Excel workbook (.xlsx)
Workbook tabs
- ChecklistSection · Item · Done · Notes — one row per checklist item, ready to tick off or export.
Section titles adjust to your questionnaire answers — this is the default layout.
How your personalized wedding planning checklist works
A month-by-month wedding planning timeline built around your province, budget, and guest count — not a generic checklist.
A peek at your output
Sample from the "12 months out — the big decisions" section using default answers — your version reflects the details you enter.
12 months out — the big decisions
- Set the overall budget ($25,000–$50,000) and agree who's contributing before booking anything
- Draft the guest list — the single biggest lever on total cost, and the number every vendor will ask for first
- Tour and book the venue — this is the one booking that locks your date, so it comes before everything else
- Set a wedding budget spreadsheet with a contingency line (10-15% of total) — almost every wedding runs over somewhere
- Research and shortlist photographers/videographers — the best ones in most Canadian cities book 12+ months out
- Note your province's marriage licence window so you don't apply too early (most expire before the ceremony if you do)
Who it's for
Engaged Canadian couples who want a real month-by-month wedding planning timeline — matched to your province's marriage licence rules, budget, guest count, and venue type — not a generic checklist that ignores when your actual date is.
How it helps
A Canadian wedding planning timeline that goes beyond a generic checklist: the right order to book venue and vendors, your province's marriage licence timing worked into the right point in the plan, a budget and guest-count tracker, and sections for a wedding party, kids in the wedding, and DIY projects — only if they apply to you.
Common questions
Most Canadian couples start 10-12 months out, mainly because photographers, popular venues, and DJs in most cities book up that far ahead. A shorter timeline (3-6 months) is doable, especially for a smaller or off-season wedding, but it means moving fast on the venue and photographer specifically, since those two are hardest to book last-minute.
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