The pandemic hasn’t stopped happy couples from continuing to get engaged. If you’ve already started planning your wedding, you already know that the prime dates are hard to come by! If you and your partner are open to a weekday or Sunday wedding or a winter wedding, you’ll find a whole lot more flexibility (and likely some significant savings to boot!).
While the prospect of greater flexibility and cost savings are great, you’ll definitely want to keep in mind that the given calendar year is full of long weekends, holidays, big city events and so forth. Perhaps your friends and family would be absolutely thrilled to celebrate your love on New Years Eve or St. Patrick’s Day, but maybe not; if the majority of your nearest and dearest are avid cottage goers, you might want to steer clear of any long weekends; and if your fiancé’s family is Jewish, you’ll definitely want to avoid saying “I Do” on a High Holiday.
While you won’t be able to accommodate everyone, the goal is to have the majority of your guest list in attendance, so you’ll definitely want to make sure you know your audience when considering a wedding date. Lucky for you, we’ve already done the heavy lifting! Below is a list of all the dates you may wish to avoid (or not) in 2023 & 2024.
New Year’s Day: January 1, 2023 | January 1, 2024
Friday the 13th: January 13, 2023
Chinese New Year: January 22, 2023
Superbowl: February 5, 2023 | February 11, 2024
Chinese New Year: February 10, 2024
Valentine’s Day: February 14, 2023 | February 14, 2024
Family Day: February 20, 2023 | February 19, 2023
Mardi Gras: February 21, 2023 | February 13, 2024
St. Patrick’s Day: March 17, 2023 | March 17, 2024
Ram Navami: March 30, 2023
Palm Sunday : March 24, 2024
Good Friday: March 29, 2024
Easter Sunday: March 31, 2024
Additionally, Ramadan is an Islamic holiday that lasts a whole month beginning on March 22, 2023 & March 10, 2024
April Fools Day: April 1, 2023 | April 1, 2024
Good Friday: April 7, 2023
Easter Sunday: April 9, 2023
Palm Sunday: April 2, 2023
Passover: April 5-13, 2023 | April 22-30, 2024
Ram Navami: April 17, 2024
Eid-al-Fitr: April 20-21, 2023 | April 9-10, 2024
Mother’s Day: May 14, 2023 | May 12, 2024
Victoria Day: May 22, 2023 | May 20, 2024
Father’s Day: June 18, 2023 | June 16, 2024
Eid-al-Adha: June 28-July 2, 2023 | June 16-18, 2024
Canada Day: July 1, 2023 | July 1, 2024
Tisha B’Av: July 26-27, 2023
Civic Holiday: August 7, 2023 | August 5, 2024
Tisha B’Av: August 12-13, 2024
Krishna Janmashtami: August 26, 2024
Labour Day: September 4, 2023 | September 2, 2024
Krishna Janmashtami: September 6, 2023
Friday the 13th: September 13, 2024
Rosh Hashanah: September 15-17, 2023
Yom Kippur: September 24-25, 2023
Friday the 13th: October 13, 2023
Rosh Hashanah: October 2-4, 2024
Yom Kippur: October 11-12, 2024
Thanksgiving: October 9, 2023 | October, 14, 2024
Halloween: October 31, 2023 | October 31, 2024
Remembrance Day: November 11, 2023 | November 11, 2024
Diwali: November 12, 2023 | November 1, 2024
Friday the 13th: December 13, 2024
Hanukkah: December 7-15, 2023 | December 25-Jan 2, 2024-2025
Christmas Eve: December 24, 2023 | December 24, 2024
Christmas: December 25, 2023 | December 25, 2024
Boxing Day: December 26, 2023 | December 25, 2024
Kwanzaa: December 26 to January 1, 2023 | December 26 to January 1, 2024-2025
New Years Eve: December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2024
