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Last update: August 2024

Vancity Officiant is an English and Chinese-speaking officiant business in Vancouver, BC. It is led by the officiants Kevin Leung, Kit Chan & Janice Chan, who communicate with every couple and create a ceremony that reflects their personality. They have a fun and fresh approach to providing their services and interfaith and intercultural rituals across Greater Vancouver. They assist their couples in creating a personalized celebration. In 2018, Vancity Officiant was selected as one of the Top 3 Best Wedding Officiant of the Professional BC Wedding Awards.

Experience

Kevin Leung is the first trilingual (English, Cantonese, and Mandarin) Certified Wedding Celebrant in Canada and a licensed Marriage Officiant in the province of British Columbia. Ordained as a spiritual minister by the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry, he specializes in performing wedding ceremonies using a young and professional approach with interfaith and intercultural rituals across Greater Vancouver.

Since 2014, Kevin has conducted marriage ceremonies for over 500 couples. He has also attained Wedding Industry Experts Most Popular New Celebrant/Officiant Award 2015, 1st in Vancouver, 2nd in British Columbia, 2nd in Canada, and 6th worldwide. In 2016, he is also the winner of Most Popular New Celebrant/Officiant Award, 1st in Richmond, 1st in British Columbia, 21st in Canada, 33rd worldwide.

Kit Chan is recognized as an interfaith Marriage Officiant in the Province of BC. She is registered with Vital Statistics to perform weddings in British Columbia. In 2004, she established her first award-winning business, Hee Creations Photography, and in 2010, she expanded her career and started Amara Wedding, a comprehensive wedding company. With extensive experience in the wedding industry and working with over 800 couples, she specializes in designing beautiful and personalized ceremonies and rituals.

As a Celebrant, Kit believes that a wedding ceremony is not just signing documents, it should be the moment to celebrate one of your most unforgettable milestones in your life with your loved ones, and it is the key to a marriage. She strives to work together with couples and offer her skills and professionalism to bring their vision for their life marriage.

Janice Chan joined the Vancity Officiant Team in 2018. She was ordained as a Spiritual Minister by the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry, and she is a licensed Marriage Officiant registered with BC Vital Statistic Agency.

As a Certified Wedding Celebrant, she helps couples create and embrace the sacred moment of union in marriage free from the bounds of convention. She believes a wedding ceremony should be as unique as the couple's journey of becoming marriage partners. With her creativity and open-mindedness, Janice specializes in designing customized wedding ceremonies and performs intimate elopements that are inclusive, meaningful, and memorable.

Services offered

The business's wide range of services includes Classic, Simple, and their new Elopement Package. Some of the services in these packages include:

  • Marriage celebratory ceremony in English and Chinese
  • Processing paperwork for legalization of marriage
  • Personalized element
  • Wedding ritual
  • On-site ceremony rehearsal
  • Option to arrange witnesses, bouquet & photo documentary (Elopement Package only)
  • Helicopter Elopements

Vancity Officiant offers customized vows for various types of weddings, such as civil unions, interfaith ceremonies, and rehearsals.

Areas covered

The business provides officiant services in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Delta, Surrey, Langley, and White Rock. (*An Additional travelling fee may apply for some locations.) They do not travel to Harrison Hot Springs and Victoria.

Frequently asked questions

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Civil union
Interfaith ceremony
Vow renewal
Ceremony rehearsal

What services do you provide?

Licensed
Allow couple' own vows

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$350

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$150
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Reviews for Vancity Officiant

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Jaden
Jaden M. Sent on 29/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Officiant

Vancity Officiant was truly amazing. Kevin was the best officiant we could've asked for. He was very professional, kind, and personable. His sense of humour was admirable and definitely took off loads of stress during the most stressful time in our lives! The team's response to emails was always quick and professional. We received so many compliments on our officiant, everyone loved him! My husband and I will recommend them to anyone planning their wedding.
Nicole
Nicole C. Sent on 09/09/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Look no further!

Kevin officiated our friend's wedding and it was the first time l sat through a ceremony in 2 languages, cantonese and english hence l decided to hire Kevin for our wedding when it came time. Upon hiring Kevin, he sent us information and details on how he officiates the ceremony, reminders on when to get our marriage license and options for different rituals couples can choose to do during the ceremony and we went with personalized love story. Then, Kevin sent us a separate questionnaire about our love story for him to come up with a script for our big day. Throughout the wedding planning process, l would ask Kevin questions even though he already told us with the initial email communication and Kevin would always patiently answer and always within 24 hours.

On the wedding day, my husband was actually worried the personalized love story script Kevin wrote up would be better than his personal vows, that's how much work Kevin puts in for his couples.

Many of our relatives and guests complimented on how professional yet lighthearted but not at all boring the whole ceremony was and that is all thanks to Kevin putting in the work to get answers from our questionnaire and putting it all together so well for us, especially when most of our relatives only speaks Cantonese. It was a huge bonus the ceremony was officiated in 2 languages and even my relatives could fully understand what was going on so they don't lose interest.

I highly recommend Kevin for those who are looking for a fun yet professional ceremony even if you aren't looking for someone that speaks multiple languages!
Stephen
Stephen B. Sent on 30/06/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful and memorable

Kevin was incredibly responsive and super helpful. He made the ceremony very memorable and several guests commented how great he was. Would highly recommend.
Dora
Dora V. Sent on 17/02/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing!!!!!!

We couldn’t have asked for a better person to marry us! Very respectful, friendly, funny! All of the above!! Thank you Kevin!
Murat
Murat M. Sent on 17/11/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Got married

Kevin and his team have excellent work ethic and they are very devoted to their work. We arranged everything in just 2 weeks. Kevin was always there for answering our inquiries from 7am to 11pm. Kevin made us feel like we were talking to someone that we already knew. He also arranged a fantastic video crew for us for a short video. The perfect thing about Vancity Officiant and Kevin is that you don't need to deal with bunch of middle man looking for confirmation from one another because Kevin has the full control of the organization which makes things work very smooth and fast. I wish lifelong success to Kevin and his team.
Ewa
Ewa Sent on 06/10/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Vancity officiant is the best choice!

Kevin and his team are very professional, kind and helpful. They made our elopement fun, personal and very, very, very special. We couldn't have dreamed of a better elopement. The helicopter company ("Sky Helicopters"), photographer and officer - 10/10! I would recommend Kevin and his team to anyone. I think every couple deserves such a special wedding. If you wonder whether to choose Kevin and his team - think no more! I'm telling you it's the best choice you can make! I am so excited, happy and grateful for our elopement organized by Vancity Officiant.
Flynn
Flynn M. Sent on 29/03/2020
4.8 out of 5 rating

A wonderful choice for a magical experience

Kevin was amazing! A lovely warm and welcoming person who would go out of his way to provide us with what we required, every question we had was answered quickly and in detail. I can't thank Kevin and Kit enough, The ceremony was exactly what we wanted. We requested some specific Cantonese words, a specific location, day and time at relatively short notice and we were not disappointed. Kevin lead the ceremony with grace and professionalism and made it feel personal and special for us. He was caring, understanding and took the time to understand our needs, our desires and who we were as people and as a couple. As a professional photographer of over a decade I can say with confidence that Kit's photography is very good and I was very happy with the results. The photographs were clear and beautiful capturing some lovely moments, the photo access online was presentable and easy to access too. I would highly recommend this company to anyone without question.
Pauline
Pauline T. Sent on 08/02/2018
5 out of 5 rating

It was great!

Kevin was great! He made it really lively not only on the day of the wedding, but during the rehearsal as well! He helped us lots on what to do, where to stand, and everything we needed to do on the day. He asked for our information about where we met and other questions about me and my husband, and he made a speech just for us! It was really sweet. Just one minor thing, he mistaken something about how we met, but I guess that's fine.
All in all, it was great to have him there to do a bilingual ceremony for us!
Mari
Mari Sent on 17/01/2018
5 out of 5 rating

Best decision having Kevin as our officiant!

We had Kevin to officiate our wedding in August, 2017. This is one area of the wedding planning that we didn't have to worry. From the beginning, Kevin was very responsive and professional in all email communications. He would also provide us advise on how to write our vows. He made sure all of details were taken care of: ceremony walking orders, mention of guests visiting from oversea, important parts to be translated, etc. We really felt we were in good hand. Our guests also thought Kevin did a good job making the ceremony romantic, sweet and yet funny. They thought the ceremony was memorable and they enjoyed it from beginning to the end, and we couldn't agree more!
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Grace L. Sent on 26/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Highly recommend Vancity officiant to every couple

Kevin was our officiant. He was super helpful, nice and professional. We were so glad that we had him on our special day. He made the wedding very memorable, smooth and full of laughter. Highly recommend Vancity officiant to every couple. 💯
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Meet the team

Kevin Leung
Kevin Leung
Officiant

As the first trilingual (English, Cantonese, and Mandarin) Wedding Celebrant in Canada, I am also a licensed Marriage Officiant in British Columbia, specialized in performing:

  • spiritual ceremonies
  • inter-faith ceremonies
  • same-sex ceremonies
  • multi-cultural ceremonies
  • elopements
  • renewal of vows

all across Greater Vancouver. With over 1000 marriages celebrated, I have become one of the most popular Officiants in BC and recognized as a true expert in the wedding industry. He has won several awards, including the Most Popular New Officiant Award in 2015 and the Best Officiant Top3 in 2018 & 2019. Follow him on Instagram @vancityofficiant and join the celebration!

Kit Chan
Kit Chan
Officiant

Being ordained as Spiritual Minister in British Columbia since 2016, I am legally qualified to perform weddings in the Province of British Columbia. I offer:

  • spiritual ceremonies
  • inter-faith ceremonies
  • same-sex ceremonies
  • multi-cultural ceremonies
  • elopements
  • renewal of vows

With my extensive experience in the wedding industry and having worked with over 800 couples as an award winning wedding photojournalist, I am now more focused on my passion as a Marriage Officiant and elopement photographer for Vancity Officiant. My elopement photography is known for being a thrilling and unforgettable experience, full of unique and adventurous moments. I firmly believe that a wedding ceremony should be one of the most genuine and memorable moments in your life, and here to make that happen with her expertise and confidence.

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1200 W 73rd Ave, Vancouver, BC V6P 6G5 Vancouver (British Columbia)

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