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Tamara Jones is an Alberta Appointed Marriage Commissioner serving the City of Calgary and surrounding areas. She has performed over 5800+ marriage ceremonies over the past 18 years and is truly passionate about what she does.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Top 3 Marriage Officiants in Calgary consectutively 2018-2025

• Alberta Government Appointed Marriage Officiants - Officiated over 5800+ Marriage Ceremonies in Alberta

(duration of 18 years)

• Preferred Marriage Officiant for numerous restaurants, hotels, and community centres in the cities of Calgary,

Canmore, Kananaskis, Banff and Lake Louise

• Published (online/print) Wedding Bells Magazine, Avenue Magazine, Luxe Magazine, Confetti, Rocky Mountain Brides, Style Me Pretty, Blush Magazine, Fairmont Hotels, Calgary Bride, Calgary Bridal Guide, JuneBug Weddings, Avenue Calgary

• Recipient / Calgary Women of Inspiration / White Hat Recipient / Formally commended by Alberta Premier 2016

• Key-Note Speaker Calgary YWCA Walk-a-Mile in Her Shoes Campaign 2016

• Wedbiz Outstanding Service Award 2016-2019

• Nominee for People’s Choice Awards in Calgary celebrating small businesses in Calgary 2016

• Wedding Industry Experts award winner top 2 Marriage Commissioners in Calgary, top 3 in Alberta, top 20 in

Canada, top 20 worldwide 2016-2018

• Past Nominee Calgary Top 40 under 40 2012

Services offered

Tamara is delighted to provide customized vows for your civil union or ceremony, whether religious or not. She will also attend any rehearsals as requested. Tamara also performs vow renewal ceremonies. She offers services for symbolic ceremonies like blended family vow ceremony, breaking the glass, unity glass ceremony, hand ceremony, hand fasting ceremony, tree planting ceremony, love letter/wine ceremony, rose ceremony, a moment of recognition, champagne ceremony and ring warming ceremony. She will also officiate elopement and destination ceremonies.

How she works

Tamara offers romantic and caring marriage ceremonies that are meaningful to her couples. Customized marriage ceremonies are created to ensure the ceremony captures the love and emotion each feels for one another. Whether the marriage ceremony takes place in the rocky mountains, downtown Calgary, a restaurant, a park, in the backyard or your living room, consistent customer service is provided.

Tamara has earned a reputation in the wedding industry as a Wedding Specialist combining professionalism and light-heartedness. It’s all about balance and feels it is important that her clients enjoy their marriage ceremony by providing customized marriage ceremonies and exceptional customer service. Always.

Tamara has advocated passionately for marriage equality in the LGBTQ2S+ community. She has mentored youth and adults by boosting their self-confidence, self-worth, enhance positivity and focus, pursue their goals, dream big and go for it.

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Frequently asked questions

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

Civil union
Single religion
Interfaith ceremony
Non-religious
Vow renewal
Ceremony rehearsal

What services do you provide?

Licensed
Allow couple' own vows

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Buddhist
Anglican
Baptist
Catholic
Episcopalian
Lutheran
Methodist
Mormon
No denomination
Orthodox christian
Presbyterian
Earth-based
Evangelical
Hindu
Islam
Jainism
Jewish
Shinto
Taoist
Unitarian
Sikhism

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.
30-60 mins.

What is the starting price for your wedding services?

$285

Does starting price include the ceremony rehearsal?

No

What is the starting price for ceremony rehearsals?

$200

Reviews for Weddings By Tamara-Marriage Officiant

Victoria
Victoria Sent on 03/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Tamara is fantastic!

We couldn't have asked for a better officiant! She was incredibly nice, professional, and responsive throughout the entire process. During the ceremony, her words truly resonated with my husband and me, and even our guests commented on how intuitive she was in capturing the essence of who we are as a couple. When we had unexpected technical difficulties with the microphone, she gracefully pivoted and projected her voice so everyone could hear. As a thoughtful touch, she even stepped aside for 'The Kiss'! We highly recommend her!
Jamilynn
Jamilynn Sent on 16/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Tamara is The Best!!!

We hired Tamara via recommendations on Wedding Wire. She is simply amazing at what she does! She picked up on how we were as a couple and provided us with some resources for planning out our readings and vows. Tamara provided us with the most amazing ceremony and worked with us to incorporate the cultural pieces that I wanted as part of the ceremony! Thank you Tamara!
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Tahlia Sent on 05/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Great celebrant!

The ceremony that Tamara ran for our wedding day was beautiful. She has a lovely presence about her and she made us feel extremely comfortable being up in front of everyone. Tamara was easy to communicate with and was happy to do whatever we wanted for our ceremony. Highly recommend booking Tamara for your wedding!
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Anastasia Sent on 26/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A true gem!

Tamara is a true professional. We loved her high energy and enthusiasm! I'm so fortunate we secured her for our big day. I couldn't imagine anyone else being with us and I'll recommended her to anyone! We truly felt like she was in our corner from the very beginning
Cherie
Cherie Sent on 17/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

She was perfect

We can not recommend Tamara MORE!!! She was the perfect blend of class and fun sprinkled with the perfect amount of spirituality for us. 10/10.
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Christie Sent on 30/05/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing Officiant

Tamara is wonderful, working with her is great and everything was very easy. She made the ceremony perfect! I highly recommend Tamara!
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Jessica Sent on 28/09/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful service

I was recommended Tamara by my photographer, and I am so glad we booked her! I didn’t meet Tamara until just before my ceremony as I was an international bride. Tamara was really helpful beforehand letting us know where to get our marriage license etc. The ceremony was so perfect. Our guests were saying how nice it was and there were a lot of tears! Thank you so much Tamara for marrying us.
Abbey-Lee
Abbey-Lee Sent on 01/10/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Tamara is a wonderful officiant.

Tamara officiated our wedding this September and did an amazing job. She made us both feel comfortable and guided us through the ceremony with ease. Tamara was clear, well-spoken, and genuine and we highly recommend her!
Kyle
Kyle Sent on 22/08/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Wow! So amazing

I honestly can’t say enough great things about Tamara! She made us feel so comfortable and calm! She was so professional and kind to us, even though we couldn’t meet her in person until our rehearsal it felt like we were meeting an old friend!
Lizlavitt
Liz L. Sent on 31/08/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Great Officiant!

Tamara was very calming during all our readings. Even we we forgot our rings she was quick to jump to the next item on the list till the rings could be brought.
We enjoyed having her with us on our special day.
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