MapleVow was built around two partners rather than two roles. That is not a setting you switch on — it is how the product stores your wedding, addresses your guests, and prints your names on every email, portal, and page.
Your wedding is stored as two partner names in the order you choose. There is no bride field, no groom field, and no title or honorific anywhere in MapleVow — including on guest records.
The RSVP form builder is free text from top to bottom, so nothing forces a guest to declare a relationship or a role to reply to you.
Same-sex marriage has been legal across Canada since the Civil Marriage Act came into force on 20 July 2005, which defines marriage as the lawful union of two persons. Canada does not impose a residency requirement to marry here, and the Act was later amended so couples who married in Canada but live elsewhere can seek a divorce here too. Marriage licences are issued provincially, so confirm the rules for the province hosting your ceremony.
No. Every wedding is set up with two partner name fields and no gendered roles. There is no title or honorific field anywhere in MapleVow, including guest records.
Yes. You can add an optional pronoun question to your RSVP form and use the answers for place cards, seating notes, and briefing your day-of team. It is optional by default, and we recommend keeping it that way.
Yes. Your names appear exactly as you enter them, in the order you choose, across your website, guest portals, emails, and SMS. Nothing is reordered or merged into a single household name.
Canada has no residency requirement for marriage, and same-sex marriage has been legal nationwide since 2005. Licence rules are set provincially, so check the requirements for the province where the ceremony will take place. The official sources below are the place to confirm current details.
Our Canadian vendor directory includes an LGBTQ+ friendly tag that vendors apply to their own listing. It is self-declared rather than verified by MapleVow, so treat it as a starting point for your own conversations.
We are a wedding planning tool, not a legal service, and provincial requirements change. Confirm anything that affects your ceremony against the primary sources below.
The federal statute defining marriage as the lawful union of two persons, and setting out the provisions for spouses who married in Canada but reside elsewhere.
Visit official source →A provincial example of how marriage licences work: issued by municipalities, valid for three months, with two witnesses and an authorized officiant.
Visit official source →Québec sets its own rules for officiants, witnesses, and ceremony language — worth reading early if you are planning a ceremony there.
Visit official source →Create your wedding, add your guest list, and send an RSVP link that never asks anyone to pick a role. Free to start, hosted in Canada.
Start for freeCreate matching menus, place cards, seating boards, welcome signs, and thank-you cards using your wedding details and guest list.
Create matching stationery →