2015 Wedding Statistics

Weddingbells recently released the results of their 2015 wedding statistics in their reader’s survey report. They found out some pretty interesting stuff, like the most popular month for weddings, and even about the burgeoning role of social media and technology in wedding planning! We’ve summarized their 2015 wedding staticstics for you below:

Age:
Couples are engaged for an average 1 year and 10 months.

The average bride was 30 years old.

Weddingbells 2015 Wedding Statistics

Size & Location:
Number of projected weddings is up from 157,125 in 2014 to 160,324 in 2015- 22,445 of those wedding will be destination weddings.

The average wedding consisted of 129 guests.

1 in 4 Canadian couples have a destination wedding.

23% of weddings happen in August- we’re guessing this is because our post that explains why winter weddings are awesome wasn’t published until a few months ago 🙂 2015 wedding statistics

Wedding Planning:
Only 18% of Canadian couples hired a wedding planner in 2014, but those who did were 16% more likely to be “ecstatic” with the results of their wedding.

Weddingbells 2015 Wedding Statistics

Average cost of a wedding planner was $3,535- which isn’t a bad price for ecstaticism on your wedding day!

Wedding planners worked with an average budget of $37,948 in 2014

36% of brides find wedding planning to be more stressful than enjoyable- as wedding planners, it’s our job to make sure that our brides (and grooms) don’t become this statistic!

2015 wedding statistics

Weddingbells 2015 Wedding Statistics

The Role of Digital and Online Media in Wedding Planning:
Brides spend an average of 4.3 hours per week consuming wedding-related media

92% of couples feel it is important that a wedding website be Canadian when they are browsing for information online

80% of brides use Pinterest for wedding planning

42% of brides use a wedding app every day.

Pretty interesting stuff, huh? We were surprised to find that so many couples are opting to tie the knot abroad, when there are so many beautiful venues right here in Toronto! Look out for our Wedding Venues in the GTA post coming soon, that’ll feature some picturesque options for your big day.

Leave us a comment below and let us know which stat was most surprising or interesting to you!

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Statistics courtesy of:
Weddingbells/Marriage Quebec 2015 Reader Survey Report