Wedding venues on Central Vancouver Island.

By ferry to Departure Bay or Duke Point at Nanaimo from the mainland, or by driving up the highway from Victoria in about an hour. There is also an airport at Nanaimo and another at Comox, which is worth mentioning to anybody flying in for a wedding at the northern end.

More so than anywhere else on this list. The Cowichan Valley is the warmest and driest corner of the island and the venues have been built around eating outside rather than around a rain plan, which stretches the workable season at both ends.

Yes. The valley and the Comox area both have working wineries that host weddings, and several will pour their own wine at the dinner. Ask early about what the harvest does to your date, because the weeks around it are the busiest of their year.

It is the practical answer when half your people are in Vancouver and half are in Victoria. An hour from the capital, an hour from the mainland ferries and reachable in a day from most of the coast, without asking anyone to take two boats.

A provincial marriage licence bought from any licence agent, valid for three months and available with no residency requirement or waiting period. The ceremony has to be performed by a marriage commissioner or a registered religious representative, and you will want two witnesses.