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TABLE 49
RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATIVES ON REGISTER
AND MARRIAGES PERFORMED BY RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION

BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2002

Religious Representatives on Register and Marriages performed by Religious Denomination

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TABLE 50
MARRIAGE COMMISSIONERS ON REGISTER
BY TYPE AND MARRIAGES PERFORMED

BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2002

Marriage Commissioners on Register by Type and Marriages performed

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  • In British Columbia, Religious Representatives or Marriage Commissioners can perform marriage ceremonies. There were 3,017 Religious Representatives and 473 Marriage Commissioners who solemnized marriages in the province in 2002.

  • In 2002 approximately two fifths (41.8%) of the marriages were performed by religious representatives (8,890) and three fifths (58.2%) were civil ceremonies (12,355).
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