I'm just jealous that you Canadians get 4 long weekends in the summer. I can only come up with 3 for the U.S. What holiday do you get in August?
It is literally called "Civic Holiday" at the first weekend in August. That, Labour Day (same time), Victoria Day (Monday on/before the 24th in May), and Canada Day (July 1st).
Note how before Family Day was introduced a few years ago in February, we have no long weekends between New Year's and Easter in my province. We actually don't have a lot of stats.
I got married over Victoria Day weekend last year, for openness sake. It was my in-laws anniversary and really the only thing people do that day is set up a camp/cottage if they have one and drink. It is referred to as "May 2-4", as in a 24 pack of beer, weekend so drinking is legitimately the biggest thing people do that weekend. It was FREEZING for mid-May (it actually hailed at one point) so people didn't bother with camps that weekend and we had an open bar so people still got to get drunk, just on our dime. Plus, a lot of the important people to us (and my DH) work retail so it was nice that they had Monday off already and didn't need to take an extra day off.
Wow. I had a Sunday wedding...the day before Labor Day...
Don't go, no one is forcing you too if you'd rather be somewhere else.
BTW - cost was not a factor in getting married on a Sunday. We got married within a few months of getting engaged and most venues we looked at were already booked on Saturdays for like the next 6+ months.
The choice of the long weekend was because DH's family lives 5+ hours away. My brother was also married on Labor Day weekend. Most people were happy to not have to take the extra day off work as the poster above mentioned.
One of the best weddings I ever attended was OOT on Labor Day weekend. /anecdote
Me too. It was in Florida and we made a fun trip out of it. And the same girl is getting married again and is looking at Turks and Caicos. It's going to cost a ton, but I'd probably never go there on my own, so I'm pumped. So, I'm sure some people are whining about her wedding choices, but others, like me, love the excuses for fun trips. Hell, I hope she gets married a few more times! Ok, not really, I hope she finds true happiness this time around.