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Couples from Canada took out 1,403 licenses in 2025, down from 2,122 in 2024. For Canada, that is a fall of 33.9%.
The largest yearly group from Canada numbered 3,149 in 2010. Its smallest published group was 343 in 2021.
The sharpest annual fall for Canada was 77.6% in 2020, from 1,754 to 393 licenses.
The strongest Canada annual rebound brought 1,499 licenses in 2022, up 337.0% from 343.
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| License issue year | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 2,538 |
| 2008 | 2,816 |
| 2009 | 2,881 |
| 2010 | 3,149 |
| 2011 | 3,013 |
| 2012 | 3,031 |
| 2013 | 2,884 |
| 2014 | 2,780 |
| 2015 | 2,464 |
| 2016 | 2,002 |
| 2017 | 1,824 |
| 2018 | 1,836 |
| 2019 | 1,754 |
| 2020 | 393 |
| 2021 | 343 |
| 2022 | 1,499 |
| 2023 | 1,928 |
| 2024 | 2,122 |
| 2025 | 1,403 |
At least one partner had been married before on 3,093 recent Canada licenses, while 4,202 were first marriages for both partners. Both-first marriages made up 57.6% of the Canada total, 7.42 percentage points above the all-couples share of 50.2%.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| Both first marriage | 4,202 |
| At least one repeat marriage | 3,093 |
| Unclassified history | 0 |
The largest age group on Canada licenses was 30-34, containing 3,010 partners. Canada's next largest band was 35-39 with 2,404 people. The 30-34 band represented 20.6% of partners from Canada, above the 19.3% in the same band across all couples. Beyond those first two bands, Canada had 1,998 partners aged 25-29 and 1,858 aged 40-44, the next two largest published groups in descending order.
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| Age band | People |
|---|---|
| 15-19 | fewer than 10 |
| 20-24 | 300 |
| 25-29 | 1,998 |
| 30-34 | 3,010 |
| 35-39 | 2,404 |
| 40-44 | 1,858 |
| 45-49 | 1,566 |
| 50-54 | 1,499 |
| 55-59 | 953 |
| 60-64 | 547 |
| 65-69 | 272 |
| 70-74 | 126 |
| 75-79 | 40 |
| 80-84 | fewer than 10 |
| 85-89 | fewer than 10 |
| 90-94 | fewer than 10 |
October drew the largest published month total from Canada: 913 licenses, or 12.5% of the recent total. January had the smallest published month count, 354, leaving a gap of 559 licenses between the busiest and quietest months. May followed with 811 licenses.
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| Category | Licenses issued |
|---|---|
| January | 354 |
| February | 452 |
| March | 595 |
| April | 736 |
| May | 811 |
| June | 498 |
| July | 474 |
| August | 597 |
| September | 730 |
| October | 913 |
| November | 608 |
| December | 527 |
Across all couples, October accounted for 10.33% of recent licenses, compared with 12.52% for Canada, a gap of 2.19 percentage points above the overall share. The next month after May for couples from Canada was April, with 736 licenses, placing it third in the published monthly ranking. Together, October, May and April supplied 2,460 recent Canada licenses, or 33.7% of the 7,295 total; those same months accounted for 29.4% of all-origin licenses in 2021 to 2025.
Compare Canada's 7,295 recent licenses with 4,685 from Germany, the adjacent published origin in the overseas ranking. For Canada, second was the latest-year overseas rank, alongside second in the recent-count ranking of published overseas origins. Across the recent 2021 to 2025 files, Canada averaged 1459.0 recorded licenses per year, retaining the 22 December cutoff for 2022 in the pooled count.
Before you travel: Canada government guidance on marrying abroad.
Looking back at couples from Canada, the published counts were 2,538 in 2007, 1,754 in 2019, 393 in 2020, 343 in 2021, 1,928 in 2023. The latest Canada count is 20.0% below the 2019 figure, using the same address grouping. Couples from Canada supplied 1.94% of recent Las Vegas licenses: 7,295 within a countywide 375,664 in 2021 to 2025. For Canada, the latest count accounts for 1.99% of 70,598 Las Vegas licenses in 2025. The Canada share at the beginning of this record was 2.35% in 2007, when 2,538 of the county's 107,901 licenses carried that address.
Plan the $102 license visit
If you are arranging your visit from Canada, the marriage license guide covers the $102 fee, identification and collection together at the bureau. For proof to use back in Canada, follow the certified-copy guide after the marriage is recorded: a certified certificate costs $20 per copy, and the officiant must return the completed document within 10 days of the ceremony for recording.