It’s a new year! If you’ve already started planning your wedding, you already know that the prime dates are hard to come by and there some wedding dates to avoid! If you and your partner are open to a weekday or Sunday wedding or a winter wedding, you’ll find a whole lot more flexibility (and likely some significant savings to boot!).
While the prospect of greater flexibility and cost savings are great, you’ll definitely want to keep in mind that the given calendar year is full of long weekends, holidays, big city events and so forth. Perhaps your friends and family would be absolutely thrilled to celebrate your love on New Years Eve or St. Patrick’s Day, but maybe not; if the majority of your nearest and dearest are avid cottage goers, you might want to steer clear of any long weekends; and if your fiancé’s family is Jewish, you’ll definitely want to avoid saying “I Do” on a High Holiday.
While you won’t be able to accommodate everyone, the goal is to have the majority of your guest list in attendance, so you’ll definitely want to make sure you know your audience when considering a wedding date. Lucky for you, we’ve already done the heavy lifting! Below is a list of all the wedding dates to avoid (or not) in 2025 & 2026.
New Year’s Day: Jan 1, 2025 | Jan 1, 2026
Chinese New Year: Jan 29, 2025
Superbowl: Feb 9, 2025 | Feb 8, 2026
Friday the 13th: Feb 13, 2026
Chinese New Year: Feb 17, 2026
Valentine’s Day: Feb 14, 2025
Family Day: Feb 17, 2025 | Feb 16, 2026
Mardi Gras: Feb 17, 2026
Additionally, Ramadan is an Islamic holiday that lasts a whole month beginning on February 28, 2025 and February 17, 2025.
St. Patrick’s Day: Mar 17, 2025 | Mar 17, 2026
Palm Sunday : Mar 29, 2026
Mardi Gras: Mar 4, 2025
Friday the 13th: Mar 13, 2026
Eid-al-Fitr: Mar 29-30, 2025 | Mar 19-20, 2026
Ram Navami: Mar 26, 2026
April Fools Day: April 1, 2025 | April 1, 2026
Good Friday: Apr 18, 2025 | Apr 3, 2026
Easter Sunday: Apr 20, 2025 | Apr 5, 2026
Palm Sunday: Apr 13, 2025
Passover: April 22-30, 2025 | April 1-9, 2026
Ram Navami: Apr 6, 2025
Mother’s Day: May 11, 2025 | May 10, 2026
Victoria Day: May 19, 2025 | May 18, 2026
Eid-al-Adha: May 26-30, 2026
Father’s Day: Jun 15, 2025 | Jun 21, 2026
Eid-al-Adha: Jun 6-7, 2025
Friday the 13th: Jun 13, 2025
Canada Day: Jul 1, 2025 | Jul 1, 2026
Tisha B’Av: Jul 22-23, 2026
Civic Holiday: Aug 4, 2025 | Aug 3, 2026
Tisha B’Av: Aug 2-3, 2025
Krishna Janmashtami: August 15, 2025
Labour Day: September 1, 2025 | Sep 7, 2026
Krishna Janmashtami: Sep 4, 2026
Rosh Hashanah: Sept 22-24, 2025 | Sep 11-13, 2026
Yom Kippur: Sep 20-21, 2026
Yom Kippur: Oct 1-2, 2025
Diwali: Oct 20, 2025
Canadian Thanksgiving: Oct 13, 2025 | Oct 12, 2026
Halloween: Oct 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2026
Remembrance Day: Nov 11, 2025 | Nov 11, 2026
Diwali: Nov 8, 2026
Friday the 13th: Nov 13, 2026
Hanukkah: Dec 14-22, 2025 | Dec 4-12, 2026
Christmas Eve: Dec 24, 2025 | Dec 24, 2026
Christmas: Dec 25, 2025 | Dec 25, 2026
Boxing Day: Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 26, 2026
Kwanzaa: Dec 26-Jan 1, 2025-2026 | Dec 26-Jan 1, 2026-2027
New Years Eve: December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2026
Did we miss any wedding dates to avoid? Let us know in the comments!
