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| 1958 (In the year) |
The Bahá’í marriage ceremony was first legally recognized in Ontario. [MoC208 note 9] |
Ontario |
Bahai Marriage, Legal recognition |
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| 1958. 16 Dec |
The government of British Columbia issued the first certificate of Registration under the Marriage Act which certified that the Chairman of the Local Spiritual Assembly was legally authorized to solemnize marriage. [CBN No 109 February 1959 p4] |
Victoria, BC |
Bahai Marriage, Legal recognition |
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| 1959 Oct |
In the October 1959 edition of the Canadian Bahá'í News it was announced that request from the National Spiritual Assembly to the province of Saskatchewan for authorization for Bahá'í Assemblies to solemnize marriages in the province was accepted. [CBN No 117 October 1959 p2] |
Saskatchewan |
Bahai marriage |
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| 1960 1 Jul |
Ben Whitecow and Louise Many Guns were married in the first Bahá'í marriage legally recognized in Canada in a Bahá'í service by the Spiritual Assembly of Calgary, Alberta. The Canadian Bahá'í News article noted the significance that it was a First Nations couple who had this honour in this unique event. “Thirty people attended from Edmonton, Lethbridge, Regina, Piikani First Nation (Peigan Reserve), AB, and Calgary. This event was unique in that it was the first legally recognized Baha’i marriage in Canada. It is significant that a First Nations couple should have this honour [Canadian Baha’i News 1961]. |
Calgary, AB |
Ben Whitecow; Louise Whitecow; Louise Many Guns; Bahai Marriage, Legal recognition |
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| 1964. (In the year) |
The Yukon Territorial Government granted the right to perform legally recognized marriages to the Whitehorse local assembly. [Native Conversion, Native Identity: An Oral History of the Bahá'í Faith among First Nations People in the Southern Central Yukon Territory, Canada by Carolyn Patterson Sawin p98] |
Whitehorse, YT |
Bahai Marriage, recognition of |
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