Fast-forward to 2019, and it is now believed that more than 1 percent of all Canadian couples are same-sex couples and that one-third of those are married, and so if you and your significant other are thinking about tying the knot this year, there is no better place to do it. On July 20, 2005, Canada legalized same-sex marriages under the Civil Marriage Act, becoming the fourth country in the world to do so after the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain.
