The 2022 wedding boom: Budget 30% more amid inflation, shortages

Couples getting married this year are facing the already competitive and pricey wedding industry exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, 30-year high inflation, supply chain challenges and labour shortages.

Instead, the Newmarket, Ont. couple will celebrate their fall nuptials at a community hall — a location they moved their big day to because of costs. 

"We were taking on a second job. My sister, my maid of honor, she put out a GoFundMe page, but it wasn't enough no matter what we did," Gilles said.

"We finally sat down and were just like, 'we've got to be real here. That's our dream wedding, but right now it's not going to happen.'"