Overview
- Royal LePage released the survey on Thursday, May 21, 2026, showing a large majority of Canadians would reprioritize homebuying over an expensive wedding.
- About 82 percent of respondents said they would skip or significantly scale back a wedding to save for a down payment and roughly 79 percent would consider asking for money for a down payment instead of traditional gifts.
- The poll sampled 1,717 Canadian adults through the Leger Opinion online panel between March 27 and April 15 and carries a reported margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.
- Responses vary by province, with British Columbia the most likely to redirect wedding funds (86 percent would ask for down-payment gifts and 54 percent would definitely scale back), while Quebec and some Prairie provinces were least likely.
- Real-estate agents report more elopements, smaller receptions, postponed honeymoons and routine family down-payment gifts, and agents point to tools like the First Home Savings Account as a way couples combine wedding choices with saving for a home.