Jenica & Bryan
Our love story began the moment we saw each other — one of those moments when the world seems to pause just long enough for two people to realize something life‑changing, and even then, before we knew anything about the life we would build, we both felt quite certain: this was it.
Ten years later, that feeling has only grown deeper.
Together, we’ve built a life filled with laughter, chaos, and the kind of love that deepens through every season. We have three incredible boys who are the heart of our world. They have watched us love each other while we weathered storms we never saw coming and celebrated joys we’ll never forget. We’ve learned that love isn’t just found in the big moments — it’s built in the everyday ones and choosing each other again and again.
From the beginning, we dreamed about our wedding — not for the flowers or the photos but the promise behind it. Life got busy, as it does but the dream never faded.
Winning this wedding would mean celebrating not just a day, but a decade of love, resilience, and family. It would be a moment our boys could now be a part of, a memory we’d carry forever, and the perfect way to honor a love that began in an instant and has only grown stronger with time. The chance at a mini‑honeymoon would mean everything — a moment to breathe, reconnect, and remember that beneath the busy days, we’re just two people who are still madly in love with each other.
Shawn & Vladyslava
Four years ago, my life took a turn I never expected.
I was working for Bell Canada and had been temporarily transferred from Windsor to Ottawa. I was working long, demanding days—12-hour shifts, seven days a week—living out of a hotel in Kanata, focused entirely on work and routine.
One day, I was dispatched to Carleton Place for an internet fibre installation. That call would change everything.
When I first contacted Vlada, she explained she couldn’t be home for the appointment. I told her I would have to return the job to the system, which usually meant she wouldn’t see a technician again for a few days. She understood, even though she urgently needed her internet service.
I moved on to my next assignment in Ottawa.
But later that same day, something unusual happened—the same job came back to my board.
I called her again, just to confirm. This time, she was available. You could hear the relief and excitement in her voice. She needed the service, and the timing finally worked.
When I arrived at her home in Carleton Place, I walked her through the installation. To bring the fibre line inside, I had to drill through the exterior wall. But as I did, the interior plaster around the window frame gave way and collapsed badly.
Everything stopped in that moment.
I called her in immediately and showed her what had happened. I told her clearly—I would take responsibility and make it right.
After that, I expected it to be handled through normal channels. But a week later, I followed up to see if repairs had been completed. She told me she couldn’t find anyone willing to fix it.
At that time, I was already working extremely long shifts—finishing late at night, staying in Kanata, and still covering jobs across Ottawa. But even with that workload, I made a decision: I would help her myself.
After finishing my shifts, I would clean up, drive the 25 minutes to Carleton Place, and spend my evenings repairing what had been damaged.
What started as a service call slowly became something more.
During those visits, we talked. We laughed. We got to know each other. I met her daughter, and over time, what began as a mistake turned into trust, connection, and genuine care.
Vlada had come to Canada from Ukraine to start over because of the war. She was rebuilding her life from the ground up, trying to create stability and a future for her and her daughter.
And somehow, in the middle of all of that… we found each other.
Our first real date was simple but unforgettable—we went for shawarma on Bridge Street in Carleton Place, then walked along the river together. That night ended with our first kiss.
Eventually, I transferred permanently to Carleton Place. I left the constant travel behind, and we built our life together.
We’ve now been living on Victoria Street in Carleton Place for four years, raising our family and building something real, steady, and full of love.
I even kept pieces of that broken wall. Later, I turned them into a heart-shaped necklace that I gave her on our anniversary—a reminder of where everything began.
Winning this would became the final chapter that turned Carleton Place into our true love story.
Emerald & Keith
Keith and I met summer of 2018 at Bluesfest. I bumped into a friend who was dating (now married) to Keith’s brother and ever since then Keith and I have been inseparable. We now have 2 dogs, a beagle and a walker hound, 2 white bengals and our beautiful 5 month old girl Lainey. Keith proposed at our gender reveal in July so that we could have all of our closest friends and family there. For the last 8 years we have been by each others side through every event. High school and college graduation, job loss due to COVID, family health issues, COVID and we wouldn’t want to spend our days without anyone else but each other. Keith works long hours every day and winning this would mean everything to us so we could have our happy little wedding.
Rebecca & Joshua
We met at the thirsty moose on March 25, 2024. Joshua won Rebecca over with my Dad jokes. Rebecca invited me to the final score afterwards for karaoke. He serenaded her with Ice Ice Baby, and we did a duet together the rest is history. This is where our story began, and we continue to choose one another every day. We feel free to be ourselves around each other. We sing and dance like no one is watching.
Do you want more? I can elaborate if you need! I wasn’t sure how many characters you wanted for this section.
Razan & Matthew
In Feb 2020, I got a new intern at work and I (Razan) immediately thought he was cute and was interested in him, but I was unsure if he was younger than me since he was the intern.
After some questioning I learned we are the same age and we quickly became good friends, working together remotely through covid and then back in the office once things opened back up. We both liked each other but neither of us admitted it but we would stay at the office after everyone had left at work and just hang out and laugh and have the best time.
After 2 years of being friends Matt and I confessed our feelings for eachother and we were immediately inseparable. I didn't have to pretend to just be friends with him anymore despite being totally in love with him and neither did he.
We worked together for 2 more years, getting through our small marketing agency being sold to a big american corporation, which slowly caused the company we once loved to fall apart. In May 2024 we both quit the job that brought us together because it was time, we left a week apart for better opportunities. It was hard not spending every day together at work anymore but it allowed us to grow individually and we learned how valuable it was to have stories from different perspectives to tell from our own jobs. We still keep in touch with our old colleagues and like to reminisce on those days like they were high school.
Like any relationship, we had many challenges to get where we are today. The biggest one being we come from different cultural and religious backgrounds so I actually had to hide our relationship from my family for a long time until we were ready to get more serious. My family was not immediately supportive since he was different than they were used to and it took some careful navigating and compromising to get them on board. Many nights of tension and anxiety and long conversations but we made it happen and they love him now. It ultimately brought Matt and I closer to deal with all those difficulties.
Finally on November 16 2025 we were in Montreal to see Paul Mcartney in concert which we were already very excited about . We went a day early and Matt surprised me with booking this amazing boutique hotel in old montreal. We went to dinner that night and as we were walking back to the hotel it started snowing slowly, the street somehow cleared of people and Matt got on one knee and proposed. I was so surprised and excited and we were both very emotional knowing this would change everything for the better. It was the most magical moment of our lives. Right after he proposed suddenly there were people walking by again and things went back to normal. It was meant to happen at that moment
Here we are now 6 months into being fiance's and its been beautiful and we're finally starting to plan our wedding. We were really hoping to do an October wedding but had no luck finding any venues or availabilities for 2026. We are forced to push it to 2027 once again delyaing our ability to move in together and start our lives. Winning this content would absolutely change our lives, no exaggeration, everything would be so much better and the gratitude would be endless and forever.
When we saw this contest and that the date is october 2026 that really felt like fate to me. Like this is the last chance to get married when we truly wanted to. We absolutely love Carleton Place, Matt lives in Stittsville so we often visit the area and always enjoy it. We always talk about living in a small town once we have kids one day and I can really see us moving there since its so close to Ottawa but still a nice small town.
Thank you for reading our long messy story, there are many more details and ups and downs but this is the main summary. ❤️