Hôtel de Glace

Hôtel de Glace turns a wedding ceremony into something that could exist only in winter.

Each season, snow and ice are sculpted into vaulted rooms, frozen architectural details and extraordinary spaces that disappear when spring arrives and are created all over again the following year.

Couples can hold a civil wedding ceremony inside this temporary world, surrounded by ice sculptures, snow-covered walls and the soft blue-white glow that gives the Hôtel de Glace its unmistakable atmosphere.

Turnkey wedding packages help bring together the ceremony and practical details, while the team works directly with couples planning the occasion.

The seasonal nature of the venue is part of what makes it so remarkable.

No couple is simply renting a permanent room that has looked the same for years. Each winter's Hôtel de Glace is its own creation, meaning the architecture surrounding one wedding exists only for that particular season.

Photographs here are unlike almost anywhere else in Canada. Ice catches the light, carved walls create dramatic backdrops and winter clothing becomes part of the wedding's personality rather than something to hide between the car and the ceremony.

The venue operates seasonally, reopening during the heart of Québec winter.

For couples who would happily trade summer flowers for snow, sculpted ice and a ceremony their guests will probably talk about for years, Hôtel de Glace offers one of Canada's most extraordinary ways to say yes.