Port Hope Masonic Temple

Port Hope Masonic Temple offers couples a simple, flexible reception setting where the personality of the wedding can take centre stage. The air-conditioned banquet hall welcomes wedding receptions and can seat up to 130 guests, with tables, chairs, kitchen facilities and bar service available on site.

For couples who would rather build the look of the celebration themselves than inherit a strongly themed venue, the hall provides a practical blank canvas. Flowers, linens, lighting and personal details can completely change the feeling of the room.

There is something lovely about watching a straightforward hall become unmistakably a wedding. Empty tables turn into family gathering places, a simple room fills with flowers and photographs, and every choice starts to tell the couple's story.

Then dinner gives way to speeches, the lights soften and the dance floor takes over. By the end of the night, nobody remembers the room as it looked empty. They remember how it felt when everyone they loved was inside it.

• A ballroom or banquet hall
• Parking on site