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Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Relationship Timeline: Canadian Dates
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively met on a 2010 film set and married in South Carolina in 2012, which is why Canadian coverage claims the story.
What to take away
- Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively were cast together in Green Lantern, shot in Louisiana in 2010, and married on 9 September 2012 at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
- Reynolds was born in Vancouver on 23 October 1976, which is the whole of the Canadian angle. The wedding was not in Canada.
- Four children were announced between 2014 and 2023 by press statement. No birth certificate for any of them is public.
- No court filing has ever confirmed a separation. Treat any claim otherwise as unconfirmed until a docket says so.
- A reported date and a registered date are different things. Only a vital records office issues the second.
The meeting, and what it did not settle
The two were cast in Green Lantern in 2010. Reynolds was then married to Scarlett Johansson; that divorce was finalised in 2011. Photographs of Lively and Reynolds together appear from 2011, after both were single. Neither confirmed a relationship that year, so 2011 is a press-photograph year, not a records year.
The 2012 wedding, and why the certificate is not in Canada
The ceremony was 9 September 2012 at Boone Hall Plantation. Florence Welch performed at the reception, per contemporaneous reporting.
South Carolina holds marriage records at the state level, through the South Carolina Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records, 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201.
A provincial office in Canada holds nothing, because the marriage did not happen in a province. That single fact answers most of the search traffic this couple generates north of the border.
The Wikipedia entry on Blake Lively lists the marriage and venue in her personal life section.
Timeline of key dates
| Date | Event | What the source is |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cast together in Green Lantern | Trade press |
| 2011 | Reynolds divorce from Johansson finalised | Court reporting |
| 2012 (reported) | Engagement | Press reports; no proposal date published |
| 9 September 2012 | Wedding, Boone Hall, South Carolina | Contemporaneous press |
| December 2014 | First child announced | Press statement |
| September 2016 | Second child announced | Press statement |
| October 2019 | Third child announced | Press statement |
| February 2023 | Fourth child announced | Press statement |
The child dates are announcements, not registrations. No state health department has released a certificate for any of them, and none is likely to. The Wikipedia article on Ryan Reynolds carries his Vancouver birth and the marriage in the same section.
Canadian context, not part of this timeline: Reynolds was born in Vancouver on 23 October 1976. No dated event above took place in Canada.
Reynolds-Lively key dates
- 2010Cast together in Green Lantern
- 2011Reynolds divorce from Johansson finalised
- 9 September 2012Wedding at Boone Hall, South Carolina
- December 2014First child born
- September 2016Second child born
- October 2019Third child born
- February 2023Fourth child born
What Canadian readers actually ask
Three questions repeat. Did they marry in Vancouver. Is Reynolds a dual citizen. Is there a Canadian marriage record for them. The answers are no, yes, and no.
A fourth cluster concerns the ring and the engagement date. Press reports place the engagement in 2012, and no proposal date has been published. A year-by-year comparison sits in celebrity engagement ring cost by year.
Checking a claim before you repeat it
Rumours about this couple surface constantly and most collapse inside a week. Three checks do most of the work.
- Find the earliest dated version and note which outlet published it first.
- Check whether a named person is quoted, or whether the story rests on "sources close to".
- Compare the claim against a records source, if one exists for the event described.
Verify a celebrity claim
- Is there a named source, not an anonymous one?
- Does a second outlet report it independently?
- Is the date consistent across versions?
The full method, including the 48-hour screening window, is in fake celebrity breakup rumor.
Worked example: reading a Vancouver headline
Take the headline "Vancouver's Ryan Reynolds celebrates anniversary." It is accurate about birthplace and silent about venue. The wedding was in South Carolina.
Later homes have been reported in New York State and British Columbia. That is where the Canadian thread runs, as context and not as timeline.
Canadian celebrity marriage records sets out which office holds what, and Canadian celebrity couples longest marriages shows how the long-running ones are dated.
Common questions
Did Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively marry in Canada?
No. The ceremony was 9 September 2012 at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Nothing was registered in British Columbia or any other province.
Is Ryan Reynolds a Canadian citizen?
Yes. He was born in Vancouver on 23 October 1976 and holds Canadian citizenship alongside his American citizenship. That is the origin of the local coverage, not the wedding.
How many children do they have?
Four, announced between 2014 and 2023. The announcements came through press statements, so the dates are press-sourced. Exact birth dates are not part of the public record.
Where would a Canadian marriage record for them be filed?
Nowhere. Provincial vital statistics offices hold only marriages that took place in their province. For this couple, the request goes to South Carolina's state vital records office, and a licensed attorney in that state can advise on access.
