Information on Canada Cremation

Over 43% of deaths in Canada in 2000 were cremated and in Canadas western provinces over half of the funerals involved cremation.

Cremation can take pressure off loved ones and bereaved partners and more senior adults are looking into the benefits of being cremated. Along with the increasing costs of dying there are not only financial advantages to being cremated but also more choice in scheduling memorial functions and gathering of the family and loved ones.

Also with cremation, paperwork is involved along with basic life records. The following papers should be known by family and kept in an agreed on place in which to make a passing a less stressful time for loved ones.

Mother’s Maiden Name, Life Insurance, Social Security Number, Military Records , Divorce or Marriage Documents.

All this information will be needed for a death certificate and any other paperwork involved in being cremated. Cremation normally occurs in the crematorium closest to the place of death and is performed within at least 24 hours or within, at most, 6 days of the time of death.

You only have to make your wish known verbally to your relatives or by a written note left with official documents if you wish to have a funeral and be cremated.
After cremation, the ashes are handed over in a ceremonial Room dedicated for this purpose.

Family plots can also be used and cemeteries often let the interment of more than one person in an adult space if cremation has occurred. Specially designed Urn Gardens can be located in most cemeteries.

The ashes can temporarily be stored in the crematorium for a short while whilst the family reflect on the disposition of the ashes.

If the family do not take possession of the ashes, they may be dispersed in the Remembrance Garden.
Usually, the funeral director performs equal professional functions regarding being cremated as in any other service.

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