Module summary

Resources

I knew I had to start a new life for me. I didn’t know how – she had been my whole world.

Government resources

Canada Pension Plan survivor benefits

Québec Pension Plan survivor benefits

Funeral Planning

Funeral Service Association of Canada 

Provincial Funeral Boards and Associations
British Columbia Funeral Association

Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board

Funeral and Cremation Services Council of Saskatchewan

Manitoba Funeral Service Association

Bereavement Authority of Ontario

Corporation des thanatologues du Québec

New Brunswick Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association

Funeral Service Association of Nova Scotia

Embalmers and Funeral Directors Board of Newfoundland and Labrador      

Post-Death Care and Funeral Planning
Canadian Integrative Network for Death Education and Alternatives (CINDEA)

Joan Halifax “Care of the Body After Death”

Vital Statistics Agencies for each province/territory 

If you require additional death certificates, contact the appropriate Vital Statistics agency in your province or territory.  Please be advised that the estate may be charged a fee.

British Columbia

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Newfoundland

Northwest Territories

Yukon

Nunavut

Grief and berevement

MyGrief.ca

KidsGrief.ca

Articles

The moments after a death