Professional Service Charges

We are pleased to provide you with full disclosure of our Professional Services Charges.  The charges listed below and the Funeral Quote builder are an attempt to help you understand the costs of funeral services at the time of need.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:

Arranging for consultation with family, coordinating all aspects of arrangements such as: contacting clergy, cemetery, newspapers for funeral notices, arranging for transfer of the deceased and staff for transfer, arranging for flowers, reception, extra vehicles, affiliating services, evening prayers etc. General maintenance of the facilities, grounds and equipment. Attending to the front door for visiting, parking vehicles, processing all donations, setting up flowers and delivering them after the funeral. Arranging for staff on the funeral day, vehicles and when necessary taking care of grave and device set up at the cemetery.  We provide a minimal of four staff members at every funeral. 

PREPARATION & EMBALMING:

The necessary preparation including restorative and preservative procedures, cosmetics and hairdressing etc... It requires removing blood and body fluid from the body and replacing it with a chemical preservative. Embalming is not required by the law.  For some arrangements selected, such as funeral with viewing or the holding of the deceased for a period of time in excess of 48 hours from the time of death and final disposition, we require embalming

OTHER BODY PREPARATIONS:

Minimal preparation of the deceased is required at all times and can include the disinfection, setting of facial features, and dressing if required.

FACILITIES VISITATION & SERVICES:

The use of the funeral home for visitation to include allowances for the payment of taxes, insurance, utilities, advertising, promotions and general maintenance, coffee lounge supplies, parking lot maintenance and expenses (snow removal/grass cutting), telephone, sound system, and other specialized systems as required. The use of the chapel or setting up in church to include allowances for the payment of all pertinent utilities, insurance etc. transfer of all necessary equipment to the chapel/church. Arranging for all custodians, organists/soloist, receptions, parking facilities, reserved seating.

FACILITIES FOR SHELTER:

Use of the preparation room equipment, chemicals and sundries, maintenance supplies, hazardous waste disposal, specialized equipment, sanitation of preparation room, compliance with all government standards and temporary shelter and storage of remains up to 48 hours.

DOCUMENTATION:

Completion of all documents required by law to acquire permission for burial or cremation. Preparing Funeral Director's Statements of Death (unlimited copies as required for Traditional and Modified Funeral Services and a maximum of 6 for No Service Option package) and maintaining necessary records for clients' future use. Preparing contracts, correspondence, and invoices.  On behalf of the family we look after Canada Pension Death Benefit and Survivor's Benefit as part of our service.

TRANSFER OR REMOVAL:

Transfer of the deceased from the place of death to our facility (Mileage applies over 40 km.)

AUTOMOBILES:

LEAD CAR/UTILITY: driving clergy when necessary to cemetery for interments, leading the funeral procession and used for completing paperwork i.e. coroner's certificates & death registrations. The utility or service vehicle is used for delivering flowers after funerals and is used primarily to transfer the deceased from place of death.

FUNERAL COACH/SERVICE VEHICLE: transferring the casket to the church, cemetery or crematorium.