The funeral industry includes parlors, cremation services, viewings of the deceased, and more. While this stage is well known, it is important to better understand all of the issues following the death of a loved one.
Browse our useful links to better understand not only the funeral sector, but also everything legally related to it, everything related to benefits and annuities and certainly to registers and other services based on the deceased's assets.
Organizations and ministries to contact
Find out about the steps to follow to cancel the various benefits the deceased received, including Old Age Security, Employment Insurance and tax credits, etc.
Benefits, annuities and death benefits
- Retirement Quebec/Quebec Pension Board (QPP)
- Quebec Automobile Insurance Company (SAAQ)
- Commission for Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work (CNESST)
- Compensation for Victims of Crime (IVAC)
- Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Solidarity of Quebec (MESS)
- Services Québec (Special benefit for funeral expenses)
- Veterans Affairs Canada (Remembrance Fund)
Pre-arrangements (pre-arrangements of funeral services)
Other useful links
- Director of Civil Status of Quebec
- Chamber of Notaries of Quebec
- Quebec Bar
- Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights (RDPRM)
- Quebec Consumer Protection Office
- Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA)
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (inherited firearms)
- Order of Chartered Appraisers of Quebec
