Please select from one of our related links in the community
- Bereavement Resources – Information, links and support groups if you’re a kid, teen or an adult.
- Careers – Read more about a career in funeral service.
- Cemetery & Funeral Services Legislation – A listing of laws in British Columbia that are relevant to arranging disposition of human remains.
- Cultural & Religous Considerations
- Death Benefits & Financial Assistance – Financial assistance is available from many agencies that will help pay for funeral expenses, burial or cremation including: Canada Pension Plan; Workers’ Compensation Board; Department of National Defence; Ministry of Human Resources; Insurance Corporation of B.C.; Veteran Affairs Canada; Public Guardian and Trustee of B.C.; Crime Victim Assistance Program.
- Embalmer & Funeral Director Apprenticeship Program – The Funeral Services Apprenticeship Program is a work-site educational program that employs a combination of alternate delivery methodologies: instructional seminars; internet delivery; and works experience. To begin your studies, you must secure FULL TIME employment as an APPRENTICE at a funeral home.
- Estate Administration – Helpful information that the family and legal representative should know to start settling the affairs of the deceased person.
- Funeral Planning – Usually the task of arranging for a funeral is given to a small group or to a single survivor who may have little or no warning. These people are most often unprepared to make the many decisions that will need to be made. Pre-arrangement and pre-financing can greatly simplify the process. Making your wishes known in advance can do much to help loved ones carry them out.
- Genealogy – Search death records and cemeteries in the Province of B.C.
- License Information: Embalmer, Funeral Director, Funeral Provider – Download license application forms and other relevant information.
- Planned Home Death – What to do ahead of time.
- BC Vital Statistics Agency - The 2007 annual report published in June 2010 by Vital Statistics provides tables, figures and maps collected from registration of deaths, live births, stillbirths and marriages.
