Primarily during/post death care

• Saying Farewell — Alberta Health (PDF see page 19 for home funerals).
• Registration of Death and Death Certificate, and
• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
• Gone too Soon(PDF) — navigating grief and loss as a result of substance abuse
  plus Community Deathcare's Provincial Home Funeral Documentation Pathways

• Government pages on "Dealing with Sudden Death" (PDF),
• Expected/Planned Home Deaths,
  Notification of Expected Death in the Home (PDF),
• Registration of Death (available only directly through the Vital Statistics office),
• Death Certificate Application(PDF), and Death Certificate,
• Consumer Protection contact info, Consumer Protection generalities re cemeteries and crematoriums
• Information on Private Transport Permits [Notice "However, sometimes we get requests from individuals who wish to take personal responsibility for the transfer of remains of a loved one to a funeral home, crematorium or cemetery." — which implies that the body may not go to a funeral home before being transported for final disposition] Private Transport Permit,
• Private Property Burial Permits,
• Hierarchy of those allowed to make post-death decisions,
  Governement offices that will help with death registration,(where no Vit Stats office)
• Funeral Service Association, and
• Coroners Service Contact Info,
• plus Community Deathcare's Provincial Home Funeral Documentation Pathways

• Government "Dealing with Death",
• Registration of Death and forms,
• Dead Bodies Regulation (note: focus on special infectious disease — no requirement to use funeral director),
• Vital Statistics Act (see ""lay funeral director" definition) and
• Death Certificate,
• Consumer Protection contact info, and
• The Role of the Chief Medical Examiner's Office,
• plus Community Deathcare's Provincial Home Funeral Documentation Pathways

• Death Certificate, and
• Coroner's Service

• Death Certificate, and
• Coroner Services,
• plus Community Deathcare's Provincial Home Funeral Documentation Pathways

• Government—Death Registration,
• Vital Statistics Act (PDF: see definition re 'funeral planner', and sections 60 and 61: representative of Vit Stats has confirmed that home funerals are allowed, no transport permit required; but as in most provinces, a burial permit is needed to transport)
• Death Certificate (direct PDF download), and
• Coroner's Service

• After the Loss of a Loved One,
• Preparing for Death and Dying (at home - PDF) [note: excellent, but doesn't include home funeral info], [statement from NS Vital Statistics —"There is nothing in our Vital Statistics act that precludes a family member from transporting a body."],
• Expected Death at Home Form and Process,
• Application for Death Certificate, and
• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

• Application for Death Certificate, and
• info for contacting the Office of the Chief Coroner

• What to do when someone dies (info — see "If you do not use a funeral service provider"),
• EDITH (Expected Death in The Home) form and information, Consumer Information Guide to Funerals and Guide to Death Care In Onatrio, Burials and Cremation services and form at Bereavement Authority of Ontario's A Guide to Death Care in Ontario (PDF) (see "Transporting the Dead Body" pg 7 and "Family-led Death Care: page 10) or Arrange a funeral, burial, alkaline hydrolysis, cremation or scattering (see "If you don't use a provider"), or BAO's Family-led Deathcare
• Family Access to Cremation Permits,
• Death Registration — Statement of Death and form (PDF), and
• Death Certificate and How to Apply, and
• Coroner's Office (Ask for or download 1. Warrant to Take Possession of the Body of a Deceased Person, and 2. Warrant to Bury the Body of a Deceased Person),
• plus Community Deathcare's Provincial Home Funeral Documentation Pathways

• Caring for Your Loved One at Home:P.E.I. Guideslines for Managing the Expected Home Death
• Death Certificate, and
• Coroner

• Government re general death information,
• What to do in the event of Death,
• To Order a Death Certificate, and
• Office of the coroner (we couldn't find the English version, but you can google the page andhave it translated)
• Note: Quebec has more restrictions on home funerals than other provinces — see Sections 34 and 65 of Bill 66.   However, Bill 66 states "The washing of a body in the context of a funeral rite or practice does not constitute embalming" so may be allowed at home.

• Government "Dealing with Death",
• Saskatoon Health Nursing Manual PDF (see 3.24-5 re not using a funeral home),
• Funeral and Cremation Services Act PDF, (see 4(2) re family transporting body)
• Funerals, Cremation & Burial (see 'burial' re not using funeral home),
• Funeral and Cremation Services Council of Saskatchewan (see 'can I perform any funeral services myself?),
• order Death Certificate
• Consumer Protection, and
• Office of the Chief Coroner,
• plus Community Deathcare's Provincial Home Funeral Documentation Pathways

• Public Guardian and Trustee,
• Preparing for death: a guide for caregivers (see "after death")
• Death Certificate, and
• Coroner's Service

Memorial Society of BC — listings for all of the Memorial Societies in Canada (see right side menu), as well as other BC and Canada-wide death-related resources

Green Burial Garden, Heritage Garden Cemetery — South Surrey — home to our very own pollinator meadow with two resident bee hives.  Email   Phone: 604-538-0074

Sunrise Park Inter-Faith Cemetery — Hatchet Lake/Halifax — offers green burials    Email Phone:902-880-4944

Canadian Directory of Hospice Palliative Care Services — Directory of Services — most of which will have grief/bereavement support programs

Specifically for those choosing or witnessing MAiD

Living Through Loss Counselling Society of BC — information, counselling and referrals where necessary, BC Bereavement Helpline, Lower Mainland Grief Recovery Society,
Mission Hospice Society Bereavement Support & Resources, Prince George Hospice Rainbows Child Grief Support , Broken Circle and Grief and Grub for Guys, North Okanagan Hospice Society Grief and Bereavement Services, BC chapter of Compassionate Friends

Canadian Mental Health Association , Palliative Manitoba Bereavement, Manitoba chapter of Compassionate Friends

E-Mental Health NS grieving, Caregivers NS Association Grief & Bereavement, Nova Scotia list of Grief and Bereavement Supports, Grief Therapists in Nova Scotia, Virtual Hospice Grief NS, Hospice Halifax Grief and Loss (resources beyond Halifax)