Death Certificates

A Certified Death Certificate is not always necessary.  A Funeral Directors Statement Of Death can be obtained through a Funeral Director and is often all that you require (saving the estate money).  It is a good idea to obtain multiple copies of the Funeral Director’s Statements of Death as most agencies require a certified certificate and not a photocopy.

Funeral Director’s Statements of Death are used as official notification of death to some or all of the below examples.

• Employer of the deceased 
• Employer of friends and family for bereavement  leave
• Airlines for compassionate travel 
• Banks 
• Automobile insurance companies 
• House insurance companies 
• Life insurance companies 
• Pensions 
• Lawyers
• Accountants 
• Air miles 
• Credit card companies 
• Car financing companies 
• Revenue Canada 
• Canada Pension