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When Death Occurs
Once a death has occurred, a telephone call should be made (519-432-7136) to your Funeral Home to book an appointment to make arrangements. The following information will be required for this appointment,
- Full Legal name of the deceased.
- Full Legal address of the deceased.
- Full Legal address of the deceased.
- Birth date and place of birth of the deceased.
- Social Insurance Number of the deceased.
- Type of work done most of the life of the deceased.
- Original surname of the deceased spouse or partner (Before marriage)
- Relationship status of the deceased. (Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced, Same Sex Partner)
- Names and birth places for both parents of the deceased.
Contact The Proper Authorities
Before any arrangements and decisions can be made, a legal pronouncement of death must be declared. If your loved one dies inside of a medical or nursing facility like a hospital or nursing home, the staff will handle getting this declaration made. If your loved one dies at home, you need to immediately contact the local emergency officials to come and take them to a hospital where they can be legally declared dead. Family members who die under hospice care can be declared dead by the hospice staff. This legal declaration must be made before the family can proceed with making any funeral arrangements or handling any legal affairs.
All such information is privately protected under the Vital Statistics Act of Canada and is necessary to officially register a death which then allows the procurement of a burial permit, Coroner's Cremation Warrant, and later to provide official copies of government Death Certificates for Estate Settlements.
If the death has occurred out of the city or out of the country & the deceased is to be returned home for burial, this first telephone call should be made to your funeral home in your home town/i.e. where the burial will take place; arrangements between funeral homes can be less costly than directly involving a funeral home where the death has occurred.
