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Our office is at 41 Industrial Street, Unit 102, in East York - a real address inside the City of Toronto. You are welcome to come and sit down with us, though most families never need to until they collect their loved one's remains.

Every part of Toronto is well inside the 30 kilometres included in our prices.  Transfers from further locations attract an additional distance fee: $2.50/km plus tax, charged one way only.

This is worth checking when you compare providers.  Several of the low-cost cremation companies advertising in Toronto operate out of York Region or further north.

We regularly attend hospitals throughout Toronto and surrounding communities, along with long-term care homes, retirement residences, hospices and private homes across the Greater Toronto Area.

Cremation or Burial: What It Costs

These are starting prices, in Canadian dollars, and they include the transfer from anywhere in Toronto.

Simple Cremation $1,799.70: Direct cremation, with no ceremony beforehand

Private Family Goodbye $2,323.45: 15 minutes of private chapel time for up to five people before the cremation

Simple Aquamation $2,554.95: A water-based alternative to flame cremation

Burial $2,875.45: Coordinated burial at a family plot

Every package includes:

• Dignified retrieval of your loved one from anywhere in Toronto

• All required registrations and documentation, handled by us

• A simple casket container

• Unlimited certified proof of death certificates during the first year

• An online obituary hosted on our site

• An estate and benefit assistance package

• Collection of your loved one's remains from our East York office

Upgraded Urns and caskets are available separately, and are never required. If you want one, we will show you the options. If you do not, that is the end of it.

Questions Our Families Ask Us

How quickly can you come?

Usually within a couple of hours and often sooner. If your loved one is at home, we will talk you through what to expect before we arrive. If they are in hospital or a care home, there is no urgency at all, they will be cared for until we come, and you do not need to be present.

Do I have to come to your office?

Not to make the arrangements. Most families complete everything online with us guiding them, and we handle the paperwork. You will need to come to East York once, to collect your loved one's remains. If you would rather sit down with someone in person from the start, you are very welcome to.

How long until we have the ashes?

Usually within five business days of your loved one coming into our care. The main variable is how quickly the medical certificate and registrations are completed, which depends on the doctor or coroner rather than on us. We will call you as soon as your loved one is ready.

What paperwork do we need?

A Medical Certificate of Death completed by the doctor, nurse practitioner or coroner. From there we complete the Statement of Death, register the death with the City of Toronto, and provide you with unlimited certified proof of death certificates during the first year. If you need a Death Certificate from ServiceOntario for estate matters, we will explain how to order one. You do not have to work any of this out yourself.

Is this price really the price?

It is, and we will tell you plainly if anything in your circumstances would change it: a transfer beyond 30 kilometres, or an urn if you choose one. What we will not do is quote you a low figure and add things afterwards.

Cultural And Religious Observances

Worth understanding before you compare prices, because it is a difference the headline figure does not show.

A number of inexpensive cremation providers serving Toronto hold a transfer service licence only. That class of licence does not permit a viewing or any private time with your loved one before the cremation. If you decide afterwards that you wanted it, it is too late.

We hold a funeral establishment operator licence alongside our transfer service licence. Our Private Family Goodbye package includes fifteen minutes of private chapel time for up to five people, before the cremation takes place. For many families that quarter of an hour is the part they remember. We would rather you knew it was available than found out later that it wasn't.

Why Families In Toronto Choose Us

• Serving Toronto families since 2000, with a 4.9-star average across more than 280 Google reviews

• Led by Andrew Newbigging, a third-generation funeral director, not a call centre

• A licensed funeral establishment with a real Toronto address, not a satellite listing

• Private family time, aquamation and burial all available — not cremation only

• Someone answers the phone at any hour, every day of the year

To talk to someone about cremation in Toronto:

(416) 489-8000

Or arrange online at any hour. There is no obligation in calling.