Attending the Cremation Package

  • Attending the Cremation Package


Many families wish to have the opportunity to be present for when the cremation of their loved one takes place.

This is a package where a family is looking for a simple cremation but would like to be present for the cremation when it takes place at our crematorium. The family will not see the cremation process at all, but instead has two options:
1- Can be seated at our lounge directly outside the crematorium for when the cremation takes place and remains for approx. an hour.
2- Can help place the casket inside our crematorium with our funeral directors and then return to our lounge outside our crematorium for where they can remain for approximately an hour.

Package Includes the following items:

  • Professional Services: $880

    • Arrangement conference with family providing assistance with service options
    • Facilities & Equipment (building expenses, equipment used for arrangement, administrative expenses, insurance, and other overhead expenses).
    • Ascertaining who has the legal rights to make the funeral arrangements.
    • Completion of CPP & Old Age Security Forms.
    • Contacting medical staff, coroner's office and other authorities to obtain medical certificates/clearance.

  • Transfer Fee: $520

    • Removal of the deceased from the place of death at any time of day (ie hospital, home, care facility) & transport back to our Funeral Home, 24/7.  *Additional costs would apply for transfers made outside of the Sea to Sky Corridor or Lower Mainland.
    • Includes vehicle, equipment and necessary items to conform with universal transfer precautions.

  • Documentation: $270

    • Registering the death with Vital Statistics and producing burial permits and cremation certificate
    • Preparation and filing of all neccessary authorizations and permits.
    • Gathering of Vital Statistical information in order to register the death.

  • Sheltering, Housing, & Refrigeration: $475

    • Providing sheltering, housing, handling and refrigeration of your loved one in our 24/7 supervised funeral home.

  • Cremation Fee: $940

    • Cremation takes place at our own crematorium located at Squamish Funeral Chapel under our staff supervision.
    • Cremains/Urn can be ready for pick up / internment the following date after the cremation.

    *Note: Cremation cannot take place until 48 hours after the time of death and until we receive the doctor’s medical certificate and or Coroner’s release.


  • Attending the Cremation Fee: $390

    • Reserving a specific time for the crematorium to be used that works well for the family and our staff. 
    • Preparation and assistance with everything needed for this service.

    Note:  A family can remain at our facility for approximately an hour for when the cremation takes place.

  • Attending the Cremation (at SFC): $3,475

    Does not include:

    • Taxes,
    • Casket for Cremation,
    • Urn
    • Death Certificates ($27 each),
    • CPA Fee ($40),
    • Any additional items a family may choose (urn, obituary notice costs, service programs, video tribute, church fees, etc..)

Cremation Casket Options

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Urn Options

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Other Service Options to Think Of:

Would You Like us to Take a Fingerprint of Your Loved One?

Many families wish to have a personalized momento or piece of jewelry to hold on to following a death.


Our fingerprint jewelry allows us to take a fingerprint of your loved one prior to the cremation and have their print casted on to one of our many keepsake items. Please ask one of our funeral directors to show you our many options.

Cremation Placement Options

We always recommend that families take the time to discuss what they plan to do with their loved ones cremains following the cremation.


There are many options, from interring the urn into our Niches & Columbariums to scattering the cremains. We encourage you to learn more about these options by clicking the button below.

View Cremation Placement Options
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