Celebration of Life Planning at Alternate Venue

  • Celebration of Life Planning at Alternate Venue


This package is designed for when a family would like to have our event coordinators/funeral directors plan a celebration of life at venue of the family's chose (hotel, church, museum). 

Package Includes the following items:

  • Professional Services: $1365

    • Arrangement conference with family providing assistance with service options
    • Facilities & Equipment (building expenses, equipment used for arrangement, administrative expenses, insurance, and other overhead expenses).
    • Planning and coordinating all details of the celebration of life details with the family (location and time, speakers, caterers, music, florists, positioning of memorabilia/pictures, and other service details).
    • Creating a celebration of life order of service and making sure it meets the family's wishes.
    • 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.


  • Equipment & Setup Fee at Venue: $520

    • Setup & organization of all equipment (tables, chairs, music, flowers, programs, food, etc...)
    • Set up & clean up of all equipment provided.

  • Staffing & Assistance for Celebration of Life: $830

    • Two of our staff will be in attendance to provide instructions & assistance for the celebration of life.  

    (This is to facilitate the event running smoothly and as planned)

    • Set up & clean up for celebration of life.
    • Welcoming and greeting guests and giving them information on the celebration.
    • Seating, assisting, and taking care of all neds of the family.
    • Includes services of our celebrant, George McKenzie, if requested.

     

  • Celebration of Life (Alternate Venue): $4,920

    Does not include:

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

Urn Options

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Cremation Casket Options

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Other Service Options to Think Of:

Flowers for the Celebration of Life

If you would like to order flowers for the celebration of life, you can do so easily by clicking the order flowers button below.


Flowers can be delivered directly to the celebration of life and come from locally owned florists.

Order Flowers

Custom Service Programs & Guest Books

Our creative team can create custom service programs and guest books for the celebration of life.


For more info or to see examples, give us a call, 604-898-5121.

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

We Create Custom Video Tributes

Planning a celebration of life after a loved one has died is overwhelming and stressful. Our team can alleviate the stress and create custom video tributes that will leave a lasting impression on your family.


Call us or come into our office to learn more.

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