Cremation Services

Cremation Services
Professional and respectful cremation
We offer professional and respectful cremation services, honouring an ancestral tradition practiced for thousands of years. Cremation involves the careful and dignified incineration of the body in a specialized container or casket. This process ensures the utmost respect for the deceased, leaving only ashes composed of bone matter. Each cremation is performed individually, the process taking approximately two hours.
After cremation: choosing a final resting place
Once completed, the ashes are carefully placed in a funeral urn, available in a wide variety of styles, sizes and materials. Depending on personal beliefs or family preferences, the urn may be placed in a columbarium, interred in a cemetery plot or kept at home. Our cremation services are designed to meet the specific needs of each family, ensuring that this deeply personal choice is treated with compassion and professionalism.
What each cremation service includes
- Transportation from the place of death (75 km)
- Professional and dignified cremation
- Basic cremation container
- Temporary urn for transport
- 5 death certificates
- All legal formalities
- Respectful return of the ashes
- Assistance with urn selection
- Columbarium or interment coordination
- Personalized ceremony options
Questions about our cremation services?
Our team is available 24/7 to listen and guide you.
Direct cremation (incineration)
Includes transportation of your loved one from the place of death (within a 75 km radius), the cremation, a basic cremation container (cardboard), a temporary urn for transport, obtaining 5 death certificates, all legal formalities and the respectful return of the ashes to the family.
Direct cremation with chapel visitation
Includes transportation of your loved one from the place of death (within a 75 km radius), the cremation, a basic cremation container (cardboard), a temporary urn for transport, obtaining 5 death certificates, administrative fees, legal formalities, a three-hour visitation of the ashes at our facilities, the presence of a funeral director for three hours and the respectful return of the ashes to the family or coordination of interment services.
Direct cremation with church visitation
Includes transportation of your loved one from the place of death (within a 75 km radius), the cremation, a basic cremation container (cardboard), a temporary urn for transport, administrative fees, obtaining 5 death certificates, legal formalities, a lead vehicle, the visitation of the ashes at the church, the presence of a funeral director for three hours and the return of the ashes to the family or coordination of interment services.
Cremation options offered
Cremation services in Montreal: questions families ask us
Direct cremation
Simple and respectful incineration
Chapel visitation
Three hours of visitation on site
Church visitation
Ceremony at the place of worship
Personalized urn
Wide selection of styles and materials
Columbarium
Permanent niche for the ashes
Ash interment
Cemetery plot for the urn
Keeping at home
Keep the ashes at home
Full ceremony
Personalized service with cremation
Cremation services in Montreal: questions families ask us
Get in touch with North Star Funeral Services
Our team is ready to support your family. Call us at 514-482-7474, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Call: 514-482-7474
