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Cremation Services

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

Quebec law requires funeral homes to provide a clear written contract and transparent pricing before any agreement. You can consult official information on death and funerals at Quebec.ca.

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