Edmonton Community Resources & Links For Funeral Planning

Disclaimer: Foster & McGarvey Funeral Homes provide these links for your convenience. We are not recommending, nor are we able to guarantee the information listed on these sites to be accurate or current. Foster & McGarvey Funeral Homes encourages you to never release or make available your or your loved ones contact information on-line to parties that you are not familiar with.

Government Links

• Canada Pension Death and Survivor Benefits
  http://www.sdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/isp.shtml
• Alberta Health Care (cancellation of AHC)
  http://www.health.gov.ab.ca/contact/AHCIPcontact.html
• Alberta Vital Statistics (Information on Death Certificates)
  http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/770.cfm
• Private Registry Agents  (to find a private registry agent near you)
  http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/617.cfm
• Last Post Fund (Canadian Veterans)
  http://www.lastpostfund.ca/EN/home.php

Agencies & Companies that may require contact after a death takes place:

• Alberta Blue Cross
  http://www.ab.bluecross.ca/offices1.html
• The Bereavement Register (to have deceased's name removed from mailing, & telemarketing databases - i.e. junk mail)
  http://www.the-bereavement-register.ca

Obituaries

• Edmonton Journal On-line Obituaries
  http://www.legacy.com/can-edmonton/LegacyHome.asp

Palliative Care and Hospice Programs

• Edmonton Palliative Care Program
  http://www.palliative.org/
• Pilgrim's Hospice
  http://www.pilgrimshospice.ca/

Medical Related Web-Sites (Support)

• Canadian Cancer Society Support Groups
  http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/standard
• . Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada - Edmonton Chapter
  http://www.mssociety.ca/chapters/edmonton/default.htm
• Alzheimer Society of Edmonton
  http://www.alzheimer.ab.ca/
• Centre for Suicide Prevention
  http://www.suicideinfo.ca/

Grief Support Groups

• The Compassionate Friends of Canada (Support group for bereaved parents)
  http://www.tcfcanada.net/
• The Support Network of Edmonton
  http://www.thesupportnetwork.com/

Cemeteries

• Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries
  http://www.edmontoncatholiccemeteries.org/
• Edmonton City Cemeteries
  http://www.edmonton.ca/for_residents/cemetery-services.aspx
• Edmonton Jewish Cemetery (please contact us for more information)