Do you need help shipping someone home?
Get in touch with your local funeral home who will receive the decedent and have them contact with us.
We will coordinate directly with them to make all the necessary transportation arrangements.
Get in touch with your local funeral home who will receive the decedent and have them contact with us.
We will coordinate directly with them to make all the necessary transportation arrangements.
The steps involved in this work are:
- Finalizing the decedent's release from the coroner, health authority or care facility
- Transportation of the decedent to our facility (if not already sheltered with us)
- Registering the death with the province of British Columbia
- Creating the official death certificate and disposition permit
- Collecting the necessary travel authorizations from the coroner and health authority
- Embalming of the decedent
- Supply of a shipping container
- Transportation to our local airports either Vancouver International Airport (YVR) or Abbotsford International Airport (YXX)
- If the situation dictate we can also offer out of town road transport