Since 1902

Frequently asked questions

The appointment length varies greatly and depends on the type of contract. Funeral pre-arrangements usually take two hours. The appointment will be tailored to meet your needs and our advisors will guide you through the various options for funeral ceremonies to help you choose the right funeral for you and your family.
Prices can vary from one cemetery to another, from one space to another, and from one company to another. However, glass-fronted niches tend to be more expensive.
There are no laws governing human ashes in the province of Quebec. However, some municipalities have specific regulations regarding where you can spread ashes. Make sure you take the time to research before making a permanent decision about how and where to spread your loved one’s ashes.

Yes, you can inscribe the name of a living person on a headstone. This practice is becoming increasingly common as more people pre-arrange their funerals. When a living person’s name is inscribed on a headstone, their name and date of birth are added. The date of their death is added after the fact.

Yes, several financing options are available to accommodate your needs.

The price of your funeral pre-arrangement is set; that is one of the main advantages of this service. The price is set on the date you purchase your funeral pre-arrangement. You will therefore save on inflation and possible price increases in the future.

 
A strict law governing funeral pre-arrangements was introduced in the province of Quebec in 1988. The Act Respecting Arrangements for Funeral Services and Sepultures is governed by the Quebec Office de la Protection du Consommateur. Consult it here. [http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/ShowDoc/cs/A-23.001]
You always have the option of cancelling a funeral pre-arrangement. The Act Respecting Arrangements for Funeral Services and Sepultures includes a section on how to rescind an agreement. When you purchase a funeral pre-arrangement, your money is placed in a trust, which means the funeral home can only access the money when you pass away.

Unfortunately, that is not possible. You would need to cancel the funeral pre-arrangement you have with a different home and then enter into a new arrangement with us. However, you can transfer a funeral pre-arrangement agreement within the Urgel Bourgie / Athos network.

We bury coffins throughout the year. However, we only bury urns from spring to fall.

You can transfer your columbarium niche to another person. However, whether you can transfer your plot in our crypt depends on the type of crypt and plot.

Unfortunately, that is not possible. We are solely responsible for maintaining the grounds and borders in our cemeteries. Our qualified horticulture team maintains our green spaces; therefore clients cannot plant flowers or trees around their plot.

You may sell your plot, as long as it is unused. First of all, you need to find a buyer. Then, make an appointment with one of our advisors to transfer the rights to the plot.

Several options are available at the end of your rental term. First of all, we will contact the family to determine if it wishes to continue the rental. If the family accepts, we will draw up a new rental agreement. If the family does not want to continue the rental or keep the urn, we will place the urn or coffin in a common grave.

You may place a small photo frame in the niche, beside the urn. We do not accept any other form of decoration. This is to ensure there is a harmonious environment in the place of remembrance.

A traditional funeral home usually only has a viewing room, which is ideal when the funeral service takes place in a church or other facility. A funeral home complex is much larger and provides all the services required to organize a funeral, including a viewing room, chapel and reception hall. The concept behind our funeral home complexes is growing in popularity as mourners do not need to move to another location during the funeral ceremony.

A columbarium is a room or building containing several niches where funeral urns are stored. Each enclosed or glass-fronted niche can house a single, double or family urn.

Headstones (or tombstones) are stone monuments placed on a burial plot that feature the name of the deceased, their date of birth and death, and often a short epitaph. Headstones are often made of granite. A memorial stone is a smaller stone placed in a garden where urns are buried.

The urns will find their place in our interior columbariums, or in our exterior closed columbariums. The ashes can also be buried in our ecological gardens or on our cremation grounds, highlighted by a memorial stone or a small monument. Our indoor and outdoor crypts can accommodate coffins and urns, as can our burial grounds. We also offer symbolic scattering spaces for ashes.

If there is an Urgel Bourgie / Athos funeral home located in your new home, yes, you can transfer the agreement.

Unfortunately, that is not possible. Our cemeteries are conveyed so as to have the capacity for a specific number of bodies or urns per plot. This depends on the location of the plot, the capacity of the soil, and other factors relating to the burial site. That’s why the capacity specified for your lot must be respected, whether you are burying an urn or a coffin.

We do not charge annual maintenance fees for our plots, regardless of type.

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