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Funeral Costs
Definitions
ARCS
Administrative Records Classification System
CPP
Canada Pension Plan
FASB
Financial and Administrative Services Branch
Funeral services
All services related to burial, cremation and other funerary practices.
INAC
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Legal Representative
The legal representative is responsible for making decisions (such as burial or cremation) related to the funeral arrangements and arranging for payment of the costs. The legal representative, usually the nearest relative, is determined according to Section 5(1) of the Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act. [See Policy]
Necessary funeral costs
Items or services included within Schedule F of the regulation that are necessary and appropriate.
Recipient
The person in a family unit to or for whom income assistance, hardship assistance, disability assistance, or a supplement is provided for the use or benefit of someone in the family unit, and the person’s spouse, if the spouse is a dependant, and the person’s adult dependants.
[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]
Responsible Persons
Means, in respect of a deceased person:
(a) a spouse of the person,
(b) in the case of a minor, a parent of the person, or
(c) in the case of a person sponsored to immigrate to Canada, a sponsor.
The costs of the funeral are to be paid for by the responsible person(s).
SDC
Social Development Canada
Service Provider
Includes anyone providing funeral services, for example: a funeral home (funeral provider), a cemetery, a crematorium.
SIN
Social Insurance Number issued by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Sponsor
A sponsor or co-sponsor of a person sponsored to immigrate to Canada under the Immigration Act (Canada) or the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada), if the undertaking given or co-signed by the sponsor is still in effect.
