If someone dies in Canada

Reporting the death

A medical certificate of death is issued; a funeral director registers the death with the province/territory.

The local death certificate

Provincial death certificate (English/French).

Bringing them home

Straightforward to the US/UK via a funeral director.

A local funeral

Burial and cremation widely available.

The embassy or consulate

Consulate assists for foreign nationals.

True almost anywhere

• Check the travel/health insurance first — repatriation is expensive and is often covered.
• The death is registered where it happens; the local authority issues the death certificate.
• To use that certificate back home you usually need an official translation and an apostille/legalisation.
• The embassy or consulate can advise and liaise, but cannot pay funeral or repatriation costs.
• You generally choose between repatriating the body or ashes home, or a local burial/cremation.