Additional Service Options and Other Charges for 2012.
Please Note: These fees were set January 1st, 2012 and will, barring increases by suppliers and unforseen circumstances, be effective until December 31, 2012.
Option A | Option B | Option C | Option D
- Certificate of Death or Certified copy = $18.00
- Provincial Death Certificate, each = $27.00
- Cremation Casket up to 250 lbs is included in the base fee
- Cremation casket between 250 to 450 lbs = $239.00
- Cremation charges; starting at $510.00 (cremains returned in cardboard container)
- CARE's fee for witness cremation = $150.00
- Embalming and dressing (may not be mandatory) = $450.00
- Preparation and dressing of the deceased = $250.00
- Preparation and dressing of the deceased after autopsy, add = $150.00
- Surgically remove pacemaker = $75.00
- Ship Outs, vary by destination = call for quote
- Visitation, prayers or viewing for 1 hours Mon-Fri 9-5 = $150.00
- Visitation, prayers or viewing for 2 hours Mon-Fri 9-5 = $250.00
- Visitation, prayers or viewing for 2 hours evenings and weekends= $300.00
- Caskets in stock or by catalogue from = $630.00
- Urns in stock or by catalogue from = $35.00
- Transportation beyond a 30 km radius of Victoria City Hall ($1.50 per km, plus ferry and ancillary costs)
- Obituary notice fees (varies according to newspaper)
- Assistance with composition and submission of obituary notice
(included in Options B, C and D; $50.00 when added to Option A)
- Stationery;
- A) Memorial Books, vary from wood to zerlox
- B) Memorial Cards, black & white or full color, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 or 8 1/2 x 11
- C) Prayer Cards, come laminated or unlaminated
- D) Acknowledgement Cards, come in various packages
- Donation to church or chapel (varies)
- Honorarium to clergy (up to $350.00)
- Honorarium to organist (up to $200.00)
- Verger ($75.00, when applicable)
- Reception facilities & staff = $250.00
- Tea/coffee/cookies/tea biscuits = $4.50 per person
- Deluxe service: add sandwiches and dessert bars = $9.50 per person
- Call for prices on other options
- Delivery of urn or documents = min $50.00
- Scattering of ashes at CARE's discretion = $50.00
- Flowers (price vary)
- Memorial Society Records Fee, where applicable = $35.00
- BPCPA administrative fee for each death registered in the Province = $28.00
- Taxes where applicable, currently = HST @ 12%
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