Request a certificate to cremate a body or ship a body out of province
Request a cremation or out of province body shipment certificate online.
Overview
In Ontario, you need a certificate approved by a coroner to legally cremate a body or ship a body outside of the province.
As of October 24, 2016, service providers are required to apply for these certificates online.
How to request a certificate
To request a certificate for cremation or a certificate to ship a body outside of Ontario, you must be a legal operator of a:
- licenced funeral home
- transfer service
- crematorium
Families may also apply directly for cremation certificates. For more information, please contact the Office of the Chief Coroner.
- Toronto: 416-314-4000
- Toll-free:
1-877-991-9959 - Email: OCC.inquiries@ontario.ca
Forensic Services and Coroners Complex
25 Morton Shulman Avenue
Toronto, ON
M3M 0B1
You need a My Ontario Account to log-in, complete and submit your request for a certificate. If you don’t have one, you can create an account when you request a certificate.
Before you request a certificate, make sure you have:
- your individual/personal licence number (e.g. funeral director licence number)
- the operating name of your business/organization
- the operator licence number issued by the Bereavement Authority of Ontario, which authorizes you to provide funeral/cremation services
- the address and date of birth of the deceased provided on the Statement of Death form (Form 15) or by the family of the deceased
- the name of the coroner who is on-call and available to review your certificate request
- an electronic or scanned copy of the:
- Medical certificate of death
- Medical certificate of stillbirth
- Non-Ontario Death certificate (this is the certificate of death issued by jurisdictions outside of Ontario)
- Warrant to Bury the Body of a Deceased Person
Request a cremation certificate
Request out of province body shipment certificate
Contact us
If you need technical assistance requesting a certificate online, please contact ServiceOntario at:
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Toll-free TTY: 1-800-268-7095 (TTY/Teletypewriter users only – toll-free)TTY: 416-325-3408 (TTY/Teletypewriter users only – Toronto)- Email: ServiceOntarioAccount@ontario.ca
For program-specific inquiries about Cremation and Out-of-Province Body Shipment Certificates, please contact the Office of the Chief Coroner at:
- Toronto:
416-314-4000 Toll-free: 1-877-991-9959 - Email: OCC.inquiries@ontario.ca
- Mail:
Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex
25 Morton Shulman Avenue
Toronto, ON
M3M 0B1