A last moment with the person you have lost, among close family only, before cremation. That is what the Essential Plus cremation package offers families in Pointe-aux-Trembles, arranged online, without an office appointment.

Anjou, a few minutes from Pointe-aux-Trembles

The draped-bed viewing takes place in one location only: our partner salon in Anjou, at 9101 Louis-H.-La Fontaine Boulevard. For a family in Pointe-aux-Trembles, that is about 9 km by road, via Saint-Jean-Baptiste Boulevard. By car, allow about ten minutes outside rush hour.

By public transit, allow about an hour. We set the time of the viewing with you, precisely to take these trips into account.

The draped bed does not require a casket: the person rests on a bed covered with fabric, in a closed room. We handle the transfer from Pointe-aux-Trembles to Anjou, then to the crematorium, and it is included in the package.

A viewing in a casket, close to Pointe-aux-Trembles

For Pointe-aux-Trembles, Anjou is also our nearest partner salon. If you would rather have a viewing in a casket — an intimate gathering or one open to the public — it can take place there, or at another partner salon such as the Saint-Laurent salon, at 3955 Côte-de-Liesse Road (about 22 km). A viewing in a salon always requires a casket.

That is the key difference between Harmony and Peaceful: Harmony is a private moment for close family; Peaceful welcomes everyone who wishes to offer condolences. In every case, copies of the act of death are extra.

Where we take the person into our care in Pointe-aux-Trembles

Most deaths do not happen at home. For families in Pointe-aux-Trembles, we go notably to CHSLD François-Séguenot (13950 Notre-Dame Street East) and Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (5415 de l'Assomption Boulevard), as well as to private seniors’ residences and homes, at any hour, at no extra charge.

When the end of life takes place in palliative care, it is often at the palliative care unit of Hôpital Marie-Clarac (3530 Gouin Boulevard East). We coordinate with them the same way.

Details on local facilities, cemeteries and the rules for scattering ashes are on our page Direct cremation in Pointe-aux-Trembles.

How the private viewing works

1. The first call — day or night, by phone or online. Nothing has to be signed in a rush.
2. The transfer — we bring the person into our care wherever they are in Pointe-aux-Trembles, and look after them.
3. Preparation — preparation, hairdressing and dressing, with the clothes you entrust to us.
4. The viewing — one hour, in Anjou, at the time agreed with you, for up to ten people.
5. The cremation — after the viewing, once the formalities completed online are in order.
6. The return — the urn and the documents are delivered to your home in Pointe-aux-Trembles.

The price, plainly

$2,490 plus taxes, or $2,862.88 with taxes. The Retraite Québec death benefit can reach $2,500 if the decedent contributed to the Québec Pension Plan; even at its maximum, it leaves at least $362.88 for the family to pay on this package. We would rather tell you here than on the invoice.

And if the main ceremony is to come later, it does not have to be held in a funeral home. After the cremation, the urn can be displayed at a partner salon (anywhere except Anjou), but many families prefer a place that reflects the person: a park, a baseball field, a dinner cruise, a vineyard.

Frequently asked questions — private viewing before cremation in Pointe-aux-Trembles

Online Funeral Services is a private funeral company holding a Santé Québec permit (25FUN0002). See also: private viewing before cremation, in detail · the Harmony package · the Peaceful package · direct cremation in Pointe-aux-Trembles.