Child assistance

• The Registrar of Civil Status informs us automatically of the death of a parent or a spouse.
• If the deceased was receiving payments for child assistance or the supplement for handicapped children, those payments will stop. The child's new caregiver must make a new application for child assistance payments.
• If a beneficiary's spouse dies, the child assistance payments will be recalculated to take into account the new situation (single-parent family). You can use the simulation tool CalculAide to get an estimate of the new amounts that could be paid.

Other useful link... 

• The section What to Do in the Event of Death  on the Québec government portal indicates the steps to take following the death of a family member.