Accepted funeral expenses - Application for the death benefit

Retraite Québec will reimburse the person who paid for the funeral expenses related to the disposition of the body and the funeral, up to a maximum of $2500, upon presentation of receipts.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of accepted expenses:

• transportation, storage and preservation of the body
• embalming of the body
• casket
• urn, funeral jewelry, reliquaries, tree of life
• visitation at the funeral home
• funeral service
• burial, cremation, aquamation
• the services of a funeral director
• publication of death notices
• cemetery lot, cremation urn and funeral recess (in proportion to the expenses incurred for the deceased (e.g.: Retraite Québec would recognize $2000 in funeral expenses for an $8000 plot paid for 4 people))
• funeral monument (or inscription) (in proportion to the expenses incurred for the deceased (e.g.: Retraite Québec would recognize $2000 in funeral expenses for an $8000 plot paid for 4 people))
• acknowledgement cards, funeral bookmarks
• taxes related to eligible expenses.

The following expenses are not refunded: 

• flower purchases 
  
• expenses related to the reception following the funeral (room rental, caterer, etc.).