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It helps to plan

Appointing a tutor for a minor: role and responsibilities
Compassionate care benefits
Liquidator of a succession
Organ donation
Prearranged funeral services
Taking over for the deceased (in french only)
Whole body donation
Wills
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Declaration and registration of death

Attestation and declaration of death
Proof of death
Registration in Québec of civil status events that occurred outside Québec : birth, marriage, death
Extended absence and declaratory judgment of death(in french only)
The coroner’s role
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Funeral and burial services

Cremation, incineration and disposal of ashes
Funeral arrangements and costs
Leave of absence for a death
Rules and obligations concerning human remains
Transportation and return of remains
Unclaimed bodies
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Successions (estates), the steps and parties involved

Acceptance or refusal of an inheritance
Access to medical files
Acting as liquidator
Acting as tutor to a minor child: acceptance or refusal
Clearance certificate
Copy of a marriage or civil union contract
Distribution of property
Division of property in the absence of a will
Family patrimony
Federal income tax return
Probate of a will
Québec income tax return
Remboursement des dépenses du liquidateur (in french only)
Safety deposit box
Search of a will
Settling a succession
Unclaimed bank balance
Unclaimed property and successions
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Pensions, annuities and other benefits

Canada Pension Plan benefits
Compensatory allowance
Continuance of the obligation to provide support
Death benefit (CARRA)
Death benefit (Québec Pension Plan)
Death benefit further to a crime
Death benefit further to an act of good citizenship
Death benefits (industrial accident)
Death benefits (road accident)
Guaranteed income supplement (Canada)
Insurance
Old age security benefits (Canada)
Orphan’s pension
Pension from a foreign country (Québec)
Québec Pension Plan (QPP)
Réclamation en cas d’accident de chasse (in french only)
Special benefit for funeral expenses (Social Assistance and Social Solidarity Programs)
Supplemental pension plans
Surviving spouse’s pension
Survivor benefits (Canada)
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Changes, transfers and cancellations

Health insurance card
Canada child tax benefit
Child assistance
Disabled parking permit
Driver’s licence
Firearms
GST/HST credit (Canada)
Hunting and trapping certificates
Occupation of a dwelling following a death
Passport
QST credit (Québec)
Shelter allowance
Social insurance card
Transfer of vehicle ownership
Transferring ownership of an immovable
Transferring Québec savings bonds (in french only)
Transferring savings account funds
War veterans allowance (Canada)
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Note: This list is as complete as possible. However, if you cannot find the information you need, we suggest that you e-mail Services Québec or call 1 877 644-4545. It will be a pleasure to help you.

Last Update :2009-11-06
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