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Memorial Societies in Canada

Funeral Co-operatives

A memorial society is a not-for-profit community initiative to provide its members with access to high quality, compassionate funeral services free of high pressure sales. Discounted plans exclusive to members are negotiated with locally-owned funeral service providers.
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Alberta

Northern, Central and Southern Alberta (merged)
Cooperative Memorial Society
Suite 204A, 223-12 Ave SW., Calgary, AB T2R oG9
403-248-2044 / 1-800-566-9959
admin@calgarymemorial.com
www.calgarymemorial.com
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British CoLumbia

People’s Memorial Society of BC, and
Vancouver Island Memorial Society

Kerrisdale P.O. Box 18081
Vancouver, BC V6M 4L3
www.peoplesmemorialsocietybc.com
info@pmsoc.org

Memorial Society of British Columbia 
205 - 640 West Broadway Vancouver BC V5Z 1G4
https://memorialsocietybc..org
mail@memorialsoc.org
Tel: 604-733-7705 / Toll Free: 1-888-816-5902

Saskatchewan

Funeral Advisory and Memorial Society of Saskatchewan (FAMSS)
Box 1846
Saskatoon, SK. S7K 3S2
Tel: 1-866-283-2677 (within the province only)

Tel: 306-374-5190
http://www.famss.ca/faqs.html
info@famss.ca
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Manitoba

Funeral Planning and Memorial Society of Manitoba
613 St Mary's Rd

Winnipeg, MB R3M 3L8 
 
Tel: (204) 452-7999 (please leave a message)
http://www.funeralsocietymb.org/
E-mail: FPMSInfo@mts.net
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northern Ontario

Memorial Society of Northern Ontario
​Funeral consumer planning information for the residents of Sudbury and North-Eastern Ontario.
http://www.memorialsociety.ca/
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msnot@gmail.com
705-671-3753 / 1-866-203-5139
Mail: Box 1355, Stn. B
Sudbury, ON P3E 5K4
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southern ontario

Federation of Ontario Memorial Societies (FOOMS-FCA)
​Funeral Consumers’ Alliance

55 St. Phillips Road, 

Etobicoke, ON M9P 2N8
http://fooms-fca.org/fms

http://www.myfuneralplan.org/
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The Funeral Information & Memorial Society of Guelph & Area
Box 1784
Guelph ON N1H 7A1

memorialsociety_guelph@hotmail.com
Kevin Mooney 519.835.9603
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Memorial Society of Kitchener Waterloo
​Phone- 519.579.3800
Nina Furniss – 519.699.4028
Mail: 55 Northfield St. E., Suite 303
Waterloo ON N2K 3T6
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The Funeral Consumers Advocacy of London and Windsor
​http://www.fcalw.org/
Phone- 519.649.1014
Mail: Box 1729 Stn. B
London, ON N6A 5H9
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Funeral Information Society of Ottawa
​FISO, P.O.Box 32057, 1386 Richmond Rd.
Ottawa,ON K2B 1A1
613 828 4926
Email 
FISO@ncf.ca
http://web.ncf.ca/fiso/
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The Funeral Advisory and Memorial Society (Toronto)
​Memorial information and funeral planning information for the Toronto area, including the GTA and Hamilton areas.
http://www.fams.ca/
Email: info@fams.ca
Phone: 416-241-6274
Mail: PO Box 65 STN F
​Toronto ON M4Y 2L4

A funeral co-operative is a community initiative to provide its members with compassionate, high quality funeral services on a not-for-profit basis. It is community owned and operated by its members.
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Ontario

Funeral Co-operative of Ottawa Inc.
419 St. Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa ON K1K 2Z8
Phone: 613-288-2689
http://www.fco-cfo.coop
info@fco-cfo.coop
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The Cooperative Funeral Home of the District of Sudbury
(First Co-operative funeral home in Canada and probably the first in the world being founded in late 1951 and opened for business in 1952.)
​222 Lasalle Boulevard East, 

Sudbury, ON CA
P3A 1W5
Phone: 705-566-2100
Fax: 705-566-1324
Email: generalmail@cooperativefuneraire.ca
Daniel D. Johnston | General Manager & Funeral Director
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Funeral Co-operatives of PEI
http://www.peifuneralcoops.com/
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Fédération des coopératives funéraires du Québec
(Representing 23 funeral co-ops in Quebec)

548, rue Dufferin 
Sherbrooke (Quebec) 
J1H 4N1
Phone: 819 566-6303 
Fax : 819 829-1593 
Email : info@fcfq.coop

Funeral Consumers Alliances (United States)

Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) in the United States represents not-for-profit affiliates similar to memorial societies in Canada. Like memorial societies, they are dedicated to protecting a consumer's right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral. There are now about 70 nonprofit funeral-planning groups across the US.
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​Many FCA affiliates, with the help of their volunteers, do a price survey of area mortuaries. Some have been able to negotiate a discount at participating funeral homes, sort of like a cooperative buyers’ club. Some focus on education and advocacy only. Joining and supporting a local FCA group will help you save thousands of dollars on unnecessary funeral costs while ensuring we can protect a consumer’s last rights in your neighborhood and around the country. Fees to join are similar to CCMS.

Find a FCA in the US
Note: In eastern Canada funeral co-operatives have take the place of memorial societies
Cooperative Memorial Society (CMS)
Suite 204A, 223-12th Ave. S.W. Calgary, Ab. T2R 0G9 Canada (Appointments required)
1-403-248-2044 
​Toll free: 1-800-566-9959
admin@calgarymemorial.com

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