Notice to the Consumer
Notice to the Consumer: Be aware of replicated or ‘pirated’ obituary notices
Consumer alert: This is a persistent issue. – January 2025 By Jim Cassimatis Interim CEO/Registrar, BAO The company names may…
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Care and Maintenance Funds ensure cemeteries are maintained for their communities
Consumer FYI By Jim Cassimatis Interim CEO/Registrar Bereavement Authority of Ontario Cemeteries are well maintained in perpetuity thanks to companies,…
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Notice to the Consumer: A Richmond Hill cemetery is required to stop charging and collecting additional interment fees
Darul Barzakh Gardens cemetery in Richmond Hill has been required to stop charging and collecting additional interment rights (IR) fees…
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Notice to the Consumer: An unlicensed business is illegally advertising funeral services in northwestern Ontario
A Manitoba-based business has been ordered to cease operating in Ontario or face prosecution. Despite this, the business continues to…
Notice to the Consumer, Suspensions/Revocations/Conditions/Discipline/Orders
Notice to the Consumer, and Notice of Proposal to Refuse to Renew Funeral Director Licence and Funeral Establishment Licence of Covenant Funeral Homes in Toronto
Update – June 7, 2023 — Notice to the Consumer – In January of 2023, the Bereavement Authority of Ontario…
Notice to the Consumer, Suspensions/Revocations/Conditions/Discipline/Orders
Notice to the Consumer: Registrar orders a Toronto cemetery to cease operations for not establishing a required trust fund
The Registrar has ordered a cemetery operator in Toronto to immediately cease sales. The order was issued as a result…
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Notice to the Consumer: Church cemetery in Campbellville ordered to stop sales
Update Dec. 14, 2022 – The St. David’s Presbyterian Church Cemetery Board is now in compliance with the Funeral, Burial and…
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Notice to the Consumer: Cemeteries are forever
The legal terminology is ‘in perpetuity’. When it comes to cemeteries that’s how long they must be maintained. In short,…