The Canada Bereavement Registry is a free consumer service that helps put a stop to  telemarketing calls and direct mail addressed to people who have died, reducing the  levels of distress caused to the relatives and friends who receive them.

Everyone receives direct mail and phone calls from organizations selling their  products and services or for fundraising purposes. Unless these organizations are  informed that a customer, donor or prospect on their database has died, they will  continue to contact that person.

Companies and not for profits that contact the public need to make sure the  information held in their database is accurate and up to date. They do this by  checking their data against lists of people that have moved or stated they do not  wish to receive unsolicited post or phone calls.

Canada Bereavement Registry works in the same way. The deceased contact data provided  on our registration forms is added to a secure data bank. Companies and not for profits can then use this information to remove any matches found within their own marketing database or for purposes that only benefit the bereaved such as identifying life insurance policies.

We are able to offer the Canada Bereavement Registry at no cost to the funeral home industry, estate executors, and individuals as organizations and companies pick up the cost by purchasing our partner service, Canada Deceased List.