What to do in the event of a death
To make things easier for the bereaved, Services Québec publishes the brochure What to do in the event of death...
Here are the sections of this brochure for you.
IT IS BETTER TO PLAN AHEAD
- Liquidator of an estate
- Mandate in case of incapacity
- Compassionate care benefits
- Power of attorney
- Protection Plans
- Will
DECLARATION AND REGISTRATION OF DEATH
CHANGES, TRANSFERS AND CANCELLATIONS
- War Veterans Allowance
- Shelter Allowance
- Cancellation or Amendment of a Lease
- Firearms
- Health Insurance Card
- Social Insurance Card
- Hunter's or Trapper's Certificate
- GST credit
- Credit for QST
- Passport
- Foreign Pension
- Driver's license
- Canada Child Tax Benefit
- Canada Old Age Security benefits
- Canada Pension Plan benefits
- Quebec Pension Plan
- Unclaimed bank account balance
- Child support
- Guaranteed Income Supplement
- Survival of Family Maintenance
- Transfers
- Quebec Savings Bonds
- Property rights in an immovable
- Vehicle ownership rights
- Savings and retirement products
- Parking sticker for disabled persons
FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICES
SUCCESSION: STEPS AND PARTICIPANTS
- Acceptance or refusal of the office of liquidator
- Acceptance or refusal of the succession
- Access to a deceased person's medical file
- Unclaimed property and estate
- Certificate of discharge
- Safety deposit box
- Copy of marriage or civil union contract
- Income tax return (QC)
- Income Tax Return (CAN)
- Steps to settle an estate
- Distribution of property
- Incapacity of a tutor to fulfill his function
- Distribution of the property of a deceased person without a will
- Family patrimony
- Searching for and consulting a will
- Role and duties of the tutor to the minor
- Verification of the will
SURVIVORS' BENEFITS, PENSIONS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
- Insurance
- Death benefits (motor vehicle accident)
- Death benefits (work accident or occupational disease)
- Compensatory benefit
- Death benefit (CARRA)
- Death benefit (Quebec Pension Plan)
- Benefits from a supplemental pension plan
- Survivor benefits (Canada Pension Plan)
- Funeral benefits
- Orphan's pension (Quebec Pension Plan)
- Surviving spouse's pension (Quebec Pension Plan)
- Death by crime pension
- Death Benefit for an act of good citizenship