Exploring Cremation As An Option For Canadians

By Author: Richard Barnes
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Everyday more and more Canadians are choosing cremation to bid a final goodbye to their loved one. Being a more economical choice cremations allow for families with a limited budget to give a respectful farewell to the departed family member.

For Canadian residents, funerals and burials have long since been the preferred way of bidding farewell to the deceased loved ones. However, of late, cremation has also emerged as a comforting alternative. Cremation is comparatively less expensive, as the urn and containers are more affordable than coffins. Also the entire procedure of cremating the body is completed fairly quickly so, families wishing to grieve the loss of a loved one in their privacy often choose cremation in place of a traditional burial. If your family also wants to avoid elaborate funerals, then cremation and a basic funeral service after that with a close group of people is the right choice for you.

Another thing that has made the well informed people choose cremation is the fact that it is environment friendly. So, affordability factor clubbed with being environmentally friendly than burial has made ...
... an estimated 70% of Canadian families making funeral arrangements opt for cremation in 2011. The numbers may surprise you, but they are representing the true picture, and you need to understand why this trend is growing, and why is the rate of cremation in Canada increasing. As opposed to the only other option burial, cremation comes out as the less expensive as well as the more ‘green’ option.

Let us focus on the environmental impact. It is pretty clear that cremation is a much greener choice than burial. To make things clear, statistics show that in North America there are more than 23 000 cemeteries that bury close to 900 000 gallons of embalming fluid every year. The embalming fluid is a hazard to the environment as it has a host of hazardous chemicals that seep into the water table. The ground water gets polluted with chemicals and becomes unsafe for drinking or other usage.

Now, in the case of cremation, there is no such harm caused to the ground water as embalming is not required for cremating the body. In fact there are many families that had to allow for embalming before the burial of a loved one despite their aversion to the invasive procedure. These families have chosen cremation as the process which does not require the body to be embalmed.

In case you are frowning about the air pollution that may go up following the burning of the body, then you can rest your fears. This is because crematoriums are heavily regulated by the ministry of environment. Gone are the days when crematoriums had traditional chimneys. Newer facilities have modern methods to control and stop emissions to the atmosphere during cremation.

You can also explore cremation as an option of saying the final goodbye without having to worry about the cost as it is much less expensive than burial and the services associated with cremation are also quite affordable. People attending a memorial service use the ashes in the urn as the object of paying their respects to, rather than traditional and often disturbing, open casket. There are many funeral homes in Canada offering basic cremation Pickering, Oshawa, Ajax or Whitby, where ever you are located, try to find a reputable cremation facility which undertakes every job with complete compassion.

The writer is associated with Cremation Options, the Ontario based family owned and operated full service funeral home that also conducts cremation Pickering, Ajax, Brooklin, Oshawa and Whitby are the areas served by the establishment.