Step 1: Body Pickup

• After a call is received by ISM’s Funeral Hotline, the family is provided a summary of the process, cemetery options and prices and referred to our website for details.
• Fill out three forms, which are Statement of Death – Form 15, Family Questionnaire & Burial Services & Cemetery Information, (Family to provide pre-purchase plot information before the burial, if applicable).
• ISM’s licensed representative picks up the deceased body from Coroner’s office/ Hospitals/Retirement home/Airports or the Home and brings it to ISM.

1. • Provide two government-issued photos IDs of the deceased (Acceptable IDs are Driver’s License, Passport or Citizenship card).
   • Family pays for the grave and burial service charges. Check for payment and pricing info in the Price List.

Step 2: Paperwork at Markham Masjid

• Assist family in filling out forms and documents
• Verify all information including review the “Death Certificate – Form 16”
• Fax the “Burial Services & Cemetery Information” to the Cemetery requesting to open a grave.
• Perform the final rites of the deceased according to Islamic rulings, which are limited to body washing and wrapping in a shroud.
• Submit “Statement of Death – Form 15“, “Death Certificate – Form 16” along with blank “Burial Permit ” to the City Office. The city will issue a “Burial Permit” while keeping other forms in their records.
• Organize and perform prayer right after afternoon prayer times.
• Transport the coffin to the cemetery for burial. (Cemetery accepts burials 7 days a week until 3:30 pm).
• Provide 10 signed copies of “Proof-of-Death Certificate” to the family (which may be used to inform Government offices, banks, and other institutions)

Step 3: Burial

• Take the Statement of Death Form 15, Death certificate – Form 16 (provided by Markham Masjid) and a blank copy of the Burial Permit to the City or Police station (after hours).
• Cemetery oversees the opening and closing ceremonies.

• ISM Funeral Fillable Forms: 1. Body Release Request 2. Burial Services & cemetery Information 3. Statement of Death – From 15
• Statement of Still-birth

Funeral is processed according to Sunni Muslim practice.

We do not promote embalming of the deceased for transporting overseas.

Volunteers must follow Mortuary Room Hygenic procedures as instructed by the Funeral Coordinator.

Volunteers must adhere to strict confidentiality rules and not share or disclose any info about bathing of the deceased.

Deceased body can only be stored for one night.

Download Funeral Price List

Contact Markham Masjid Funeral Services 24×7 contact (listed above). Provide your contact info, time of death and place of death.

Markham Masjid Funeral Coordinator will arrive as soon as the “Death Certificate – FORM 16” has been issued by the authorities.

Please ensure that the information of the deceased on the “Death Certificate” is accurate. If you notice anything that is incorrect, please request the authorities to correct it.

No, Markham Masjid does not offer such a service.

Payment for Grave, Bathing, Shroud, Coffin and Transportation is to be made to Markham Masjid through debit card or cheque.

Payment for Grave Opening and Closing Services is to be paid to the respective Cemetery.

Our funeral services includes; documentation, transportation, wooden caskate, shroud. Gave cost is extra.

Please visit Revenue Canada Website for the Death Benefits: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/publicpensions/cpp/cpp-death-benefit.html

Body is stored at Markham Masjid for next day funeral only. For extended storage facility, contact the hospital or morgue.

Please Download Consumer Information Guideline, Per BAO (Bereavement Authority of Ontario)