Remove the information of a deceased person
To remove the information of a deceased person from the Register, you will need to provide documentation showing proof of death.
Search the Register to remove the information of a deceased person. Alternatively, you can complete a paper application form.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Examples of documents showing proof of death
- Burial or death certificate
- Obituary from a newspaper
- Memorandum of notification of death issued by the Chief of the National Defence Staff
- Statement of Verification of Death from the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Notarial copy of Letters of Probate
- Official notification from the Public Trustee
- Document/receipt issued by a cemetery/crematorium in Ontario that proves burial or cremation
- Life or group insurance claim along with a statement signed by a medical doctor
- Statement from a medical doctor, coroner or funeral director
- Program or notice from a funeral ceremony
- Registration of Death
- Medical Certification of Death
- Any other applicable document from the Government of Canada, a Canadian province or territory, a municipality in Canada, or from its agency proving a person’s death