Yukon Funeral Insurance

Yukon Bereavement Authority

The Government of Yukon Department of Community Services is the territorial regulatory body responsible for funeral insurance. The department is responsible for protecting the public interest. It also supports and regulates cemetery operators, licensed funeral homes and establishments, transfer services, crematorium operators, funeral pre-planners, funeral directors, cemetery sales representatives, transfer service sales representatives across the territory.

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Yukon Obituary and Mortality Rate

The number of deaths and the mortality rate per 1,000 population in Yukon has fluctuated over the years from 2013 to 2017. In the period 2013- 2017, Yukon had the highest mortality rate of 5.9 in 2013 and the lowest rate of 5.6 the next year (2014). In 2015, the mortality rate rose from 5.6 to 5.8 and it decreased again in 2016 to 5.7 per 1,000 population.

Furthermore, Yukon residents understand the importance of obituary especially as it relates to their loved ones. An obituary in Yukon is a notice of death placed in the newspaper or online and it includes a brief biography of the deceased.

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Yukon Funeral Insurance Guide

Yukon guide to death care is designed to provide support to residents in prearranging and arranging funerals, cremation and burial services.

The body also provides guidelines for funeral directors to apply for and renew a funeral director license in the territory.

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Yukon Funeral Insurance News

Numerous people gathered on Friday, 13 April 2018 in the community of Old Crow, Yukon to pay tribute to erstwhile Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Chief Joe Linklater who died the preceding weekend.

Linklater was recently the executive director of the First Nation in Old Crow and he was formerly a chief from 1998 to 2010 and also from 2012 to 2014. Being a small town with a population of 221, Old Crow was shut down most part of the week to mourn Linklater.

Several people attended the funeral. Some flew from Whitehorse by chattered plane while others came from Aklavik, Inuvik, N.W.T., Fort McPherson, and so forth. The memorial service took place in the gym in Chief Zzeh Gittlit School. The funeral procession led from the church to the school where 300 people attended, singing hymns.

According to Bruce Charlie, the First Nation’s current chief, Linklater’s death has had an impact on the entire community. Linklater dedicated his life to the people and the community and championed the education of young people. Also, Robert Bruce, another former chief, said that he would remember Linklater for his contributions to raising awareness of climate change in the North as well as his efforts in ensuring economic development in the community.

According to Bruce, Linklater would always say “we would have to move forward, we cant stop here”. The funeral was followed by a community feast, a moose was killed earlier in the week and was donated for the event.

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