Canada Obituary Search
For a Canadian obituary, begin with recent obituary directories and funeral-home notices, then search provincial newspapers and Library and Archives Canada for older material. Province and municipality matter: coverage, language and public access differ across Canada, and a national search may miss a notice held by a local paper or library.
Editorial review: Obituary Search · Last reviewed September 15, 2026
Search these sourcesRecent obituaries and death notices
Start here when the death or publication was within the last 30 years.
Echovita Canada
FreeRecent Canadian obituaries and memorial notices organized by province and city.
- Coverage
- Recent Canadian notices organized by province and city
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Dignity Memorial
FreeObituaries and service information from a large network of funeral locations in the United States and Canada.
- Coverage
- Recent obituaries from participating funeral locations
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Legacy.com
FreeRecent newspaper and funeral-home obituaries from participating publishers and funeral providers.
- Coverage
- Primarily recent notices; coverage varies by publisher
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Historical newspapers and archives
Use place and a date range to narrow title-specific collections.
Library and Archives Canada
FreeCanadian national archival collections and research guidance for locating older records and newspapers.
- Coverage
- National archival collections; dates vary by collection
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Newspapers.com
Paid or trialDigitized newspapers useful when a name, location and approximate publication date are known.
- Coverage
- Digitized newspapers; dates vary by title
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
FamilySearch
Free accountHistorical obituary collections, civil records and family-history indexes from many countries.
- Coverage
- Historical collections; dates vary by collection
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Find a Grave
FreeCommunity-contributed cemetery memorials with burial details, photographs and short biographies from many countries.
- Coverage
- Worldwide memorials; dates and detail vary
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Search by region
Include the province as well as the town or city. For Quebec and other bilingual searches, try both English and French terminology and check regional library or newspaper collections.
Free and paid access
Echovita, funeral-home networks and government research pages can be searched free. Digitized newspaper collections may require payment; some genealogy collections require only a free account.
If the name search fails
Search alternate spellings, initials and nearby municipalities. If a notice is absent, use a provincial archive, local library index, cemetery source or civil registration guide.