April 28 – National Day of Mourning: In Memory of Francis and All Victims of Workplace Accidents 🕯️🕊️
Monday 28 April 2025
Today, across Quebec and throughout Canada, we observe the
National Day of Mourning — a day dedicated to honoring workers who have lost their lives or suffered from workplace accidents or occupational illnesses.
Behind every number, there is a name, a story, a grieving family, affected colleagues, and a community forever changed.
In 2024, according to the CNESST, 107,124 workplace injuries were reported, including:
- ➔ 96,721 workplace accidents
- ➔ 10,403 occupational illnesses
Tragically,
246 deaths were recorded:
➔ 74 resulting from workplace accidents
- ➔ 172 caused by occupational illnesses
These numbers are far more than mere statistics — they represent human lives lost and remind us of the urgent need to prioritize prevention, health, and safety in every workplace.
Today, we pay tribute to
Francis Cournoyer and to all the victims of work-related tragedies. Their memory calls us to action: to create safer and healthier work environments so that every worker can return home safe and sound at the end of the day.
In memory of those who left us too soon, let us reaffirm our commitment to building safer, more compassionate workplaces.
To learn more about prevention initiatives and available resources, visit the
CNESST website.
🖤 #DayOfMourning #WeRemember #WorkplaceSafety #HealthAndSafety #Prevention
Quebec Funeral Rituals: A Cultural and Historical Heritage to Preserve 💐
Thursday 21 November 2024
Funeral rituals hold an important place in Quebec's history and cultural identity. More than just a farewell, these traditions reflect deeply rooted beliefs passed down from generation to generation.
But do you know the meaning behind some of these rites that have shaped how we approach mourning? Here are a few significant examples:
💡 The Funeral Wake: A Final Tribute at Home
Until the mid-20th century, funeral wakes were often held in the family home. The deceased would rest surrounded by candles, symbolizing the light guiding their soul to the afterlife. This time of reflection was also an opportunity for the community to gather and express their support to the grieving family.
💡 The Funeral Meal: A Celebration of Life
In many regions of Quebec, it was customary to organize a meal or buffet after the funeral. This gathering allowed loved ones to share memories of the deceased in a spirit of solidarity. Even today, this type of gathering remains a living tradition in many families.
💡 Church Bells: Announcing Loss to the Community
In the past, the sound of church bells announced a death to the local community. Each series of chimes was a call to prayer and reflection, strengthening the social bond among the residents of a village or neighborhood.
Whether still practiced or adapted over time, these traditions highlight the richness of our cultural heritage and how we navigate through grief.
Do you have anecdotes, memories, or family customs you would like to share?
👉 Share your stories and experiences
on our Facebook page, Répertoire des défunts!
🌹 Remembrance Day | November 11 🌹
Monday 11 November 2024
On November 11, we observe Remembrance Day, a day dedicated to honoring the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives to defend our freedom and peace.
This date commemorates the 1918 Armistice that ended World War I, when the guns fell silent on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour.
Today, we wear the red poppy in tribute to those who fought for our future, whose courage and dedication continue to inspire us.
We would like to discover and honor your departed loved ones—whether they were veterans or everyday heroes—those whose stories have touched your life. By sharing their stories with us, you will help preserve their memory and inspire others to remember their bravery.
To share their story, you have several options:
- Contact the cemetery where your loved one rests to provide them with a short biography.
- Send us a biographical text to info@repertoiredesdefunts.com, which we will be honored to publish in the "News" section and in the newsletter of the Répertoire des défunts, as well as on our Facebook page.
Each testimony helps us pay tribute to their lives and their legacy. We warmly thank you for contributing to this precious duty of remembrance.
🕊️ Their names liveth for evermore.
ÉLOGE Gets a Fresh New Look 🎉
Thursday 23 May 2024
We are thrilled to announce that ÉLOGE now has its own unique identity! 🤗
Are you a manager of burial sites? ÉLOGE is designed just for you!
You can now explore our products and services more conveniently and intuitively on www.eloge.ca.
We have taken this initiative to better distinguish ÉLOGE from Répertoire des défunts, while ensuring that your experience remains as smooth and enjoyable as ever.
For users of Répertoire des défunts, nothing changes for you.
The Innovations DJD team
Welcome to Saint-Simon Cemetery
Monday 20 March 2023
We would like to welcome the Saint-Simon Cemetery team located in Saint-Simon, who now use our ÉLOGE and Deceased Directory tools to administer the cemetery and the columbarium.
If you have information and photos of the deceased buried in this cemetery, do not hesitate to communicate this information to the administrators directly from their form.
Link to the file of this new cemetery:
St-Simon Cemetery - Deceased Directory - Site details
Grace à l’implication de Louise Pelletier, les données du Cimetière Christ Church Anglican sont à jour
Thursday 17 November 2022
Grace à l’implication de Louise Pelletier, les données du Cimetière Christ Church Anglican sont à jour.
Louise
Pelletier historienne-recherchiste a complétée la mise à jour des
défunts du Cimetière Christ Church Anglican deSorel-Tracy,
La mise à jour a été faite bénévolement pendant 3 ans par Louise.
Vous pouvez écouter le résumé de ses recherches en écoutant la vidéo suivante.
Toute l’équipe de Répertoire des défunts te remercie pour ton implication.
Mort et numérique - Émission En Ligne - Télé-Québec
Wednesday 28 September 2022
Avez-vous regardé le reportage nommé Mort et numérique sur les ondes de Télé-Québec ?
Dans ce reportage, l’animateur Mehdi Bousaidan, Daniel de Répertoire des défunts, M. Côté et Ismaël de La Fabrique de la paroisse de Saint-Romuald situé Farnham se sont entretenu à propos de Répertoire des défunts et notre outil de gestion ÉLOGE.
Visionner en ligne le reportage en suivant ce lien: Lien vers le reportage Mort et numérique
Diffusion: Mercredi 28 Septembre à 19h30
Rediffusion: Mercredi 28 Septembre à 12h30, jeudi 29 septembre à 15h, vendredi 30 septembre à 18h30 et samedi 1er Octobre à 16h30
N'hésitez pas à partager en grand nombre.
We talk about us ! - « Des cimetières passent au numérique »
Sunday 16 August 2020
« Des cimetières passent au numérique », is the article title published in Le Soleil about burial sites that use the Deceased Directory management tool.
We talk about us !
Saturday 14 December 2019
Saturday, December 14, 2019 LCN talked about Deceased Directory tool. We had the chance to talk to Mister Richard Olivier about TVA Nouvelles.
Our goal is to centralize the funeral heritage data in a single common research tool.
If a place is still not part of the directory, do not hesitate to communicate with your parishes, managers of burial sites of all types of faiths to tell them about the Deceased Directory project. We travel throughout Quebec to make our tool known to all managers of burial sites.
You are looking for a deceased family member, start a search now directly at the top of the site in our search box! More than 72,000 deceased are already published on our site and available free for your research.
To see the full Interview follow the link: (French Only)
Un logiciel pour retrouver plus facilement un défunt
Deceased persons and publication on the Internet
Monday 20 May 2019
When you use our application to manage your burial site, do you have to publish your deceased persons on our website ?
Deceased directory answer : NO, you are not obliged to publish your deceased persons on the website when you use our application.
We pay great respect to your convictions and if your assembly or decisions committee doesn't want to publish its deceased persons, our application allows you to prevent publication.
Two security features have been put in place for the publication of the deceased persons :
The first feature is at the management level of your burial site. It's possible to allow or not the publication of the deceased persons on the public site. When we don't enable publication feature, no deceased persons from your burial site will be published.
The second feature is at the level of each deceased person. For each deceased person managed in the application, an action must be taken to publish it on the public site. Only some information can be found on the Public site.
By default when the publication of a deceased person is activated, the public can consult the following information:
First Name, Last Name, Year of birth, Year of death, Location, At the same location, Geolocation and location photo.
It's possible to publish other information that is totally optional :
Deceased person photo, Birth date, Date of death, Burial date, Biography, Necrology, Father (first name and last name), Mother (first name and last name), Place ans city of birth.
At any time you can activate or deactivate the information published on our public site.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact our team !
Daniel 450-517-0923
Josée 438-321-8293
Bill nº66 : Funeral Operations Act
Wednesday 7 November 2018
Deceased Directory is always proud to offer its clients a management tool that meets the highest standards in the field of the funeral industry. To do this, our team is currently developing a new feature that will be ready by January 1, 2019.
In order to meet the Ministry's expectations regarding Bill numº66, a register of funeral activities will be available via our menu. This register provides all the data required by the state and can be presented with a simple click on the screen or printed and given to the inspector during his visit.
Do not hesitate to contact us for more details. Contact
or
Visit the Gazette web site at : http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamic-Search/telecharge.php?type=1&file=68562.pdf
or
See PDF publish by l'Association des cimetières chrétiens du Québec: (page 3) http://www.accquebec.com/sites/24294/Bulletin%20Trait%20d'union_web(1).pdf