Compassionate guidance to help you choose the right service for your loved one.
Choosing a Service
Honouring Life Through Tradition and Celebration
For 105 years, four successive generations of the McCall family and dedicated associates have assisted families and individuals in Greater Victoria at a time of loss. Our services and options today reflect the needs of both traditional and changing times, with choices that support the unique character of your loved ones and that also support the unique ways in which you may wish to honour them.
Celebrations of Life
Gathering to celebrate the unique life your loved one lived is an increasingly popular choice for many families. The celebration of life can be expressed in many ways, all with intention of honouring and remembering a loved one and how they touched our lives.
Memorial Service
A memorial service is a gathering held without the deceased's body present, often following cremation or burial. It may be religious or non-religious, formal or informal, and provides family and friends with an opportunity to come together and honour the life of someone important to them. It can take place at McCall Gardens, a place of worship or another meaningful location,
Funeral Service
A funeral service is a ceremony held with the deceased present, providing family and friends an opportunity to gather, honour their life and say goodbye. The service may be religious or non-religious and can take place at McCall Gardens, a place of worship or another meaningful location, followed by burial or cremation.
Graveside Service
A graveside service provides a quiet and meaningful opportunity for family and friends to gather at the cemetery to honour and remember a loved one. Held at the place of burial, the service offers a personal setting for final words, prayers, memories, and a heartfelt farewell.
Cremation without Ceremony
Cremation Without Ceremony offers a straightforward alternative for families who do not want a funeral or formal gathering at the time of death. While the service is simpler, the care is not. Every person entrusted to McCall Gardens is treated with the utmost dignity, class and integrity, and every family receives compassionate, professional guidance throughout the arrangements.