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Jerrett Funeral Homes – St. Clair Chapel is located in the heart of St. Clair and Dufferin. We have provided funeral and cremation services for families in Toronto since 1937. For more than 80 years, our commitment to compassion has remained unchanged, yet our services have always responded to the needs of the community.

Personalized funerals

When you meet our staff, you will immediately know that you and your loved ones are being cared for by professionals who are dedicated to serving families during the most difficult days in their lives. Our team creates funerals, memorials and celebrations of life that reflect the uniqueness of the people being honoured. Whatever your vision, our funeral professionals handle all of the details, designing a meaningful service.

We also offer catering during visitations, between visitations and after funeral services. Tell us what you want—coffee and snacks, a lunch buffet, a wine and cheese pairing—and we take it from there.

Multicultural services

Chapel at Jerrett Funeral Homes Toronto is a diverse community, and we have team members who speak English, Italian, Vietnamese and Portuguese. We offer multicultural services that are religious and non-religious. Our funeral professionals will guide you and your family through decisions and options that reflect both your culture and your family traditions.

Your trusted provider

Jerrett Funeral Homes – St. Clair Chapel is accessible via the St. Clair Avenue West Streetcar as well as the Dufferin Street bus line. There is parking beside and behind the funeral home. Our facility has a handicap-accessible entrance for people who have difficulty with the front stairs.

Jerrett Funeral Homes – St. Clair Chapel is a member of the Dignity Memorial® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers. When you choose a Dignity Memorial provider, you receive not only the compassionate care you expect from a locally operated establishment, but also the benefits you deserve from the largest and most trusted network of funeral, cremation and memorialization companies in North America.

History

The story of Jerrett Funeral Homes begins in the mid-1930s. Jack Jerrett dreamed of a career that would allow him to serve people in a meaningful way and he wanted to be a funeral director.

At the age of 18, Jack began an apprenticeship with the Speers Funeral Home on Dundas Street, where he received his funeral director’s license. At 23, he became one of the youngest funeral directors to purchase his own chapel. With the help of many friends and family members, including his future wife, Jack bought the former Nash Funeral Home at 1141 St. Clair Ave. W. in Toronto in 1937.

Family business

Although the funeral chapel was part of Jack's dream, the early growth and success of the business was very much a family effort. Jack's parents, John and Alice, sold their home and trucking business in order to join him in the funeral business. Frances Pauline Fritz joined the firm after she and Jack got married in 1939. She became one of the 1st licensed female funeral directors in Canada, in 1942.

The business prospered, and in 1954, Jack purchased the former Bennett Funeral Home at 4661 Yonge St. in North York, then known as Willowdale. In 1965, the Scarborough Chapel at 660 Kennedy Road was opened on the site of a former mushroom plantation.

Carrying on tradition

In 1967, tragedy struck. Piloting his own plane on approach to the Toronto International Airport, Jack died in a landing accident. His death came only a year after his father died and less than a year before his mother’s death. Long-time employee Bill Stephenson helped sustain the business through this difficult time, and Jack's son, John, subsequently joined the business full-time in 1968.

The business continued to grow, and in the fall of 1993, the new North York Chapel at 6191 Yonge St. was opened to replace the building in Willowdale and to better accommodate the needs of the diverse and expanding Toronto community.

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Amenities

Location

Chapel
Coffee lounge
Pet friendly

Cremation

Cremation remembrance jewelry
Option for home delivery of ashes
Option for mail delivery of ashes
Sent through postal mail service, signature required. Expect delays in Canada due to Covid-19 restrictions on mail requiring a signature.

Service

Catered events
White glove service
Locations offering the highest level of service and care
Arrangements by phone and email
complete funeral planning without needing a funeral home visit
Tribute video production
Services available to create a tribute video for the service or obituary from photos and videos.
Audio and video equipment
Intimate gatherings
Meeting space
space available for corporate and organization meetings
Black car service
Cemetery flower arrangement delivery

Religious & Cultural

Multicultural funerals
Incense burning
Ritual washing

Other Languages Spoken

Spanish/Español
French/Français
Vietnamese

Other

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Cantonese
Livestreaming of services
Mandarin

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Filing for death certificates
Securing burial permits
Helping with insurance claims
Giving guidance on Social Security survivors benefits

Every detail remembered

100% SERVICE GUARANTEE
If for some reason you’re dissatisfied with any aspect of your service, we’ll refund that portion of the service.
LIFETIME FLEXIBILITY
If you want to make changes to a prepaid plan, we are always available to discuss your options.
RELOCATION PROTECTION
Our prepaid plans are transferable to any of the qualifying Dignity Memorial providers in North America.