No. Funeral expenses are not deductible on the final return, though they are payable from the estate ahead of other debts.
The Canadian position
They rank first in the order of payment, which is what matters practically.
Keep receipts for the estate accounting.
The Islamic position
The fixed shares apply to the net estate after funeral expenses, debts and any bequest capped at one third.
Where a Canadian mechanism has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a scholar rather than assuming an answer.
This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.
Citations & sources
Every factual claim on this page traces to a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position. Anything under “further reading” is related material, not a source for what is stated here.
- What to do when someone has died — Canada Revenue Agency
- Income Tax Act, RSC 1985, c 1 (5th Supp) — Justice Laws Canada
- Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
- Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
- Estates Act, RSO 1990, c E.21 — Government of Ontario
- Are funeral expenses paid first insolvent estate ontario — Treadstone Law
- Deceased final tax return estate taxes ontario — Treadstone Law
- Rrsp vs tfsa which to use first ontario — Treadstone Law
- Disability tax credit deceased persons final return canada — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law