James Reid Funeral Home, Crematorium & Reception Centre

James Reid Funeral Home, Crematorium & Reception Centre At James Reid's, our professional and dedicated staff provide compassionate service that helps famil

James Reid Funeral Home, Cremation, Celebration and Reception Centre offers compassionate care for you and your family before, when, and after a death occurs. Our professionals serve you according to your wishes and all legislative requirements. We arrange Celebrations of Life in our Celebration Centre, "Simply JR" Cremations at our our crematorium, Funerals and Memorial Services in our chapel, and visitations and gatherings in our suites, Graveside services at your cemetery, and serve as event planners and directors at venues of your choice. We also provide assistance to the families we serve by applying for benefits, such as insurance, Canada Pension Plan, death benefits, or the Department of Veterans' Affair Beneifts. The James Reid Bereavement Support Program offers regular phone calls and/or visits for the first year of bereavement. We also invite everyone to our public information evenings, the first Monday of each month except July and August in our Reception Centre. We lead a Walking Through Grief group with Hospice Kingston in the Spring and Fall at Lemoine Point., and provide a lending library of books and DVDs. We will help you arrange your funeral in advance so that you can make the decisions your next of kin will need to make. We also offer pre-payment through a third-party insured company, guaranteed to grow tax-free and lock in today's rates on your funeral.

Wishing everyone a fun, candy-filled Halloween! 🎃 Whether you’re trick-or-treating, handing out sweets, or just enjoying...
10/31/2025

Wishing everyone a fun, candy-filled Halloween! 🎃 Whether you’re trick-or-treating, handing out sweets, or just enjoying the season, we hope your day is filled with special moments — and a little chocolate. 🍫
👉 What’s your favorite Halloween treat?

10/28/2025

A Vision of a Green Burial Graveside Service

The place: an open space framed by big sky and tall trees. The weather, whatever type, thrums through the wind in the trees, the ripples on a pond, the movement of tall grasses. Our cemetery of destination is away from stores, schools, and busy highways. As you open your car door and get out, you breath deep of the fresh air and a sense of being apart from the everyday world. It is quieter here than you’re used to. This seems fitting for a space to bury your mother who died three days earlier.

https://www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com/about/our-blogs/a-vision-of-a-green-burial-graveside-service

Get to Know James Reid Funeral HomeOur mission at James Reid’s is to help families heal. Our professional and dedicated ...
10/27/2025

Get to Know James Reid Funeral Home

Our mission at James Reid’s is to help families heal. Our professional and dedicated staff provide compassionate service as part of the Kingston community. Watch this video and hear from one of our families what you can expect when entrusting your difficult time to James Reid Funeral Home.

Clarifying note: JAMES Reid’s has only one location at 1900 John Counter Blvd by the train station. JAMES Reid has no relationship with a different funeral home in town with the same last name. JAMES Reid Funeral Home is independently owned and operated.

https://youtu.be/0Um1ghO5I80?si=x5h4fH9irltvgZRd

Jim and Sarah Reid invite you to view our space and make your plan for it. Bright, spacious and comfortable, our Recepti...
10/24/2025

Jim and Sarah Reid invite you to view our space and make your plan for it. Bright, spacious and comfortable, our Reception and Celebration Centre hosts friends and family in many different ways.

If you'd like a party, we'll host with catered food and/or bar service. Consider live music, playing DVDs, an MC to facilitate stories, funny and poignant. Or perhaps in the midst of a private family gathering, someone among your family or friends speaks a few words or remembrance.

Celebrations of Life come in all kinds. Or you may prefer a spiritual leader to guide a service in an informal setting, including prayer, poems, and/or readings to commemorate the death of your loved one. This is often called a Memorial Reception. Or you may choose to gather here for a Reception after a funeral in our chapel or your church, leaving the serving, hosting and cleaning up to us.

https://www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com/funeral-options/reception-and-celebration-centre

Therese Barrett, our Estate Care Provider, will meet you at the funeral home to assist personally in the many details an...
10/22/2025

Therese Barrett, our Estate Care Provider, will meet you at the funeral home to assist personally in the many details and decisions that must be taken care of in the midst of your grief. She will set up a convenient time with the executor (or next-of-kin) usually a day or two after the death or service and work through your person's estate.

Therese will help with your CPP applications, return the Health Card to Service Ontario, notify pension plans and life insurance companies and give you direction on what needs to be done with credit cards, bank accounts, passports and more.

For more information visit https://www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com/community-support/estate-care

Please join us in wishing our Funeral Directors Dave and Dorothy, who celebrated this past weekend, a very Happy Birthda...
10/05/2025

Please join us in wishing our Funeral Directors Dave and Dorothy, who celebrated this past weekend, a very Happy Birthday!

This week at James Reid Funeral Home, our team gathered for an all-staff meeting—a meaningful time to come together, sha...
10/03/2025

This week at James Reid Funeral Home, our team gathered for an all-staff meeting—a meaningful time to come together, share ideas, and collaborate on how we can continue to best serve the families and community who place their trust in us. 💙

We are grateful for our dedicated staff, whose compassion and commitment guide everything we do. By working together, we ensure that every family receives the care, respect, and support they deserve.

Today, we at James Reid Funeral Home pause to honour the children who never returned home, the Survivors of residential ...
09/30/2025

Today, we at James Reid Funeral Home pause to honour the children who never returned home, the Survivors of residential schools, their families, and their communities.

We acknowledge the deep and lasting impacts of residential schools and stand in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in the journey toward healing, truth, and reconciliation.

Let this day serve as a reminder to listen, learn, and reflect. Reconciliation is not a one-day event—it is a shared responsibility that calls us to act with compassion, humility, and respect every day.

Our funeral directors strive to serve every family like they are one of our own. We are so grateful for your testimonial...
09/29/2025

Our funeral directors strive to serve every family like they are one of our own. We are so grateful for your testimonials.

"The team at James Reid provided us with fair and professional treatment. The staff members were genuinely kind and considerate, and we felt that our family members' wishes were being respected, which provided us with a strong sense of support."

https://www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com/about/testimonials

Goodbye gatherings offered at James Reid Funeral Home: Are available with Cremation or Burial or Green BurialHonours, re...
09/26/2025

Goodbye gatherings offered at James Reid Funeral Home:
Are available with Cremation or Burial or Green Burial

Honours, recognizes and celebrates the life of the deceased

Allows for personalization of your choices of Caskets & Urns

Provides consolation to family and friends through ritual: a space and time to process.

Postponed the funeral? We have four Post-Cremation Ceremonies to help you heal

If livestreamed, allows friends, community and family all around the world to say their last good-byes

For more information about what services we offer, visit:
https://www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com/funeral-options/our-offerings

JAMES REID FUNERAL HOME LENDING LIBRARY We have books for everyone in our lending library. We will highlight some period...
09/24/2025

JAMES REID FUNERAL HOME LENDING LIBRARY
We have books for everyone in our lending library. We will highlight some periodically to introduce you to them and help you to find something that might be of interest to you. You are welcome to come and browse our library. Our loan period is three months. If you have read any of the books mentioned, please feel free to make a comment so others may benefit from your thoughts.

https://www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com/about/our-blogs/books-for-every-loss

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1900 JOHN COUNTER Boulevard
Kingston, ON
K7M7H3

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