Branch & Pyre is the standard in high-quality cremation care.

We’re trusted cremation care experts with over three decades of professional experience in funeral service. We’re dedicated to helping families at their time of loss, and offer licensed Funeral Director support to each Branch & Pyre client, anytime, 24/7.

We use a local, family-owned cremation facility within Winnipeg city limits that is widely known to be amongst the best in the profession. Branch & Pyre staff is familiar with all levels of operations, and have even helped to develop many of their industry-leading procedures and protocols currently in use.

It’s less expensive.

When we minimize our overhead expenses, we pass those savings directly onto you.

Also, without the added pressure of sales-focused arrangements and merchandise showrooms, you can actually receive the service you want, at the price you’re promised. No emotional overspending.

It’s less stressful.

We don’t want you to worry about organizing appointment times, driving across town, finding just the right parking spot, or even worrying about “did we bring all of the right forms and paperwork with us?”

At Branch and Pyre, we want you to be able to make arrangements anytime, from anywhere, 24/7.

It’s less complicated.

We’ve found that more people are comfortable conducting business online than ever before, and that includes funeral service.

Also, the typical “bricks and mortar” style of commerce doesn’t really fit our simplified business model. We truly believe that arranging a simple cremation also deserves a simple arrangement process, and that’s why we are Winnipeg’s first completely online cremation care service.

At a time of death, the first thing we ask our client family to do is to call our office to speak with a Branch & Pyre care team member.

A care team member can then guide you through the first few steps of what has to be done in order to arrange a cremation.

We are available 24/7 to take your call at 1-204-952-7741.

We proudly serve Winnipeg and all surrounding areas within Manitoba. Our transfer costs will change with each transfer outside the city limits of Winnipeg, at a rate of $1.95 per km (one way). For any further inquiries you can reach out to our office at any time.

Our Branch & Pyre cremation packages are affordably priced.

Winnipeg $1,395.00 (plus GST).

• If the deceased is over 300lbs, but under 500lbs a surcharge of $295.00 will be applied.

• If the deceased has a pacemaker, it will need to be removed by a Licensed Embalmer at a charge of $95.00

• Our transfer costs will change with each transfer outside the city limits of Winnipeg, at a rate of $1.95 per km (one way).

Our cremation package includes: cremation, basic cardboard cremation container, basic cardboard urn, transfer from the place of death, basic handling and care of your loved one, professional fees, completion of related government documents, and the returning of the ashes to family.

As a courtesy, our cremation package fee also includes an Executors checklist, unlimited Funeral Director Statements of Death, and a digital follow-up for related government documents.

Free online obituary notice with photograph.

Branch and Pyre is a direct cremation service, which means we don’t offer “viewing” or visitation. We’ve found that many families today are content to say their final goodbyes to their loved one privately, whether that be at home, or at a hospital/hospice setting just prior to cremation, instead of at a crematorium.

We don’t. We decided early on to focus on what we do best, and let families choose to say goodbye in a way that suited them best. Many families today are opting out of using a traditional funeral home for their memorial service, and instead look to family and friends to help create something meaningful, whether that’s a private at-home gathering, connecting online, a Scattering Ceremony, or at a Celebration of Life event. Families can also arrange to have a religious service with the urn present through their local community church, without funeral home involvement.

Yes. We are a family-owned company operated by Lee Barringer.

Lee is a licensed Funeral Director with over thirty years experience in helping local Winnipeg families in all aspects of funeral care.

At Branch & Pyre, there is no need to purchase additional merchandise to accompany our service. We include a basic cremation container with our service price, as well as a basic cardboard urn to hold your loved one’s ashes when we return them to the family. Should you want something more permanent, we do offer urns to be kept at home or for interment within a cemetery or columbarium.

Once the cremation arrangements have been made, and the related legal forms have been filled out, you can expect to receive your loved ones’ ashes returned to you within seven to ten days.

A Branch & Pyre staff member will hand-deliver the ashes back to the family at their home, at a scheduled appointment time. For families at longer distances, our Registered Priority Post service will be used.

Branch & Pyre accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express , Apple Pay and e-transfers.

Yes, we do.

To find out more about Pre-Planning with Branch & Pyre, visit PRE-PLANNING.

With Branch & Pyre, it takes approximately fifteen minutes to complete our online arrangement forms and pay for our services.

For comparison, traditional in-person arrangements take approximately two to three hours, including driving, parking, and appointment time.

Cremation is an irreversible act. The forms presented in the “Arrange Now” section of our website are legally binding documents, and therefore MUST be completed and signed by the decedents’ authorized, legal next-of-kin, and/or executor.

Even though Branch & Pyre was designed to be a completely online service, we’re here for you 24/7 when you need us.

For assistance with forms, please contact Customer Care at:

1-204-952-7741 or email us at info@branchandpyre.com.

For general inquiries we can be reached from: Monday - Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm

If a death has occurred, we are available 24/7.

At Branch & Pyre, we keep our cremation package price low, and do not charge any unnecessary costs or expensive add-ons which may add to a bereaved client’s undue financial burden, therefore, we do not offer any payment plan or payment deferral at this time for our cremation service.

Branch & Pyre offers flexible payment options for pre-planning a cremation with us.

Approximately 68% of Manitoba families choose cremation for their loved one, and this statistic is increasing each year.

Branch & Pyre is committed to respecting your privacy, and that of the deceased, through the protection of personal information. Our collection of personal information is limited to what is reasonable under the circumstances, and the information will only be used for that purpose for which it was collected.

Branch & Pyre collects personal information to: communicate with you; to help you with cremation arrangements; to fulfill legal and regulatory obligations; and, to assist you with dealing with other agencies and organizations.

Branch & Pyre will ensure that personal information collected is accurate, and properly disposed of when no longer required in accordance with applicable legislation.

Personal information is kept confidential and will only be disclosed as necessary to those which Branch & Pyre deems to have a legitimate need for. This may include government agencies or departments, financial institutions, insurance companies, transportation companies, law offices and persons who provide specific services needed to complete the cremation arrangements entrusted to us.