Alderwoods Group, formally The Alderwoods Group, Inc., was a provider of funeral,

cremation Cremation is a method of Disposal of human corpses, final disposition of a corpse through Combustion, burning. Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India, Nepal, and ...

, and cemetery services in

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with operations in the

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and

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. Its executive office was in

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, and it had administrative offices in

Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...

, and

Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard In ...

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. As of June 17, 2006, Alderwoods had 579 funeral homes, 72 cemeteries and 61 combination funeral homes and cemeteries in 36 states, seven Canadian provinces and Puerto Rico. The company's locations included

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, considered to be the largest memorial park in the world. The Alderwoods Group formed on January 2, 2002, after the

Loewen Group Raymond L. "Ray" Loewen (born June 27, 1940) is a Canadian businessman, best known as the former owner of Loewen Funeral Group. Loewen also had a brief political career, serving as an MLA in British Columbia in the late 1970s. Early life Loewen ...

, then the second largest funeral home and cemetery operator in North America, emerged from

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. In November 2006, Alderwoods was acquired by

Service Corporation International Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisia ...

in a

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1.2 billion deal reached in April of the same year.

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