Cremation Association of North America

New at CANA

Welcome to the new CANA website.  Watch our video welcoming you to our new site. 

CANA, NFDA to hold joint convention in 2011 -- to serve all segments of the funeral service profession, CANA and NFDA will hold a joint convention in 2011 -- in Chicago -- with programming for funeral directors, cremationists and cemeterians.

CANA Certification Program -- Letter from Chairman Mike Nicodemus.

2010 Convention

Attention CANA Members: The 92nd Convention Statistics Presentation & the 2009 Preliminary Statistics Report are now Available Here.

Sponsorship Recap: Check out the 2010 Convention Sponsors that helped make the 92nd CANA Convention a great success!

Convention Blog: Couldn’t make it to Hawaii? Click here to visit CANA’s 2010 Convention Blog sponsored by Matthews International for daily updates from Honolulu, Hawaii!

Who is CANA?

Founded in 1913, the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) is an International organization of over 1,500 members, composed of cremationists, funeral directors, funeral home operators and owners, cemeterians, industry suppliers and consultants. Read more...

Mission Statement

The Cremation Association of North America is your only solution focused community offering cremation centric information for the public, families seeing cremation information, professionals in the cremation industry, related funeral professionals, and those serving the cremation industry. CANA can address your questions and serve your needs in any of the following areas:

Education & Training
Experience & Expertise
Resources
Innovative Products & Services
Networking & Mentoring

Our goal is to serve everyone with an interest in cremation with the best information, training, experience and opportunity to learn more about cremation.

Upcoming Events

CANA to introduce new and expanded version of acclaimed Crematory Operator Certification Program (COCP). Two new sessions will be added to the COCP including: a legal session by CANA legal counsel Chris Farmer and a session where attendees will have the opportunity to listen and learn from their peers regarding cremation dilemmas.

The new program will be unveiled at the NFDA convention on October 9, 2010 in New Orleans. For more information please click on our events calendar link below.

NFDA Pre-Convention Seminar

Saturday, Oct. 9th, 2010 - New Orleans

- 7:00 - 7:30 am	Registration
- 7:30 - 7:45	Welcome
- 7:45 - 9:45	Operator Training (Sec. 4, 5, 6, 7)
- 9:45 - 10:00	BREAK
- 10:00 - 11:15	Operator Training (Sec. 8, 9, 11)
- 11:15 - 12:00 pm	LUNCH
- 12:00 - 1:00	Operator Training (Sec. 8, 9, 11)
- 1:00 - 2:00	Litigation
- 2:00 - 2:45	Problem Solving 101
- 2:45 - 3:30	Ask the Attorney
- 3:30	Testing Period

See all upcoming events 

New York State COCP

Wednesday, Nov. 10th, 2010 - Albany

Location and registration info coming soon!

*Please Note - Registration is available to NY Crematory Operators only.

Kates-Boylston Annual Business Seminar

Wednesday, Nov. 17th, 2010 - Las Vegas

Click here for more information regarding the KB Business Seminar and to register for the event.

See all upcoming CANA events 

Worsham Student Certification

CANA would like to highlight that the Worsham College of Mortuary Science is the first mortuary school to require certification as a part of its curriculum.