Transports Funéraire Sanscartier, a funeral transportation company based in Laval, Quebec, is advertising for two hearse drivers through the Government of Canada's Job Bank at $25.00 to $31.00 an hour for 20 to 40 hours a week, with benefits, for bilingual applicants who hold a chauffeur's licence. The posting is open until September 26, 2026. It is one of the better-paid driving postings on the DriverPartners.net jobs board this month and one of the most specialised: funeral driving is chauffeured work at its most formal, with exact timing, a silent vehicle and families at the most difficult moment of their lives in the car behind you.

This listing sets out what the posting says, what the work involves, the licence and language requirements in Quebec, and how to apply through the official Job Bank link at the top of the page.

The role as posted

The Job Bank posting is for the occupation the federal classification groups with chauffeurs and specifies the job as driver, hearse. The employer is Transports Funéraire Sanscartier in Laval, the hours are 20 to 40 a week, the wage is stated as a range of $25.00 to $31.00 an hour, two positions are open, the posting lists advantages, and the language requirement is bilingual, meaning French and English. A chauffeur's licence is listed among the requirements. Everything in this listing is drawn from the posting; the official Job Bank posting is the authoritative text and the only place to apply. The wage range is wide, and the posting does not say what places a driver at the top or bottom of it; experience in funeral or chauffeured work, the licence class held and availability for the early-morning and weekend hours the trade requires are the usual factors, and the question is worth asking at interview.

What a hearse driver actually does

Funeral transportation companies serve funeral homes rather than families directly: they collect the deceased from hospitals, residences and coroners' facilities, transfer between funeral homes, crematoria, churches and cemeteries, and drive the hearse in the funeral procession itself. The driving is slow, precise and timed to the minute, because a service cannot start without the hearse and a procession cannot arrive early. The driver is expected to present impeccably in a dark suit, to handle the vehicle silently, to know the routes to every church, cemetery and crematorium in the region and the protocols at each, and often to assist with the physical handling of the casket alongside the funeral home's staff. Hours follow the trade: early starts, weekend services, on-call transfers at night. Emotional composure matters as much as driving skill, because the family in the limousine behind you will remember the day for the rest of their lives. The rideshare driver course on this site covers the passenger-service basics that funeral work builds on.

Funeral driving is chauffeured work at its most formal: dark suit, silent vehicle, exact timing.

The licence and the language requirement

The posting asks for a chauffeur's licence. In Quebec, the licence classes that cover passenger vehicles for hire are administered by the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec, and the class required depends on the vehicle and the service; a hearse is a modified passenger vehicle and the employer will specify which class it needs.



Ask at interview whether a Class 5 with the appropriate endorsement is sufficient or whether the company requires the class that covers small buses and limousines, and whether the company assists with obtaining it. The bilingual requirement is not decorative: funeral homes on the north shore and across Montreal serve families in both languages, and the driver speaks to funeral directors, hospital staff and mourners in whichever language they use. A driver's abstract from the SAAQ and a criminal record check from the Service de police de Laval or the Sûreté du Québec are standard for the trade even where a posting does not list them. The taxi or rideshare driver page explains the licensing regimes for comparison.

Pay, hours and benefits in context

At $25.00 to $31.00 an hour, a driver working 40 hours grosses $1,000 to $1,240 a week before deductions, with the vehicle, fuel and insurance supplied by the employer, which puts the role well above the own-vehicle chauffeur and taxi postings on this board on a net basis. The 20-hour bottom of the range reflects the trade's irregular demand; ask at interview how hours are scheduled, whether on-call time is paid, how weekend and overnight transfers are compensated and what the benefits package includes, because the posting lists benefits without detail. Funeral transportation is steady work: demand does not follow the economy, the seasons or the tourist calendar, and companies keep experienced drivers for years, because a driver who knows the funeral homes, the cemeteries and the protocols is hard to replace and the funeral directors who book the company ask for drivers they trust. For a chauffeur who wants predictable, respected, well-paid driving without the app-platform volatility, it is one of the few routes into it. The DriverPartners.net blog has posts on tracking expenses and on driver safety that apply.

No experience required, and what the training covers

The posting states that no experience is required and that the company will train, which is unusual for a role paying up to $31.00 an hour and reflects how specialised the work is: there is no external course in hearse driving, so every funeral transportation company trains its own drivers. Expect the training to cover the vehicle itself, which is longer, heavier and slower to stop than a sedan and has a rear compartment that must be loaded and secured correctly; the procedures at hospitals, residences and coroners' facilities for transfers; the handling of caskets with the funeral home's staff, which has its own technique and etiquette; procession driving, including the spacing, signalling and speed that keep a line of family cars together through traffic lights; and the protocols at churches, crematoria and cemeteries. The screening questions ask whether you are available for shift or on-call work and whether you can start on the date in the posting, so the company is hiring for immediate availability rather than for a notice period.

Benefits,



overtime and the terms of employment

The posting lists a benefits package that is rare in driving work: a dental plan, disability benefits, a health care plan, vision care and life insurance, alongside overtime availability. The terms are permanent employment, part time leading to full time, with hours across early morning, morning, day, evening, night, weekend and on-call, which is the honest description of a trade that operates around the clock. For a driver comparing this posting with the own-vehicle chauffeur and taxi roles on the jobs board , the benefits and the supplied vehicle change the comparison entirely: an hourly rate of $25.00 with dental, health and disability coverage and no vehicle costs is worth considerably more than a nominally similar rate with the car, fuel and insurance coming out of it. Ask at interview how quickly part time becomes full time, how on-call is compensated, how overtime is calculated under Quebec's labour standards and when benefits begin.

Working in Laval and the Montreal region

Laval is the island city immediately north of Montreal, connected by the bridges over the Rivière des Prairies and by the Orange Line Metro to Montmorency, and a funeral transportation company based there serves funeral homes across Laval, the North Shore suburbs and the Island of Montreal. The driving covers Autoroutes 15, 13, 440 and 640, the bridges, which are congested at peak hours, and the streets around churches, cemeteries and crematoria that were not built for a hearse and a procession. Winter is the hard season: Quebec requires winter tyres from December 1 to March 15, and a funeral cannot be postponed for a snowstorm. A driver who knows the region's cemeteries, from Notre-Dame-des-Neiges and Mount Royal on the island to the parish cemeteries of the north shore, and the protocols at each, is worth more to the employer than one who only knows the highways. The Canada hub on DriverPartners.net lists drivers and employers across Quebec.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the Sanscartier hearse driver job pay?

$25.00 to $31.00 an hour for 20 to 40 hours a week, with benefits, according to the Job Bank posting. Two positions are open.

Do I need to be bilingual?

Yes. The posting requires French and English, because the company serves funeral homes and families across Laval and Montreal in both languages.

What licence is required?

The posting lists a chauffeur's licence. Ask the employer which SAAQ licence class the hearse requires and whether the company assists with obtaining it.

Is the vehicle supplied?

Yes. Funeral transportation companies supply the hearse and cover fuel and insurance, which makes the hourly rate a net figure unlike own-vehicle postings.

When does the posting close?

The Job Bank posting is advertised until September 26, 2026. Apply early, because employers often fill positions before the closing date.

Sources and further reading

- Job Bank posting 50271721 – Driver, hearse, Transports Funéraire Sanscartier, Laval
- Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec – driver's licence classes
- Government of Canada – Job Bank

Pay, hours, vacancies, requirements and closing date are taken from the Job Bank posting as read on 17 September 2026. The posting is the authoritative text; apply only through the link it provides.

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