Finding a pet urn where you live

Around the world

How urn choices differ in the US, UK, Canada and Australia

Keeping ashes at home is common everywhere cremation is, and cremation is now the usual choice in all four countries we cover most. For people, the cremation rate was 62.8%^[2] in the US in 2025, 77.4%^[3] in Canada and 80.6%^[4] in the UK in 2024. Pets follow a similar pattern: in the UK, 67%^[5] of owners whose pet died in the previous two years chose cremation.

• United States. A huge online urn market and the widest choice of sizes, especially for large dogs. Shipping distances are long, so ask for a production time and a transit time separately.
• United Kingdom. More urns are sold in metric sizes, often quoted in liters or milliliters. One liter is about 61 cubic inches, so a 70 lb (32 kg) dog needs roughly a 1.3-liter urn.
• Canada. Cross-border orders from US sellers can add duties and delays. Check whether prices are in US or Canadian dollars before you compare.
• Australia. Sellers often quote capacity in liters too, and delivery to regional areas can take noticeably longer than to capital cities.

One industry report says North America accounts for ~40%^[9] of the global pet memorials market, which is why so many urn listings default to US sizes and dollars. If you're elsewhere, ask for the capacity in your own units.

Habits vary sharply inside the US as well. By our estimate from NFDA's state projections, 2024 cremation rates span about 49.8 pts^[10], from Nevada at the top to Mississippi at the bottom, which helps explain why local crematories stock such different urn ranges. The Cremation Association of North America publishes the national picture, and the UK's Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities records how many families take ashes home after collection.

Sending ashes

Mailing ashes or an urn to family in another city

Sending an empty urn is simple. Sending ashes is not, and our guide to traveling and flying with pet ashes covers airport security as well as the post. In the US, the Postal Service is the only national carrier that accepts cremated remains, and it requires a specific service with a special label. Many other postal services restrict or refuse ashes altogether, so check with your own before promising a share to a relative abroad.

If a relative plans to fly the ashes home instead, the TSA's page on cremated remains allows them through screening, but only in a container the X-ray can see into, such as wood or plastic. Our ashes sharing planner shows how small a travel share can be.

Often the easier route is to send the relative an empty keepsake urn and pass on the ashes in person, or to have the crematory prepare a separate small share for them. The ashes sharing planner shows how much each person can have, and our guide on ash volume, temporary containers and shares explains how shares are usually packed.

How to use them

Getting the most from your local urn page

Each local page gives you a sizing reminder for common pets, questions to ask nearby crematories about included urns, delivery notes for the area and a quick way to request options. It doesn't list businesses we haven't checked, and it won't show ratings or rankings.

If your town isn't listed, the nearest larger city page will usually be accurate enough, since urns are shipped rather than collected. Before you shop, run your pet's weight through the urn size calculator so you have a capacity in hand.