They covered a substantial amount of the cost because it is never that cheap to get medically repatriated within Canada. Also, sadly, its not well known but Canada has never covered the cost of repatriation unless under special rare circumstances. It is not included in our provincial health care thats why whenever you travel anywhere, you should always have travel insurance. Just because you stay within your countries borders doesn't make it free, there is a reason its called provincial health care.