List of Jewish cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area

This is a list of Jewish cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area.

Name	City	Neighborhood	Opened/Closed	Affiliation	Ownership	Website	Notes	Ref
Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park	Toronto	Newtonbrook, North York	1929	various	various	Yes	Founded by Ivansker Mutual Benefit Society. Made up of 55 separate cemeteries owned by various congregations and landsmanshafts (mutual aid or fraternal societies)	[1]
Beit Olam Garden, Glenview Memorial Gardens	York Region	Woodbridge	2018	Reform/unaffiliated	Arbor Memorial	No	Demarcated Jewish section of a non-denominational cemetery. Allows burial of interfaith couples and cremation. Includes sections for Holy Blossom, Danforth Jewish Circle, Shir Libeynu and other liberal congregations.	[2] [3] [4]
Beth Tzedec Memorial Park	Toronto	Westminster-Branson, North York	1949	Conservative Judaism	Beth Tzedec Congregation	Yes	Succeeded the earlier Jones Avenue Cemetery in Leslieville.	[5]
Dawes Road Cemeteries	Toronto	Clairlea, Scarborough	1898	various	various	Yes	Made up of 34 cemeteries operated by various congregations and landsmanshafts, and societies.	[6]
Holy Blossom Memorial Park	Toronto	Cliffcrest, Scarborough	1929	Reform Judaism	Holy Blossom Temple	Yes	Created to succeed the Pape Avenue Cemetery which became full in the 1930s. Limited number of regular plots remain available to both members and non-members. Cremation plots are also available.	[7] [8]
Jones Avenue Cemetery	Toronto	Leslieville, Toronto	1883	Orthodox/Conservative	Beth Tzedec Congregation and Jewish Cemeteries Management Inc.	No	Toronto's second oldest Jewish cemetery. Founded by Chevra Kadisha Chesed Shel Emes and used by the Tarauley, Chestnut Street, Goal Tzedec and other Orthodox synagogues. Part of the property was sold to the Goel Tzedec Congregation around 1919, which became Beth Tzedec Congregation in 1952. Cemetery is locked. Limited plots remain available.	[9]
Lambton Hills Cemetery (Bais-Oilom)	Toronto	Humber Valley Village, Etobicoke	1910	various	various, managed by Roselawn Lambton Cemetery Association	No	Founded by Knesseth Israel congregation. Made up of 14 cemeteries operated by various congregations, landsmanshafts, and societies. Includes a section for interfaith couples.	[10]
McCowan Road Cemetery (Shaarei Shomayim)	Toronto	Cliffcrest, Scarborough	1933	Modern Orthodox	Shaarei Shomayim	Yes	Founded by Machzikei B'nai Israel Synagogue along with other Jewish organizations as adjoining cemeteries. Acquired by Shaarei Shomayim in 1980 when the synagogues merged and also consolidated the other land parcels.	[11]
Mount Sinai Memorial Park	Toronto	Downsview, North York	1935	various	various, managed by Mount Sinai Cemetery Association	Yes	Made up of 23 cemeteries owned by various congregations and societies.	[12] [13]
Mount Zion Garden, Highland Hills Funeral Home & Cemetery	York Region	Gormley, Stouffville	2018	various	Arbor Memorial	No	Jewish section of a non-denominational cemetery. Allows burial of interfaith couples and cremation.	[14]
Oraynu Congregational Cemetery, Elgin Mills Cemetery	York Region	Richmond Hill	2006	Humanistic Judaism	Mount Pleasant Group	Yes	Jewish section of a non-denominational cemetery. Allows burial of interfaith couples and cremation. Interment rights owned by Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism	[15] [16]
Pape Avenue Cemetery (Holy Blossom)	Toronto	Leslieville, Toronto	1849—1940s	Orthodox/Reform	Holy Blossom Temple	No	First Jewish cemetery in Toronto. Maintained by Holy Blossom but no burials since around the 1940s.	[17] [18]
Pardes Chaim Cemetery	York Region	Maple	2010	various	Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks	Yes	Largest Jewish cemetery in Canada. Includes sections for various congregations and mutual aid societies as well as community sections. Interment of cremated remains not permitted.	[19]
Pardes Shalom Cemetery	York Region	Vaughan	1977	various	Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks	Yes	Includes sections for various congregations and mutual aid societies as well as community sections. Interment of cremated remains not permitted.	[20]
Roselawn Avenue Cemetery	Toronto	Forest Hill, Toronto	1906	various	various, managed by Roselawn Lambton Cemetery Association	No	Made up of 23 cemeteries owned by various congregations and landsmanshafts. Founded to accommodate Jews living outside of the then-city limits of Toronto.	[21] [22]

References

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4. "Lifecycle Celebration & Support | Congregation Shir Libeynu".
5. "Beth Tzedec Memorial Park - Cemetery - Beth Tzedec". www.beth-tzedec.org.
6. "Dawes Road Cemetery". dawesroadcemetery.com.
7. "Holy Blossom Memorial Park: Update – Holy Blossom Temple". holyblossom.org.
8. https://holyblossom.org/cemeteries/
9. DiMatteo, Enzo (March 3, 2009). "Leslieville's secret Jewish history - NOW Magazine".
10. "Bais-Oilom". Etobicoke Historical Society.
11. "Ann Sharpe | Ontario Jewish Archives".
12. "Mount Sinai Cemetery Association and Mount Sinai Memorial Park | Ontario Jewish Archives".
13. "Toronto (Mount Sinai) Memorial Park | Cemetery Details | CWGC". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
14. Sun-Tribune, Kim Zarzour Stouffville (October 19, 2018). "Interfaith burials offered to Jewish families". YorkRegion.com.
15. "Oraynu Congregational Cemetery | UJA Federation of Greater Toronto". www.jewishtoronto.com.
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17. "FROM THE ARCHIVES: A MYSTERY LAID TO REST – Holy Blossom Temple". holyblossom.org.
18. Reporter, Stuart Laidlaw Faith and Ethics (April 19, 2008). "Jewish history in stone". Toronto Star.
19. "Pardes Chaim officially opens to community". Canadian Jewish News. October 27, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
20. "About Us". Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks. THMP. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
21. Bradburn, Jamie (October 31, 2012). "Toronto Cemetery Sojourns: Roselawn Cemetery". Torontoist.com. Buzz Connected Media. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
22. Renck, Ellen. "TORONTO: | Ontario ON | International Jewish Cemetery Project". JewishGen’s Cemetery Discovery Project.