List of cemeteries in Toronto

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This is a list of cemeteries in Toronto.

NameLocationDatesIntermentsAffiliationNotesImage
Armadale Free Methodist Cemetery Armadale
1885–Free Methodist
Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park Newtonbrook
1929–Jewish Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park.JPG
Beth Tzedec Memorial Park Westminster-Branson
1949–4,414 [1] Conservative JudaismOwned by Beth Tzedec Congregation. Westminster Cemetery is located just to the west. Beth Tzedek Memorial Park.JPG
Bethel Cemetery Scarborough Junction
1842Non-denominational
Bingham Family Cemetery Princess Gardens
1843–1973Closed and graves moved to Riverside Cemetery. Now residential neighbourhood.
Christ Church St. James Memorial Garden & Cemetery Mimico
1832–500originally Anglican; now non-denominationalStill active [2] Christ Church, Mimico Cemetery.jpg
Christie's Methodist Cemetery L'Amoreaux
1846–1926MethodistToday in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall. Christie's Methodist Cemetery.JPG
Dawes Road Cemetery Clairlea
189813,000 [1] Jewish Dawes Road Cemetery.JPG
Duchess Street Burying Ground
(Old Scotch Cemetery, Presbyterian Burying Ground)
Moss Park ~1818–1911 or 1912~263Presbyterian (1824–1911)Linked to Knox Presbyterian Church after 1824, land granted in 1797 and active up to 1840s. The 0.5-acre lot was bounded by Duchess (Richmond) Street to the north, Stonecutters Lane to the east, up to 260 Richmond Street East (Lot 5) to west and Britain Street to the north. Some 263 graves and markers were relocated to Toronto Necropolis in 1911 to 1912 [3] but not all burials recovered as some were found outside the formal boundaries and found after last burials. Built over after closure and now site of commercial buildings with addresses on Richmond and Britain Streets.
Elia United Church Cemetery Elia
1832–1957United Church of CanadaCemetery now parking lot but church remains on site. 20 head stones relocated to northside of church lot.
Emmanuel United Church Cemetery Malvern
1868–1933United Church of CanadaCemetery for the village of Malvern. Emmanuel United Church Cemetery.JPG
Forest Lawn Mausoleum and Cremation Centre Willowdale
1911–2400+Non-denominationalOwned by Park Lawn Corporation. Crematorium opened in 1980
Glendale Memorial Gardens Rexdale
1952–Non-denominationalOwned by Arbor Memorial Inc.
Highland Memory Gardens Hillcrest
1953–22,000Non-denominationalOwned by Arbor Memorial Inc. Highland Memory Gardens.jpg
Holy Blossom Memorial Park Cliffcrest
1929–2449 [1] Reform JudaismOwned by Holy Blossom Temple
Islington Burying Grounds Islington-City Centre West
1807Oldest cemetery in Etobicoke. Islington Burying Grounds.JPG
Jones Avenue Cemetery Leslieville
1883–581 [1] Orthodox JudaismSecond oldest Jewish cemetery in Toronto. Jones Avenue Cemetery.JPG
Knox United Church Cemetery Agincourt
1844–United Church of Canada Knox United Church, Scarborough.jpg
Lambton Hills Cemetery Humber Valley Village
1910–3,271 [1] Jewish Lambton Mills Cemetery.JPG
Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital CemeteryMimico
1892–19731525Non-denominational Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery.jpg
McCowan Road Cemetery Cliffcrest
1933–141 [1] Orthodox Judaism McCowan Road Cemetery, Scarborough, Ontario.jpg
Melville Presbyterian Cemetery West Hill
1852–Presbyterian
Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery Sunnybrook
1898–76,000+Roman Catholic147 Commonwealth war graves from World War I and II Mount Hope Cemetery.JPG
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Moore Park, Toronto/Leaside
1876–168,000Non-denominationalOwned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries Hart Massey's crypt in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.jpg
Mount Sinai Memorial Park Downsview
1935–8,205 [1] Jewish
Pape Avenue Cemetery (Holy Blossom) Leslieville
1849–1930s293 [1] Reform JudaismFirst Jewish cemetery in Toronto. Owned by Holy Blossom Temple. Pape Ave Cemetery.JPG
Park Lawn Cemetery Etobicoke
1892–49,000Non-denominationalOwned by Park Lawn Corporation Park Lawn Cemetery.JPG
Pine Hills Cemetery Scarborough Junction
1928–Non-denominationalOwner by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries Pine Hills Cemetery.JPG
Pine Ridge Cemetery Humber Summit
1845–Methodist Pine Ridge Cemetery.JPG
Potters Field Yorkville
1825–1855Non-denominationalFirst municipal cemetery, also known as the Strangers Burying Ground. Bodies mostly moved to the Necropolis after it was closed.
Prospect Cemetery Earlscourt/Fairbank
1890–Non-denominationalOwned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries Prospect Cemetery.JPG
Resthaven Memorial Gardens Cliffside
1925–31,000Non-denominationalOwned by Arbor Memorial Inc. Resthaven, Toronto.JPG
Renforth Baptist Cemetery Eatonville
1838–Baptist
Richview Memorial Cemetery Richview
1853–United Church of CanadaToday within the cloverleaf of highways 401 and 427.
Riverside Cemetery Humber Heights
1892–Non-denominationalOwned by Park Lawn Corporation Riverside Cemetery, Toronto.JPG
Roselawn Avenue Cemetery Forest Hill
1905–5,840 [1] Jewish
Sanctuary Park Cemetery Richview
1927–Non-denominationalOwned by Park Lawn Corporation Sanctuary Cemetery, Toronto.JPG
Secor Memorial Park Woburn
1800s (after 1804)N/A – see NotesFamily cemetery of the settler Secor family. The Secors are Huguenots should be members of Reformed Church of France, but also married within the Dutch Reformed Church prior to arriving in the area. Today the cemetery is a park with a memorial cairn.
Sharon Cemetery Etobicoke
1845–1955MethodistThe Sharon United Church building was demolished in 1967, but the cemetery beside it remains.
St. Augustine's Seminary Cemetery Cliffside
1942Roman Catholic St. Augustine's Seminary Cemetery, Scarborough, Ontario.jpg
St. James Cathedral Cemetery St. Lawrence
1797–1844AnglicanOriginal Anglican cemetery in Toronto.
St. James Cemetery St. James Town
1844–Non-denominational, originally Anglican St James Cemetery.JPG
St. John's Cemetery Norway Upper Beaches
1853–80,000Non-denominational, originally Anglican St John's Norway.jpg
St. John's York Mills York Mills
1816–AnglicanVillage cemetery for York Mills. Canadian van Nostrand family monument is located here. St. John's York Mills cemetery.JPG
St. Michael's Cemetery Deer Park
1855–29,000Roman CatholicOldest Catholic cemetery still in service. St Michaels Cemetery, Toronto.JPG
St. Paul Anglican Church, L'Amoreaux L'Amoreaux
1840s–AnglicanChurch built in 1841 and burned down 1935 St. Paul Anglican Church, L'Amoreaux cemetery.JPG
St. Paul's Cemetery Corktown
1822–1857Roman CatholicFirst Catholic cemetery in Toronto. Closed in 1857 and now buried under St. Paul Catholic School play yard on the south side of Queen Street East since 1959.
Strachan Avenue Military Burying GroundWest of Fort York National Historic Site
1863–1911Approximately 150 soldiers, veterans, their wives and children [4] Divided into Protestant and Roman Catholic sections Strachan Avenue Military Burying Ground.jpg
Taber Hill Woburn
1250 CE (13th Century)472IroquoisBurial mound and oldest known burial ground in Toronto now part of a city park (Taber Hill Park) Taber Hill.JPG
Taylor Family Old East York
c. 1839MethodistAttached to Don Mills United Church. Taylor Family Cemetery.JPG
Toronto Necropolis Cabbagetown
1850–50,000+Non-denominationalOwned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries Toronto Necropolis.JPG
Victoria Memorial Square Fashion District
1793–1863400N/A – Established as a military by the British Army station in York, Upper CanadaFirst European cemetery in Toronto. Abandoned and city park since 1880s, 17 markers remaining and restored in 2007–2011 and home to War of 1812 Monument. [5] Victoria Memorial Square.JPG
Westminster Cemetery Westminster-Branson
1926–Non-denominationalOwned by Park Lawn Corporation. Beth Tzedek Memorial Park is located just to the east.
Willowdale Cemetery (Willowdale Methodist Episcopal Cemetery / Cummer Burial Grounds) North York City Centre
c. 1834Methodist/UnitedCemetery for the village chapel of Willowdale next to the former Willowdale Methodist Church (later United Church and finally as Seven Day Adventist 1954) that was demolished in 1956. West edge of the cemetery was removed for widening of Yonge Street in 1931 with some families relocating graves to other cemeteries. [6] Cemetery lost much of the northern end beyond Horsham Avenue to a shopping plaza in 1950s. Willowdale Cemetery.JPG
York Cemetery Willowdale
1948–Non-denominationalOwned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries York Cemetery photo by Djuradj Vujcic.jpg
York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery104 York Mills Road
1833–194524BaptistHeadstones are visible from York Mills Road, and lay protected behind a fence and hedge. Next door, at 106 York Mills Road, is the historic one-story church manse, now a private residence.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Toronto Cemeteries". Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto). May 2, 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved Jan 3, 2013.
  2. "Christ Church St. James Memorial Garden and Cemetery".
  3. "Discovering the Duchess Street Burial Ground – OGS Toronto Branch Projects".
  4. "The Strachan Avenue Military Burying Ground". The Friends of Fort York and Garrison Common. Jan 15, 2005.
  5. "Victoria Memorial Square Historical Plaque". torontoplaques.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18.
  6. "Willowdale United Church (Cummer Church) from Yonge".

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