Park Lawn Cemetery

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Park Lawn Cemetery
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Northwest entrance to Park Lawn Cemetery.
Park Lawn Cemetery
Details
Established1892
Location
2845 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M8X 1A6
Coordinates 43°38′50″N79°30′03″W / 43.647094°N 79.500954°W / 43.647094; -79.500954
TypePublic
StyleNon-denominational
Owned byPark Lawn Corporation
No. of graves49,000
Website www.parklawnlp.ca
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Park Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery in the Etobicoke district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It currently has around 22,000 graves. It is managed by the Park Lawn Corporation, which also runs five other cemeteries in Toronto. The cemetery offers ground burials and a mausoleum for above-ground interment and cremation urns. It is located south of Bloor Street, west of the Humber River.

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History

Park Lawn Cemetery & Mausoleum opened in 1892 as Humbervale Cemetery and was owned by local farmers in the area. It was sold in 1912 and again in 1915 to Park Lawn Cemetery Company, and was renamed to the current name. [1] In 1999, Park Lawn opened Paradise Mausoleum; phase two of Paradise Mausoleum was completed in 2007.[ citation needed ]

In 1995, a section of the cemetery was re-zoned to permit construction of a condominium building. While the building was opposed by lot owners, the Ontario Municipal Board approved the project.[ citation needed ] The cemetery has twice been attacked by vandals, once in 1990 [2] and again in 2006. Both times several youths were convicted of damaging or toppling several hundred stones.

The cemetery contains a mass grave containing the remains of 75 "home children" from Britain. [3] [4]

Park Lawn Corporation

In 2002, Park Lawn purchased Westside Cemeteries Ltd from Service Corporation International giving it five additional cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area: [5]

In 2014, the Corporation expanded into the funeral home business by purchasing a 50% interest in the Tubman funeral home chain operating eight funeral homes in Ontario and Quebec and in 2015 it acquired Basic Funerals, low-cost funeral and cremation centres operating in Ottawa and the Greater Toronto Area. In 2016, Park Lawn Corporation became a publicly-traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange. [5]

In the decade since then, further expansion has resulted in Park Lawn Corporation owning 176 funeral homes and 76 cemeteries in Ontario, Quebec, and 17 states in the United States. [5] [8]

Notable interments

Athletes

Politicians

Musicians

Businesspersons

Military

Others

References

  1. ↑ Bradburn, Jamie. "Toronto Cemetery Sojourns: Park Lawn Cemetery | cityscape". Torontoist. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Teen jailed in cemetery vandalism" Cal Millar. Toronto Star. Jul 17, 1990. pg. A.7
  3. ↑ Dozens of ‘British home children’ lie forgotten in Etobicoke cemetery. Feb. 27, 2016
  4. 1 2 3 4 Toronto.com
  5. 1 2 3 "Our History | Park Lawn Corporation". Archived from the original on 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-06-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "About Us | Forest Lawn Mausoleum & Cremation Centre". Archived from the original on 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  8. ↑ "Our Businesses | Park Lawn Corporation". businesses.parklawncorp.com. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Toronto Sun
  10. ↑ "Park Lawn: Glen Brydson". Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  11. ↑ Park Lawn: Alex Romeril
  12. ↑ CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record. Date retrieved 14 January 2013.
  13. ↑ Ukrainians in the United Kingdom
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