List of cemeteries in Toronto

This is a list of cemeteries in Toronto.

Name Location Dates Interments Affiliation Notes Image
Armadale Free Methodist Cemetery Armadale
1885– Free Methodist
Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park Newtonbrook
1929– Jewish
Beth Tzedec Memorial Park Westminster-Branson
1949– 4,414 Conservative Judaism Owned by Beth Tzedec Congregation. Westminster Cemetery is located just to the west.
Bethel Cemetery Scarborough Junction
1842 Non-denominational
Bingham Family Cemetery Princess Gardens
1843–1973 Closed and graves moved to Riverside Cemetery. Now residential neighbourhood.
Christ Church St. James Memorial Garden & Cemetery Mimico
1832– 500 originally Anglican; now non-denominational Still active
Christie's Methodist Cemetery L'Amoreaux
1846–1926 Methodist Today in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall.
Dawes Road Cemetery Clairlea
1898 13,000 Jewish
Duchess Street Burying Ground
(Old Scotch Cemetery, Presbyterian Burying Ground)
Moss Park ~1818–1911 or 1912 ~263 Presbyterian (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 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
1832–1957 United Church of Canada Cemetery now parking lot but church remains on site. 20 head stones relocated to northside of church lot.
Emmanuel United Church Cemetery Malvern
1868–1933 United Church of Canada Cemetery for the village of Malvern.
Forest Lawn Mausoleum and Cremation Centre Willowdale
1911– 2400+ Non-denominational Owned by Park Lawn Corporation. Crematorium opened in 1980
Glendale Memorial Gardens Rexdale
1952– Non-denominational Owned by Arbor Memorial Inc.
Highland Memory Gardens Hillcrest
1953– 22,000 Non-denominational Owned by Arbor Memorial Inc.
Holy Blossom Memorial Park Cliffcrest
1929– 2449 Reform Judaism Owned by Holy Blossom Temple
Islington Burying Grounds Islington-City Centre West
1807 Oldest cemetery in Etobicoke.
Jones Avenue Cemetery Leslieville
1883– 581 Orthodox Judaism Second oldest Jewish cemetery in Toronto.
Knox United Church Cemetery Agincourt
1844– United Church of Canada
Lambton Hills Cemetery Humber Valley Village
1910– 3,271 Jewish
Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery Mimico
1892–1973 1525 Non-denominational
McCowan Road Cemetery Cliffcrest
1933– 141 Orthodox Judaism
Melville Presbyterian Cemetery West Hill
1852– Presbyterian
Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery Sunnybrook
1898– 76,000+ Roman Catholic 147 Commonwealth war graves from World War I and II
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Moore Park, Toronto/Leaside
1876– 168,000 Non-denominational Owned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
Mount Sinai Memorial Park Downsview
1935– 8,205 Jewish
Pape Avenue Cemetery (Holy Blossom) Leslieville
1849–1930s 293 Reform Judaism First Jewish cemetery in Toronto. Owned by Holy Blossom Temple.
Park Lawn Cemetery Etobicoke
1892– 49,000 Non-denominational Owned by Park Lawn Corporation
Pine Hills Cemetery Scarborough Junction
1928– Non-denominational Owner by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
Pine Ridge Cemetery Humber Summit
1845– Methodist
Potters Field Yorkville
1825–1855 Non-denominational First 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-denominational Owned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
Resthaven Memorial Gardens Cliffside
1925– 31,000 Non-denominational Owned by Arbor Memorial Inc.
Renforth Baptist Cemetery Eatonville
1838– Baptist
Richview Memorial Cemetery Richview
1853– United Church of Canada Today within the cloverleaf of highways 401 and 427.
Riverside Cemetery Humber Heights
1892– Non-denominational Owned by Park Lawn Corporation
Roselawn Avenue Cemetery Forest Hill
1905– 5,840 Jewish
Sanctuary Park Cemetery Richview
1927– Non-denominational Owned by Park Lawn Corporation
Secor Memorial Park Woburn
1800s (after 1804) N/A – see Notes Family 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
1845–1955 Methodist The Sharon United Church building was demolished in 1967, but the cemetery beside it remains.
St. Augustine's Seminary Cemetery Cliffside
1942 Roman Catholic
St. James Cathedral Cemetery St. Lawrence
1797–1844 Anglican Original Anglican cemetery in Toronto.
St. James Cemetery St. James Town
1844– Non-denominational, originally Anglican
St. John's Cemetery Norway Upper Beaches
1853– 80,000 Non-denominational, originally Anglican
St. John's York Mills York Mills
1816– Anglican Village cemetery for York Mills. Canadian van Nostrand family monument is located here.
St. Michael's Cemetery Deer Park
1855– 29,000 Roman Catholic Oldest Catholic cemetery still in service.
St. Paul Anglican Church, L'Amoreaux L'Amoreaux
1840s– Anglican Church built in 1841 and burned down 1935
St. Paul's Cemetery Corktown
1822–1857 Roman Catholic First 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 Ground West of Fort York National Historic Site
1863–1911 Approximately 150 soldiers, veterans, their wives and children Divided into Protestant and Roman Catholic sections
Taber Hill Woburn
1250 CE (13th Century) 472 Iroquois Burial mound and oldest known burial ground in Toronto now part of a city park (Taber Hill Park)
Taylor Family Old East York
c. 1839 Methodist Attached to Don Mills United Church.
Toronto Necropolis Cabbagetown
1850– 50,000+ Non-denominational Owned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
Victoria Memorial Square Fashion District
1793–1863 400 N/A – Established as a military by the British Army station in York, Upper Canada First 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.
Westminster Cemetery Westminster-Branson
1926– Non-denominational Owned 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. 1834 Methodist/United Cemetery 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. Cemetery lost much of the northern end beyond Horsham Avenue to a shopping plaza in 1950s.
York Cemetery Willowdale
1948– Non-denominational Owned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries
York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery 104 York Mills Road
1833–1945 24 Baptist Headstones 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

  • List of cemeteries in York Region

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