This is a list of cemeteries in Toronto.
NameLocationDatesIntermentsAffiliationNotesImageArmadale Free Methodist CemeteryArmadale1885–Free MethodistBathurst Lawn Memorial ParkNewtonbrook1929–JewishBeth Tzedec Memorial ParkWestminster-Branson1949–4,414Conservative JudaismOwned by Beth Tzedec Congregation. Westminster Cemetery is located just to the west.Bethel CemeteryScarborough Junction1842Non-denominationalBingham Family CemeteryPrincess Gardens1843–1973Closed and graves moved to Riverside Cemetery. Now residential neighbourhood.Christ Church St. James Memorial Garden & CemeteryMimico1832–500originally Anglican; now non-denominationalStill activeChristie's Methodist CemeteryL'Amoreaux 1846–1926MethodistToday in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall.Dawes Road CemeteryClairlea189813,000Jewish 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 CemeteryElia1832–1957United Church of CanadaCemetery now parking lot but church remains on site. 20 head stones relocated to northside of church lot.Emmanuel United Church CemeteryMalvern1868–1933United Church of CanadaCemetery for the village of Malvern.Forest Lawn Mausoleum & Cremation CentreWillowdale1911–2400+CommercialOwned by Park Lawn Corporation. Crematorium opened in 1980Glendale Memorial GardensRexdale1952–CommercialOwned by Arbor Memorial IncHighland Memory GardensHillcrest1953–22,000CommercialOwned by Arbor Memorial Inc.Holy Blossom Memorial ParkCliffcrest1929–2449Reform JudaismOwned by Holy Blossom TempleIslington Burying GroundsIslington-City Centre West1807Oldest cemetery in Etobicoke.Jones Avenue CemeteryLeslieville1883–581Orthodox JudaismSecond oldest Jewish cemetery in Toronto.Knox United Church CemeteryAgincourt1844–United Church of CanadaLambton Hills CemeteryHumber Valley Village1910–3,271JewishLakeshore Psychiatric Hospital CemeteryMimico1892–19731525Non-denominationalMcCowan Road CemeteryCliffcrest1933–141Orthodox JudaismMelville Presbyterian CemeteryWest Hill1852–PresbyterianMount Hope Catholic CemeterySunnybrook1898–76,000+Roman Catholic147 Commonwealth war graves from World War I and IIMount Pleasant CemeteryMoore Park, Toronto/Leaside1876–168,000Non-denominationalOwned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. Crematorium opened in 1972. Upgraded in 2014 with a near-zero emissions abatement system. Also has a public mausoleum and several family mausoleums. Mount Sinai Memorial ParkDownsview1935–8,205JewishPape Avenue Cemetery (Holy Blossom)Leslieville1849–1930s293Reform JudaismFirst Jewish cemetery in Toronto. Owned by Holy Blossom Temple.Park Lawn CemeteryEtobicoke1892–49,000CommercialOwned by Park Lawn Corporation Pine Hills CemeteryScarborough Junction1928–Non-denominationalOwner by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. Features Mausoleum of the Risen Christ.Pine Ridge CemeteryHumber Summit1845–MethodistPotters FieldYorkville1825–1855Non-denominationalFirst municipal cemetery, also known as the Strangers Burying Ground. Bodies mostly moved to the Necropolis after it was closed.Prospect CemeteryEarlscourt/Fairbank1890–Non-denominationalOwned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. Includes a public mausoleum. Resthaven Memorial GardensCliffside1925–31,000CommercialOwned by Arbor Memorial IncRenforth Baptist CemeteryEatonville1838–BaptistRichview Memorial CemeteryRichview1853–United Church of CanadaToday within the cloverleaf of highways 401 and 427.Riverside Cemetery & Cremation CentreHumber Heights1892–CommercialOwned by Park Lawn Corporation. Has had a crematorium since 1965 and also an indoor mausoleum. Roselawn Avenue CemeteryForest Hill1905–5,840JewishSanctuary Park CemeteryRichview1927–CommercialOwned by Park Lawn Corporation Secor Memorial ParkWoburn 1800s (after 1804) Huguenot (French Protestant)Family cemetery of the settler Secor family. The Secors were Huguenots and originally 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 CemeteryEtobicoke1845–1955MethodistThe Sharon United Church building was demolished in 1967, but the cemetery beside it remains.St. Augustine's Seminary CemeteryCliffside1942Roman CatholicSt. James Cathedral CemeterySt. Lawrence1797–1844AnglicanOriginal Anglican cemetery in Toronto.St. James CemeterySt. James Town1844–Non-denominational, originally Anglican. Has had a crematorium since 1948.St. John's Norway Cemetery & CrematoriumUpper Beaches1853–80,000Non-denominational, originally Anglican. Has an on-site crematorium since 1998.St. John's York MillsYork Mills1816–AnglicanVillage cemetery for York Mills. Canadian van Nostrand family monument is located here.St. Michael's CemeteryDeer Park1855–29,000Roman CatholicOldest Catholic cemetery still in service.St. Paul Anglican Church, L'AmoreauxL'Amoreaux 1840s–Anglican Church built in 1841 and burned down 1935St. Paul's CemeteryCorktown1822–1857Roman 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 Site1863–1911Approximately 150 soldiers, veterans, their wives and childrenDivided into Protestant and Roman Catholic sectionsTaber HillWoburn1250 CE (13th Century)472Iroquois Burial mound and oldest known burial ground in Toronto now part of a city park (Taber Hill Park)Taylor FamilyOld East Yorkc. 1839MethodistAttached to Don Mills United Church.Toronto NecropolisCabbagetown1850–50,000+Non-denominationalOwned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. Opened Ontario's first crematorium in 1933. Was decommissioned in 1990 in favour of a more modern facility at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.https://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/what-we-offer/cremation#:~:text=Serving%20Ontario%20Families%20with%20Care,at%20Toronto%20Necropolis%20in%201933.Victoria Memorial SquareFashion District1793–1863400N/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.Westminster CemeteryWestminster-Branson1926–Includes a modern mausoleum with indoor glass niches and crypts.CommercialOwned 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 Centrec. 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. Cemetery lost much of the northern end beyond Horsham Avenue to a shopping plaza in 1950s.York CemeteryWillowdale1948–Non-denominationalOwned by Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery104 York Mills Road1833–194524BaptistHeadstones 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 Other cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area: List of cemeteries in York Region List of cemeteries in Peel Region List of cemeteries in Durham Region List of cemeteries in Halton Region List of Jewish cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area
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