List of cemeteries in Toronto
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This is a list of cemeteries in Toronto.
| Name | Location | Dates | Interments | Affiliation | Notes | Image |
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| Armadale Free Methodist Cemetery | Armadale Armadale, Ontario Armadale is the name of a community that overlaps into the Town of Markham and the former city of Scarborough in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The historical community is situated in the south-east of Markham and north-east of Scarborough.-History:... |
1885- | Free Methodist | |||
| Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park | Newtonbrook | 1929- | Jewish | |||
| Beth Tzedek Memorial Park | Westminster-Branson Westminster-Branson Westminster and Branson are two neighbourhoods in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are in the northernmost part of the city within the area of North York.... |
1949- | 4,414 (JOWBR) | Conservative Judaism | ||
| Bethel Cemetery | Scarborough Junction | 1842 | Non-denominational | |||
| Bingham Family Cemetery | Princess Gardens Princess Gardens Princess Gardens is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the western area of Toronto that was formerly the City of Etobicoke. Its boundaries are Eglinton Avenue to the north, Martin Grove to the west, Islington to the east, and Rathburn Road to the south. The southeastern... |
1843-1973 | Closed and graves moved to Riverside Cemetery | |||
| Christ Church, Mimico Cemetery | Mimico Mimico The historic Town of Mimico is a neighbourhood in the south-western part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the south-east corner of the former Township of Etobicoke, and was an independent municipality from 1911 to 1967.... |
1832- | 500 | Anglican | ||
| Christie's Methodist Cemetery | L'Amoreaux L'Amoreaux L'Amoreaux is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated east of Victoria Park Avenue, south of McNicoll Avenue, west of Kennedy Road and north of Huntingwood Drive. L'Amoreaux is named after Josue L'Amoreaux , a French Huguenot loyalist who settled in the area... |
1846-1926 | Methodist | Today in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall | ||
| Dawes Road Cemetery Dawes Road Cemetery Dawes Road Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in Scarborough, on St. Clair Avenue just east of Victoria Park Avenue. Established in 1903, it was the third Jewish cemetery in Toronto. The first cemeteries, the Pape Avenue Cemetery and Jones Avenue Cemetery, had... |
Clairlea | 1903 | 13,000 (JOWBR) | Jewish | ||
| Elia United Church Cemetery | Elia | 1832-1957 | United Church of Canada | |||
| Emmanuel United Church Cemetery | Malvern Malvern, Toronto Malvern is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a population of 44,315. It is located in the northeast corner of the city, in the district of Scarborough. Scarborough was merged with five other municipalities and a regional government to form the new City of Toronto in 1998... |
1868-1933 | United Church of Canada | Cemetery for the village of Malvern | ||
| Glendale Memorial Gardens | Rexdale | 1952- | Non-denominational | |||
| Highland Memory Gardens | Hillcrest | 1953- | 22,000 | Non-denominational | ||
| Holy Blossom Memorial Park | Cliffcrest | 1929- | 2449 (JOWBR) | Reform Judaism | ||
| Islington Burying Grounds | Islington | 1807 | Oldest cemetery in Etobicoke | |||
| Jones Avenue Cemetery | Riverdale Riverdale, Toronto Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Don River Valley to the west, Danforth Avenue and Greektown to the north, Jones Avenue, the CN/GO tracks, and Leslieville to the east, and Lake Shore Boulevard to the south.... |
1883- | 581 (JOWBR) | Orthodox Judaism | Second oldest Jewish cemetery in Toronto | |
| Knox United Church Cemetery | Agincourt Agincourt, Toronto Agincourt is a very diverse neighbourhood in the Scarborough district of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred along Sheppard Avenue between Kennedy and Markham Roads... |
1844- | United Church of Canada |  |
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| Lambton Mills Cemetery | Humber Valley Village | 1909- | 3,271 (JOWBR) | Jewish | ||
| Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery | Mimico | 1892-1973 | 1525 | Non-denominational | ||
| McCowan Road Cemetery | Cliffcrest | 1933- | 141 (JOWBR) | Orthodox Judaism | ||
| Melville Presbyterian Cemetery | West Hill West Hill, Toronto -Location and principal features:It is located in the eastern end of the city, in the former city of Scarborough. Scarborough was merged with five other municipalities and a regional government to form the new "City of Toronto" in 1998... |
1852- | Presbyterian | |||
| Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery at 305 Erskine Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada was consecrated on July 9, 1898 by Roman Catholic Archbishop John Walsh. The first burial occurred on March 27, 1900. By the end of the 20th Century, the cemetery was full, holding the remains of more than 76,000 persons... |
Sunnybrook | 1898- | 76,000+ | Roman Catholic | ||
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.In the early 19th century, the only authorized cemeteries within the city of Toronto were limited to the members of either the Roman Catholic Church or the Church of England... |
Moore Park, Toronto Moore Park, Toronto Moore Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It lies along both sides of St. Clair Avenue East between the Vale of Avoca section of Rosedale ravine and Moore Park ravine . The northern boundary is Mount Pleasant Cemetery and the southern the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks.The... /Leaside Leaside Leaside is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area takes its name from William Lea and the Lea family, who settled there in the early years of the nineteenth century. The area first developed as farmland along with Toronto through the nineteenth century. It was incorporated as a... |
1876- | 168,000 | Non-denominational |  |
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| Mount Sinai Memorial Park | Downsview | 1920- | 8,205 (JOWBR) | Jewish | ||
| Pape Avenue Cemetery Pape Avenue Cemetery Pape Avenue Cemetery, officially known as Holy Blossom Cemetery, is the first Jewish cemetery in the city of Toronto, Canada. The small cemetery is now closed to new burials, and is mostly hidden within the residential neighbourhood of Leslieville.... (Holy Blossom) |
Riverdale Riverdale, Toronto Riverdale is a large neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded by the Don River Valley to the west, Danforth Avenue and Greektown to the north, Jones Avenue, the CN/GO tracks, and Leslieville to the east, and Lake Shore Boulevard to the south.... |
1849-1930s | 293 (JOWBR) | Reform Judaism | First Jewish cemetery in Toronto |  |
| Park Lawn Cemetery Park Lawn Cemetery Park Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery in the western Etobicoke section of Toronto, Canada. It currently has some 22,000 graves. It is managed by the Park Lawn Income Trust, which also runs five other cemeteries in Toronto. Controversy arose in 1995 when the company had re-zoned a section of the... |
Etobicoke | 1892- | 22,000 | Non-denominational | ||
| Pine Hills Cemetery | Scarborough Junction | 1928- | Non-denominational | |||
| Pine Ridge Cemetery | Humber Summit Humber Summit Humber Summit is one of the northernmost neighbourhoods in Toronto, Ontario, located in the North York district of the city. It is bounded by Steeles Avenue to the north, Highway 400 to the east, Finch Avenue to the south, and follows the Humber River to the west.-Character:In the 1840s, Humber... |
1845- | Methodist | |||
| Potters Field | Yorkville Yorkville, Toronto Yorkville is a district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, well known for its shopping. It is a former village, annexed by the City of Toronto. It is roughly bounded by Bloor Street to the south, Davenport Road to the north, Yonge Street to the east and Avenue Road to the west, and is considered part of... |
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/Faibank Fairbank, Toronto Fairbank is a neighbourhood located in the city of Toronto. It covers a large central portion of the former city of York, Ontario centered on the intersection of Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue. The western border is the CNR lines... |
1890- | Non-denominational | |||
| Resthaven Memorial Gardens | Cliffside | 1925- | 31,000 | Non-denominational | ||
| Renforth Baptist Cemetery | Eatonville Eatonville, Toronto Eatonville is a neighbourhood in the Etobicoke community of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located west of the area known as Islington, Eatonville is bisected by Highway 427, with the community generally located north of Dundas Street West and south of Rathburn Road... |
1838- | Baptist | |||
| Richview Memorial Cemetery | Richview Richview, Toronto Richview is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the former city of Etobicoke. It is bounded on the west by Highway 401 and on the north by the highway and by Dixon Road, Royal York Road on the east, and Eglinton Avenue West along the south... |
1853- | United Church of Canada | Today within the cloverleaf of highways 401 and 427 | ||
| Riverside Cemetery | Humber Heights | 1892- | Non-denominational | |||
| Roselawn Avenue Cemetery | Forest Hill Forest Hill, Toronto Forest Hill is an affluent neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Along with Lawrence Park, Rosedale, and The Bridle Path, it is one of Toronto’s wealthiest neighbourhoods.-History:... |
1905- | 5,840 (JOWBR) | Jewish | ||
| Sanctuary Park Cemetery | Richview Richview, Toronto Richview is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the former city of Etobicoke. It is bounded on the west by Highway 401 and on the north by the highway and by Dixon Road, Royal York Road on the east, and Eglinton Avenue West along the south... |
1927- | Non-denominational | |||
| Secor Memorial Park | Woburn Woburn, Toronto Woburn, also known as Cedarbrae, is a neighbourhood located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the district of Scarborough.-Geography:Woburn is bordered by Highway 401 to the north, Scarborough Golf Club Road and Orton Park Road to the east, the CN Railway tracks to the south, and McCowan Road and... |
Family cemetery of the settler Secor family. Today a park with a memorial cairn | ||||
| St. Augustine's Seminary St. Augustine's Seminary St. Augustine's Seminary is the archdiocesan seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, in Canada. It also welcomes candidates from elsewhere.It is a member of the Toronto School of Theology. It is located by the shore of Lake Ontario in Toronto.... Cemetery |
Cliffside | 1942 | Roman Catholic | |||
| St. James Cathedral Cemetery | St. Lawrence St. Lawrence, Toronto St. Lawrence is a neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area, a former industrial area, is bounded by Yonge, Front, and Parliament Streets, and the Canadian National railway embankment. The Esplanade off Yonge St., lined with restaurants, cafés and hotels runs through the... |
1797-1844 | Anglican | Original Anglican cemetery in Toronto | ||
| St. James Cemetery St. James Cemetery (Toronto) The Anglican St. James Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Toronto still in operation. Opened in 1844 as the burial ground for St. James Cathedral. To date over 89,000 interments and 75,000 cremations have taken place at the cemetery. Recognizing the growing trend towards cremation throughout the... |
St. James Town | 1844- | Anglican |  |
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| St. John's Cemetery Norway St. John's Cemetery Norway St. John's Cemetery Norway is an historic cemetery in Toronto, Ontario. It is located at the intersection of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue in the east end of the city just northwest of The Beaches neighbourhood.-History:... |
Upper Beaches Upper Beaches The Upper Beaches is a rather recently coined name for the neighbourhood directly north of the Beaches area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It stretches from Coxwell Avenue in the west to Victoria Park in the east. The southern border is Kingston Road, while the northern boundary is generally... |
1853- | 80,000 | Non-denominational |  |
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| St. John's York Mills | York Mills York Mills York Mills is the name of an affluent neighbourhood around Yonge Street and York Mills Road located in the district of North York in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.... |
1816- | Anglican | Village cemetery for York Mills. Canadian van Nostrand family monument is located here. | ||
| St. Michael's Cemetery St. Michael's Cemetery (Toronto) St. Michael's Cemetery is a historic Roman Catholic cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located just southwest of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue. The cemetery is invisible from the street, being located in the middle of a city block and ringed by homes and stores. It is accessible only... |
Deer Park Deer Park, Toronto Deer Park is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, centred on the intersection of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue; its boundaries are the Vale of Avoca section of Rosedale ravine in the east, Farnham Avenue and Jackes Avenue in the south, Avenue Road and Oriole Parkway in the west, the... |
1855- | 29,000 | Roman Catholic | Oldest Catholic cemetery still in service | |
| St. Paul Anglican Church, L'Amoreaux | L'Amoreaux L'Amoreaux L'Amoreaux is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated east of Victoria Park Avenue, south of McNicoll Avenue, west of Kennedy Road and north of Huntingwood Drive. L'Amoreaux is named after Josue L'Amoreaux , a French Huguenot loyalist who settled in the area... |
Anglican | ||||
| St. Paul's Cemetery | Corktown Corktown, Toronto Corktown is a residential neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is just south of Regent Park and north of the Gardiner Expressway, between Berkeley Street to the west and the Don River to the east, Shuter Street to Lake Shore Boulevard East, this area also includes the Distillery... |
1822-1857 | Roman Catholic | First Catholic cemetery in Toronto. Now under school play yard | ||
| Taber Hill Taber Hill Taber Hill also spelled Tabor Hill is an Iroquois burial mound in Toronto, Ontario. It is located near Lawrence and Bellamy in Scarborough. The cemetery was discovered on August 17, 1956 when a steam shovel was in the process of demolishing The 60 foot high hill... |
Woburn Woburn, Toronto Woburn, also known as Cedarbrae, is a neighbourhood located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the district of Scarborough.-Geography:Woburn is bordered by Highway 401 to the north, Scarborough Golf Club Road and Orton Park Road to the east, the CN Railway tracks to the south, and McCowan Road and... |
13th century | 472 | Iroquois | ||
| Taylor Family | Old East York Old East York Old East York is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto located in the former East York. While East York was a much larger area, the name has been kept as a reminder to the days before the mega city. There are multiple definitions of its extent, but at its largest Old East York has covers the... |
c. 1839 | Methodist | Attached to Don Mills United Church |  |
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| Toronto Necropolis Toronto Necropolis Necropolis Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Toronto, located on the west side of the Don Valley near Riverdale Farm. Opened in 1850 to replace "Strangers' Burying Ground" , the cemetery is the resting place for many dead Torontonians including:* Joseph Bloor* William Lyon Mackenzie - Toronto's... |
Cabbagetown Cabbagetown, Toronto Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood located on the east side of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It comprises "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association.... |
1850- | 50,000+ | Non-denominational | ||
| Victoria Memorial Square Victoria Memorial Square Victoria Memorial Square is a park and former cemetery in Toronto, Canada. Established in 1763 as the burial place for those affiliated with the nearby Fort York, it was the first cemetery to be used by European settlers in what would become the city of Toronto... |
Fashion District | 1763-1863 | 400 | First European cemetery in Toronto | ||
| Willowdale Cemetery | North York City Centre | c. 1834 | Methodist | Cemetery for the village chapel of Willowdale Willowdale, Toronto Willowdale is an established, affluent community in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York. It was originally called Lansing, which is now the name of a nearby neighbourhood.... |
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| York Cemetery York Cemetery, Toronto York Cemetery is a cemetery located in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The property of York Cemetery was originally farmed by Joseph Shepard who bought the property in 1805. The brick farm house on the property was constructed by Joseph's son, Michael in 1837... |
Willowdale Willowdale, Toronto Willowdale is an established, affluent community in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located in the district of North York. It was originally called Lansing, which is now the name of a nearby neighbourhood.... |
1948- | Non-denominational |