The goal of this page is to provide a definitive list of all cemeteries in Toronto. If you have any information to contribute, please reach out through our contact page.
In addition to primary research, these are some of the additional resources consulted in developing this list of Toronto cemeteries:
- Bereavement Authority of Ontario
https://portal.thebao.ca/public-register - Ontario Historical Society
https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Unregistered-Cemeteries-Toronto.pdf - Toronto Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society
https://torontofamilyhistory.org/researching-toronto-ancestors/cemeteries/ - Toronto Branch OGS eShop
https://torontofamilyhistory.shop - Ontario Genealogical Society of Toronto
https://vitacollections.ca/ogscollections/2818486/data?grd=3185
| Name | Location | Dates | Denomination | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints’ Kingsway Anglican Church | Kingsway | 1999-present | Anglican | Active | 71-niche columbarium, interior. Managed by All Saints’ Kingsway Anglican Church. |
| Armadale Free Methodist Cemetery | Armadale | 1880-present | Free Methodist | Active | There is a Provincial Heritage Plaque on the site, recognizing the church as the oldest contiuning Free Methodist place of worship in Canada. |
| Ashbridge Family Burying Ground | Park Lot 9 (Queen Street East, west of Coxwell Avenue) | Established abt. 1801, inactive by 1855. | Family | Lost, Partially moved | Exact location unknown. Some graves moved to St. John’s Norway. Seeking more information. |
| Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park | Newtonbrook | 1929-present | Jewish | Active | Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park is managed by a not-for-profit that looks after the cemeteries’ grounds on behalf of more than 50 independently owned and operated cemeteries, all located within the Bathurst Lawn grounds. |
| Beth Tzedec Memorial Park | North York | 1949-present | Conservative Judaism | Active | Managed by the Beth Tzedec Congregation. |
| Bethany United Church Cemetery | Humber Heights | Established 1830 | United, originally Wesleyan Methodist | Closed & moved | Originally located outside of Toronto in the village of Elmbank, where Pearson Airport is now situated. Described as being neglected by 1915, but then cleaned up. Some details about the cemetery were preserved by Wm. Perkins Bull in 1930; at this time many of the older burials lacked markers. The graves were moved and given their own section at Riverside Cemetery in 1956. |
| Bethel Cemetery (aka Bethel Pioneer Cemetery, Sewell’s Church) | Scarborough Junction | 1841-present | Non-denominational, originally Primitive Methodist | Active | Described in 1930: “A generation that is literally forgotten sleeps amidst weeds, long grass and undergrowth. The fences are weak and failing. But withal the cemetery has assumed a quaint appearance. Moss has overgrown the fallen stones. Vines cling to weathered memorials.” Today, the cleaned up site includes a memorial arch added in 1967. The cemetery is fenced and a key is required for access. The site is managed by the Scarborough Historical Society. |
| Bingham Family Cemetery (aka Agar Family Cemetery) May also be spelled “Bigham” | Etobicoke | Established 1843 | Family | Closed & moved | Originally fronting the Humber River. After WWII the family property was turned into what is now the Glen Agar subdivision. In 1973 seven bodies and two gravestones were moved to Riverside Cemetery. |
| Boot Family Burial Ground | North York Lot 20, Concession 4W | Family | Lost | This cemetery is listed as a unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |
| Bright’s Burial Plot | Location unknown | 1830-1835 | Family | Moved & lost | Probably moved to Potter’s Field Cemetery in 1835. Seeking more information. |
| Bull Family Burial Ground | Near Carleton Village | 1842-1894 | Family | Closed & moved | The cemetery was located near the family farm buildings on the south side of Davenport Road, near Dufferin. In July 1894, the remains of the Bull family were all placed in a sealed Saratoga trunk and transferred to Prospect Cemetery. Some markers were also removed to the nearby Davenport Road Methodist Cemetery, which later closed. It is believed that not all remains were removed from the site which has now been developed. |
| Chalmers Presbyterian Cemetery | Clairlea | 1848-1941 | Presbyterian | Closed & moved | All bodies were removed and reinterred at Pine Hills Cemetery in 1952. A cairn was erected with the names of all known burials. All pieces of grave markers were buried under the cairn. |
| Christ Church St. James Cemetery and Memorial Garden (aka Christ Church Mimico) | Mimico | Established 1832 | Non-denominational, originally Anglican | Active | Christ Church Mimico is the oldest Anglican congregation in Etobicoke. When the last church on the site burned down in 2006, the church was deconsecrated and the cemetery was turned into a memorial garden where the church bell is preserved. |
| Christian Brothers Cemetery | Don Mills | 1949-1967 | Closed & moved | This cemetery was located on the grounds of what is now Senator O’Connor College School. The graves were moved to Holy Cross Roman Catholic Cemetery in Markham. | |
| Christie’s Methodist Cemetery | L’Amoreaux | 1849-1950 | Methodist | Closed | Originally located on the farm of Isaac Christie, the cemetery is now in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall. Many of the markers were collected and preserved in a memorial wall. |
| Cornell Family Cemetery | Scarborough Lot 18, Concession C | 1808-1930 | Family | Closed & moved | Described in 1930: “The Cornell Cemetery is the earliest, quaintest and most secluded of all Scarboro’s burying grounds. The sacred spot is east of Markham Lane and about 300 yards from the bluffs. An open field surrounds it. No road approaches it. Two towering trees indicate its location as they stand as if on guard of the dozen graves.” Also, the Cornell family orchard – the first orchard in Scarborough – surrounded the graves. Later in 1930 all graves were moved to Saint Margaret’s-in-the-Pines. A cairn was erected that holds all surviving gravestones. |
| Crosson Family Burial Ground | Emery Lot 21, Concession 5W | Family | Closed & moved | The cemetery was closed in 1964 and the graves moved to Woodbridge. In 1969 a request was published in the newspapers by the Department of Highways looking for information about this burial site. | |
| Cummer Burial Grounds (aka Willowdale Methodist Episcopal Cemetery) | Willowdale | 1811 – 1902, possibly 1935 | Methodist Episcopal and later United | Closed | When Yonge Street was widened in 1931, many families chose to move their deceased to other cemeteries including Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Westminster Cemetery and Thornhill Community Cemetery. By 1938 the cemetery was an “disgrace”; “overgrown with grass and weeds” with about 50 headstones piled up next to the church – the markers had apparently been removed for restoration and were awaiting return. The church stood on the grounds until 1956 and the burial ground was later given to North York Township as a Centennial Project. The cemetery also lost ground to the development of a plaza on the north end in the 1950s; several headstones were apparently “set aside” during this time and were subsequently lost. |
| Davenport Road Methodist Cemetery (aka Davenport United Church Cemetery) | Near Carleton Village | Established early 1800s | United | Closed & mostly moved. | In 1948 the cemetery was closed and most memorials were removed to Prospect Cemetery. Two memorials only, that of William Perkins Bull and his wife Maria remain. The walls of the cemetery enclosure include memorials to other members of the Bull family. The gates, which are locked, are marked with a B. |
| David Rowntree Burial Ground | York | Established 1860s | Family | Closed & moved | The cemetery was originally on Old Weston Road. In 1913 it was closed and the remains were moved to Prospect Cemetery. |
| Dawes Road Cemetery | Clairlea | 1898-present | Jewish | Active | Comprised of burial grounds for multiple congregations and societies. Managed by The Dawes Road Cemeteries, not-for-profit cemetery group. Link to Dawes Road Cemetery |
| Don Jail Cemetery | Riverdale | 1864-1977 | Executed criminals | Closed & moved | The jail cemetery was paved over and forgotten. In 2008 the bodies were exhumed, studied and forensically identified. The 15 men were reburied in wooden ossuaries in St. James Cemetery; there is a small plaque marking the area. |
| Don Mills United Church Cemetery | East York | 1822-1958 | United, originally Primitive Methodist | Closed | In 1950 the graves at the site were opened, placed in individual boxes and reinterred. Some remains were found under the church. Integrated with the Taylor Family Cemetery on the same site. |
| Dr. Ann Curtain | Thistletown | 1977 | Single | Closed | Dr. Ann Curtain had her ashes buried under her favourite walnut tree, on her property that is now home to the Franklin Carmichael Art Group. The site is marked with a plaque mounted on a stone. |
| Duchess Street Burying Ground (aka Old Scotch Cemetery, Presbyterian Burying Ground) | Moss Park | 1818-1841 | Presbyterian, but was previously used for “general interments”, possibly from as early as around 1804. | Closed & moved | Originally located near Duchess (Richmond) and Caroline (Sherbourne) Streets the cemetery was largely abandoned and neglected. In 1911/1912 all markers and burials were believed to have been removed to the Toronto Necropolis, but other bodies were found later outside the bounds of the original cemetery and it is probable that others may still lie buried under buildings that have since been built up in this busy area of downtown Toronto. In 2016 three, maybe four, burials were found during plumbing excavations; it was determined that these burials may have belong to the Duchess Street Burying Ground or may have been on the edge of the cemetery or beyond it and the Registrar of Burial Sites declared this location an official burial site. |
| Duke Street Burying Ground | Toronto | Not the same cemetery as Duchess Street. Duke is now King Street. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |||
| Elia Church Cemetery (aka Gram’s Appointment) | Elia | Estabished 1848 | Methodist Episcopal | Closed | In 1941 the few surviving grave markers were gathered together in a cairn at the rear of the property. The church, still on the site, belongs to another congregation. |
| Elmsley Family Cemetery | Toronto, near Bay & Wellesley | Established 1840s | Family | Lost | Interments are known from burial records. The exact site of the cemetery is unknown, but likely close to the family home, Clover Hill at Bay & Wellesley. Seeking more information. |
| Everson Family Burying Ground | North York | Family | Lost | This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |
| Fitzpatrick Family Burying Ground | North York | Family | Lost | This was a small family burial ground near Lawrence Avenue East and Victoria Park. The one surviving gravestone was moved to Zion-Wexford Cemetery. | |
| Forest Lawn Mausoleum | Lansing, North York | 1911-present | Non-denominational | Active | The mausoleum includes remains that have been brought here from other locations, with the oldest dating from 1862. Managed by Park Lawn Corporation, a publicly held Canadian company. |
| Gaol Yard Burials | King & Church | Executed convicts | Lost | 2 known burials. Buildings have been constructed over the former burial ground. | |
| Garden Courtyard Cemetery | Midtown Toronto | 1970s-present | Anglican | Active | Ash interments with no urns or containers; scattering grounds only cemetery. Located in the courtyard of the church. Managed by The Anglican Church of St. Clement-Eglinton. |
| Glendale Memorial Gardens | Etobicoke | 1952-present | Non-denominational | Active | Includes a section for the Showmen’s League (Canadian Chapter) which has historically been described as a separate small cemetery on the site, though it is now integrated. Managed by Arbor Memorial Inc., a privately held Canadian company. |
| Grace Church On-The-Hill Columbarium | Forest Hill | 2001-present | Anglican | Active | Cremated remains only, interior site. 216 niches. Managed by the Incumbent & Churchwardens of Grace Church On-The-Hill. |
| Highland Creek Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery | Highland Creek | Established around 1800 | Wesleyan Methodist | Closed | A church stood on the site from about 1860 to 1920. Recently the site has been studied through non-invasive mortuary archaeology, with a report published online (UTSC). Managed by the Highland Creek Community Association (HCCA), a volunteer group. |
| Highland Memory Garden | Hillcrest | 1953-present | Non-denominational | Active | Designed as a “Memorial Park” rather than a traditional graveyard, this cemetery includes a natural pond surrounded by reeds and wild grasses, which serves as a sanctuary for local wildlife. The cemetery layout began with a central circle. Managed by Arbor Memorial Inc., a privately held Canadian company. |
| Hillside Church Cemetery | Scarborough | Established 1877 | United, originally Methodist | Closed | Maintained by the United Church. |
| Holy Blossom Memorial Park | Cliffcrest | 1929-present | Reform Judaism | Active | Managed by the Holy Blossom Temple congregation. |
| Howard Family Memorial | High Park | 1877-1890 | Family | Closed | Next to Colborne Lodge in High Park, the memorial cairn contains the remains of the Howards who gave High Park to the city. Major restoration work was undertaken in 2025. |
| Islington Burying Grounds (aka Islington Pioneer Cemetery, originally Mimico Burying Ground) | Islington | Established 1844 | Non-denominational | Closed | Oldest cemetery in Etobicoke. Fenced and gates usually locked. Managed by the City of Toronto. |
| John Rowntree Burying Grounds | Rexdale | Established 1850 | Family | Abandoned | When the Hydro lines were put in, the headstones were removed but the bodies were left. There were five known burials. The location of the removed markers is not known. |
| Jones Avenue Cemetery | Leslieville | 1833-present | Orthodox Judaism | Active | Second oldest Jewish cemetery in Toronto, founded by Chevra Kadisha Chesed Shel Emes, Toronto’s non-profit Orthodox Jewish burial society, which later became defunct. Its portion of the cemetery is now operated by Jewish Cemeteries Management Inc., a non-profit agency founded to assume responsibility for Jewish cemeteries whose owners have become defunct or moribund. The remainder of the cemetery is managed by Beth Tzedec Congregation. Cemetery is usually locked and not accessible to the public. |
| Knox Cemetery | Agincourt | Established 1832 | Free Church | Active | Managed by the Knox Church Cemetery Board, using interest from a Care and Maintenance Trust Fund. |
| Kurtz Family Cemetery | North York Lots 19 and 20, Concession 3W | Closed 1965 | Family | Closed & moved | Graves moved to York Cemetery. |
| Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery (aka Ontario Hospital Cemetery) | Mimico | Established 1891 | Patients of the Lakeshore Hospital | Closed | Most graves do not have markers. From 1957 to 1973 there are some markers. For many years the cemetery was overgrown and almost forgotten; it is now cleared up and accessible. |
| Lambton Hills Cemetery | Etobicoke | 1910-present | Jewish | Active | Comprised of 14 burial grounds for multiple congregations and societies. Managed by the Roselawn Lambton Cemetery Association. Includes Bais-Oilom, one of the few Jewish cemeteries that will permit the burial of a non-Jewish spouse. |
| Magwood Park Cemetery (aka Woods Cemetery) | Baby Point | Established 1500 BCE and 500 CE | Indigenous | Closed | Includes the Thunderbird burial mound which the Taiaiako’n Preservation Society monitors. City park site, managed by the City of Toronto |
| Malvern Primitive Methodist (aka Emmanuel United Church Cemetery) | Malvern | 1868-1933 | United, originally Primitive Methodist | Closed | The site originally included a church and later two drive sheds. The church was demolished in the 1970s, though some pieces have been reused at the Scarborough Historical Museum. The cemetery is maintained by the United Church. |
| Mattice Family Burying Ground (aka Matheuys) | Etobicoke S. E. part of Lot 22, Concession B, | Family | Lost | Exact location unknown. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |
| McFarlane Cemetery | Etobicoke | Family | Closed & moved | Bodies and markers were moved from Dundas Street to a small section in Richview Cemetery, at the 401 and 427. | |
| Melville Church Cemetery | West Hill | 1854-present | Presbyterian | Active | Originally served the early Scottish and Irish Presbyterian settlers of the area. The current brick church (1914) on site replaced the original wood structure (1852). The cemetery is managed by Melville Presbyterian Church. |
| Mercer Family Cemetery (aka Fourth Line Cemetery, aka Ross Farm cemetery) | Etobicoke (W. side of Renforth Drive, S. of the Ontario Hydro towers, near Gentian Drive) | Family | Lost, possibly moved | When the Ross Farm was developed for housing in the 1950s, the graves were moved. It is believed they were moved to Riverside Cemetery and are unmarked. Seeking more information. | |
| Military Burying Ground – Old (aka Garrison Commons Burials) | Exhibition Place, near Dufferin St. | Closed 1863 | Non-denominational | Closed & moved | Exact location unknown. Graves and markers moved to Strachan Avenue Military Burial Ground (New). |
| Milne Family Cemetery | Edwards Gardens | Established 1830 | Family | Closed | Located in Edwards Gardens, the cemetery is always locked and only family are permitted to enter. Can be seen from some of the paths in the park. |
| Moatfield Ossuary | North York | Wyandot, Iroquois | Abandoned | Believed to the ossuary of one community. Discovered during redevelopment of a soccer field. In 1997 the remains were excavated, studied and reburied. City park site, managed by the City of Toronto. | |
| Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery | Sunnybrook | 1898-present | Catholic | Active | This cemetery was consecrated in 1898, and opened in 1900 as it was clear that St. Michael’s Cemetery, the only Catholic cemetery in Toronto, was nearing capacity. This made it the second Catholic cemetery in the city was not attached to a specific parish. Managed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. |
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery | Moore Park | 1876-present | Non-denominational | Active | Opened in 1876, its design was inspired by the garden cemetery movement. Mount Pleasant was designated a National Historic Site in 2000. It is the burial site of many prominent Torontonians and Canadians and contains many family mausoleums. The site is a significant green space and arboretum in the city. Managed by the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries, a non-profit statutory public trust. |
| Mount Sinai Memorial Park | Downsview | 1935-present | Jewish | Active | Managed by Mount Sinai Cemetery Association which is an association of the many cemetery owners & operators with burial grounds located inside Mount Sinai Memorial Park. Some of the cemetery was damaged in the 2008 Sunrise propane explosion. |
| Nordheimer Family Mausoleum (aka Glen Edyth Burials) | Lot 23, Concession 2 | 1885-1923 | Family | Closed & moved | Mausoleum had been lost and forgotten. Redevelopment on the former estate of Glen Edyth, led to the discovery of an elaborate burial vault that formerly held the remains of the Nordheimer family. In 1923 the remains were removed to Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The empty vault was the subject of a 2006 archaeological investigation. |
| Old Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery (originally known as Fitzpatrick Appointment, often referred to as Wexford Cemetery) | Wexford SW corner of Lawrence and Victoria Park | 1841-1900, was possibly in use as early as 1817 | United, originally Wesleyan Methodist (possibly the Heron family burial ground originally) | Closed | This cemetery may have been in use long before a church was affliated with the site. This cemetery became abandoned and vandalized. Described in 1962: “Weeds and grass choke the weather-worn headstones.” According to some news reports all upstanding and broken headstones were removed from here to the Zion-Wexford cemetery. However, the cairn that was erected to mark the location inidcates that the remnants of gravestones are buried under the cairn. Can both be true? The site is visible as you drive by but there is no immediate parking or easy access to the site by vehicle. |
| Our Lady of Victory Cemetery | Cliffside | 1942-1963 | Catholic | Active | On the grounds of St. Augustine’s Seminary. Only military veterans are buried here. On private property. |
| Pape Avenue Cemetery (aka Holy Blossom) | Leslieville | 1849-1930s | Reform Judaism | Closed | First Jewish cemetery in Toronto. Managed by the Holy Blossom Temple congregation. Cemetery is usually locked and not accessible to the public. |
| Park Lawn Cemetery (aka Humbervale Cemetery) | Etobicoke | 1892-present | Non-denominational | Active | Opened in 1892 and was originally managed by local farmers. In 1912 it was sold to a developer who wanted to build a subdivision; this was stopped by the “Humbervale Cemetery Defence Association” who took the case to the Supreme Court. In 1915 it was sold to the Park Lawn Cemetery Company. The cemetery contains many notable graves. Managed today by Park Lawn Corporation, a publicly held Canadian company. |
| Parliament Street Burial Ground | Parliament & Shuter | Lost | Indicated on an 1834 map but no other records have been found. Area bounded by Dundas Street East, Regent Street, Parliament Street, and Shuter Street. Area is fully developed. Seeking more information. | ||
| Phoenix Cemetery | E. side of McCowan Road, S. of McNicoll Avenue. | Family | Lost | Likely located in what is now the green space of the hydro tower corridor. Seeking more information. | |
| Pine Hills Cemetery | Scarborough | 1928-present | Non-denominational | Active | Opened in 1928, the site is landscaped with many trees and includes a significant veteran’s section. Managed by the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries, a non-profit statutory public trust. |
| Pine Ridge Cemetery (aka Humber Summit Cemetery) | Humber Summit | 1853-present | Primitive Methodist | Active | Managed by the Pine Ridge Cemetery Board. |
| Playter Family Cemetery | Castle Frank | Established abt. 1822 | Family | Closed & moved | Private family cemetery of George Henry Playter. In 1896 the remains were removed to an unmarked grave in St. James Cemetery, and the area was redeveloped into a neighbourhood called Playter Estates. |
| Potter’s Field (aka Strangers Burying Ground, York General Burying Ground) | Yorkville | 1826-1855 | Non-denominational | Closed & moved | Toronto’s first public non-denominational cemetery. Once far from the city core, it soon became full and was closed in 1855. By 1875 the city was encroaching on the site and the cemetery was slated for removal. Some families removed loved ones to other locations when the cemetery closed, but most bodies were brought to either the Toronto Necropolis, where they are now located in “The Resting Place of Pioneers” or were removed to the newly opened Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The original site is now fully developed, with no trace of the cemetery except a plaque on Yonge Street. |
| Powell Family Cemetery (aka Caer-Howell Estate Cemetery) | Near University & College | Closed 1868 | Family | Closed & moved | Family lot of Chief Justice William Dummer Powell, on his estate Caer Howell. The cemetery was neglected, and in 1869 six graves and their markers were removed to St. James Cemetery. |
| Prospect Cemetery | Fairbank, Earlscourt | 1890-present | Non-denominational | Active | Established in 1890 this cemetery features many hills and ravines and was laid out to maximize views that originally included views of Lake Ontario and the Humber River Valley. In 1917 it opened Canada’s first dedicated WWI veterans’ section. Managed by the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries, a non-profit statutory public trust. |
| Renforth Baptist Church Cemetery (aka Ebenezer Renforth Baptist Churchyard) | Eatonville | Established 1839 | Baptist | Closed | The land for the church and cemetery was donated by the Mercer family. At least 58 people are buried here, although only 12 headstones survive. A visit in 2026 revealed that most of the footstones/cornerstones visible in 2006 and 2009 pictures of the cemetery have either been removed or are buried. Managed by the Renforth Baptist Church. Web link to Renforth Baptist Cemetery |
| Resthaven Memorial Gardens (aka Scarborough Lawn Cemetery, Scarborough Memorial Park) | Cliffside | 1879-present | Non-denominational | Active | It is one of only two locations in Ontario to feature “lawn crypts”. Managed by Arbor Memorial Inc., a privately held Canadian company. |
| Richview Memorial Cemetery | Richview | 1853-present | Methodist, later United | Active | Burials took place here as early as 1846, but Richview wasn’t officially a graveyard until 1853 with the establishment of the Union Chapel on the site. This cemetery is famous for being located in the 401 and 427 cloverleaf – rather than moving, development had to work around it. |
| Ridout Family Burying Ground | S. of Richmond St. E. btw Sherbourne St. & Ontario St. | Established abt. 1829 | Family | Lost | Town Lot of Surveyor-General Thomas Ridout. Buildings are on top of the site. Graves may have been moved to St. James Cemetery. |
| Riverside Cemetery & Cremation Centre | Humber Heights | 1892-present | Non-denominational | Active | Cemetery contains the remains moved from earlier cemeteries that closed, including Bethany United (Elmbank) and the Weston Methodist Church Burial Ground and at least two family burying grounds. The offices on this site contain the records for this cemetery and Sanctuary Park, which is across the road. Managed by Park Lawn Corporation, a publicly held Canadian company. |
| Roselawn Avenue Cemetery | Forest Hill | 1905-present | Jewish | Active | Comprised of burial grounds for multiple congregations and societies. There is a public accessway between Roselawn Avenue and North Preparatory Junior Public School. Managed by the Roselawn Lambton Cemetery Association. |
| Saint George’s On-The-Hill-Church | Etobicoke | 1847-present | Anglican | Active | Managed by St. George’s On-The-Hill Anglican Church. |
| Saint Jude’s Anglican Church Cemetery | Wexford | 1832-present | Family, then Anglican | Active | Originally the private burial ground of the Parkin family, the land was later deeded to the Anglican church. |
| Saint Margaret’s in-the-Pines | Scarborough | 1833-present | Anglican | Active | Includes the relocated burials of the Cornell family. 1905 chapel on the site, built to replace the much earlier wooden structure which burned in 1904. St. Margaret’s Cemetery is a ministry of St. Margaret in-the-Pines and Christ Church in the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. |
| Saint Pauls L’Amoreaux Cemetery | L’Amoreaux, Agincourt | 1841-present | Anglican | Active | The original church burned down in 1935. There is a cairn on site dedicated to this church, with the church bell mounted down on top. The current church on site is integrated into a senior’s residence. |
| Sanctuary Park Cemetery | Richview | 1927-present | Non-denominational | Active | Managed by Park Lawn Corporation, a publicly held Canadian company. |
| Sandhill Burial Site | Bay & Bloor | “Ancient burying ground” to early 1800s | Indigenous, likely Wendat and Mississauga | Destroyed | Site was lost during city construction and urban development. Stark contrast to the careful removal of human remains from the nearby Potter’s Field. Recognized non-extant archaeological site. |
| Secor Memorial Cemetery | Woburn | Established 1819 | Family | Closed | In 1938 the abandoned and derelict cemetery was cleaned up, with a cairn erected that holds all 11 surviving headstones. Located in a small park today, between houses, with stairs to and from the West Highland Creek. |
| Shaarei Shomayim Congregation Cemetery (aka McCowan Road Cemetery) | Cliffcrest | 1933-present | Orthodox Judaism | Active | Managed by the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation. The gate is locked and requires an access code. |
| Sharon Methodist Cemetery (aka Hainstock’s Burying Ground) | Etobicoke | 1845-1955 | Primitive Methodist, later United | Closed | N. side of Rexdale Boulevard, opposite Woodbine Racetrack. There is nowhere to pull in or park, making access challenging. |
| Simcoe Grange Burying Ground (aka Scarlett Family Burial Ground) | York Lot 36, Concession 3 | Family | Lost | Exact location unknown. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |
| Smithfield Cemetery | Etobicoke Lot 37, Concession 2, | Closed | Exact location unknown. Possible removal to Riverside Cemetery. Seeking more information. | ||
| St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Cemetery | Bendale | 1802-present | Presbyterian | Active | Oldest Presbyterian congregation in Toronto. The cemetery site includes the Church, the sexton’s house, and the Scarborough Centennial Memorial Library and all three of these buildings are designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. Managed by St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Board. |
| St. Augustine Seminary Cemetery | Cliffside | 1942-present | Catholic | Active | On the grounds of St. Augustine’s Seminary. Includes a crypt and priests’ burial plots. On private property. |
| St. Barnabus’ Churchyard (Chester) | Ellerbeck St. north of Danforth Ave. | 1859-1907 | Anglican | Lost | Buildings are now on top. This cemetery is listed as a unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. |
| St. Bernard’s Convalescent Cemetery | North York | 1982-present | Catholic | Inactive | The cemetery was laid out in 1962 but was not used until 1982. Housed on the grounds of St. Bernard’s Senior’s residence. Private property. Currently no legal license to operate. |
| St. James Cathedral Crypt & Cemetery | St. Lawrence | 1797-1844 | Anglican | Closed | Owned & operated by The Cathedral Church of St. James. Includes a crypt under the high altar. Many bodies from the grounds were removed to St. James Cemetery when it opened, some markers remain and are mounted at the Cathedral. The grounds, now a park, include a mass cholera grave pit containing 5000 bodies that was never moved. |
| St. James Cemetery & Crematorium Centre | St. James Town | 1844-present | Non-denominational, originally Anglican | Active | Toronto’s oldest operating cemetery, with a crematorium that opened in 1948. The Chapel of St. James-The-Less is a National Historic Site. The cemetery is the burial location of many prominent early Torontonians. It is owned & operated by The Cathedral Church of St. James. |
| St. John the Evangelist | Weston | 1850s-1890s | Catholic | Closed | The cemetery was forgotten and lost underneath a parking lot. In 2014 an archaeological survey found 147 bodies. The cemetery and surviving markers have been restored. |
| St. John’s Cemetery on the Humber (aka The Denison Family Cemetery) | York | 1801-present | Family | Active | This cemetery honours the legacy of Captain John Denison and his descendents. Private cemetery but grounds are open for the public. Maintained by the Denison family organization. |
| St. John’s Norway | Upper Beaches | 1853-present | Non-denominational, originally Anglican | Active | Owned & operated by St. John the Baptist, Norway, Anglican Church. |
| St. John’s York Mills Churchyard Cemetery | York Mills | 1816-present | Anglican | Active | The first burial took place in 1806, predating the establishment of the churchyard. The cemetery contains many notable burials. The church has published a self-guided tour, available online. The cemetery is managed by the St. John’s York Mills Anglican Church. |
| St. Joseph’s Highland Creek | Highland Creek | 1854-present | Catholic | Active | The cemetery predates the current church on the site. Managed by St. Joseph’s Parish, Highland Creek. The cemetery is ministered by the Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Ghost) and falls under the pastoral care of the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. |
| St. Martin’s Rood (aka Baldwin Family Cemetery) | Forest Hill | 1829-1868 | Family | Closed & moved | Family vault of the Baldwin family at the rear of their Spadina estate at the border with the Russell Hill estate, on the south bank of the ravine. Closed with all bodies and markers removed to St. James Cemetery in 1874. |
| St. Mary’s Cholera Cemetery | Toronto | 1832-1852 | Catholic | Closed | At St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery on Bathurst Street, established as a cholera cemetery before the church was built. Heavily used after during the cholera epidemics of 1832 and 1834. Cemetery closed in 1852 when the church was built. |
| St. Michael’s Cathedral Crypt and Garden Cemetery | Garden District | 1846-1898 | Catholic | Closed | St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. Most burials are under the church. |
| St. Michael’s Cemetery | Deer Park | Established 1855 | Catholic | Active | Managed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto. Gates are usually locked but there are usually a few opportunities for the public to access the cemetery each year. |
| St. Paul’s Basilica Cemetery | Corktown | 1822-1857 | Catholic | Closed | This cemetery is the final resting place for thousands of Catholics, mostly Irish immigrants, who died during cholera and typhus outbreaks in the mid-1850s and are buried in mass graves. In the late 1800’s the tombstones were moved and destroyed, to create more green spaces for downtown Toronto. St. Paul School and playground were later built over the old burial ground. There is a solitary grave, for Bishop O’Mahoney, at the SW corner of the basilica. |
| St. Peter’s Columbarium | North Toronto | Evangelical Lutheran | Active | Cremated remains only, exterior site in the church courtyard. 311 double niches. Managed by St. Peter’s Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Toronto. | |
| St. Philip’s Churchyard Cemetery | Humber Heights | 1825-present | Anglican | Active | Burials date from about 1825, though the ground was not officially consecrated, by Bishop John Strachan, until 1841. The cemetery originally featured a grid pattern with designated walkways; this pattern is no longer visible. Maintained by St. Philip’s Anglican Church. |
| Staines Road Cemetery | Scarborough | Iroquois | Closed | Ossuary. Mass grave site unearthed in 2001. Managed by the City of Toronto. | |
| Stone Church Cemetery | Rouge Hill, just W. of the bridge, S. side of Hwy. 2 | Lost | Exact location unknown. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | ||
| Stoner Family Burying Plot | Scarborough near Sheppard & Morningside | Family | Closed & moved | Moved in the early 1930s to Elmwood Cemetery in Markham, where that are buried together under a single marker. | |
| Stonehouse Burying Grounds | Etobicoke | Established 1835 | Family, then deeded to Primitive Methodist | Closed | Fenced and locked in. Frequently overgrown. Partially viewable from Martin Grove Road and the neighbouring apartment complex. |
| Strachan Avenue Military Burying Ground (aka New Military Burying Ground) | Fort York | 1863-1894 | Protestant and Catholic sections | Closed | West of Fort York National Historic Site. Now a park site, stones are gathered together, mounted and on display. Includes graves and markers from the Old Military Burial grounds. |
| Taber Hill | Woburn | Established 1250 CE | Iroquois | Closed | Burial mound, now a city park. |
| Taylor Family Cemetery | East York | Established 1839 | Family | Closed | Adjacent to the Don Mills United Church Cemetery. |
| Thompson Family Burying Ground | Etobicoke Lots 12-15, Concession 2 MC | Family | Lost | Exact location unknown. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |
| Toronto Necropolis | Cabbagetown | 1850-present | Non-denominational | Active | This cemetery was opened to replace the Potter’s Field and includes the bodies moved when it closed in 1855. The cemetery contains many notable burials. Site of Ontario’s first crematorium in 1933, now closed. Managed by the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries, a non-profit public trust. |
| Townline Church Kaiserville (aka Stong’s Burial) | The Village at Black Creek (formerly Black Creek Pioneer Village) | 1847-1942 | Methodist | Closed | On land donated by settler Daniel Stong. Easily viewed from beyond a fence inside the village but is currently not accessible. |
| Van Zant Burial Plot | Commerce Court | pre-1815 | Family | Lost | Town lot of John Van Zant. Single burial before 1815. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. |
| Victoria Memorial Square (aka Garrison Cemetery, Old Military Burying Ground, Military Memorial Park, Victoria Memorial Square, St. John’s Garrison Cemetery, St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, St. John’s Square) | Wellington, Portland & Niagara Streets | 1793-1863 | Military & their families | Closed | First European cemetery in Toronto. The first burial was that of Katherine Simcoe, the young daughter of Sir John Graves Simcoe, on Easter Monday 1794. The bodies of hundreds of soldiers and their families are buried here and have never been moved. Several “magnificant horses” also lay here, after they were needlessly slaughtered in 1811. The cemetery was abandoned and neglected, the city cleaned it up and turned it into a park. In 1935 a number of the headstones were removed to Fort York. The few surviving gravestones have been gathered together and are on display in the park with some interpretation. |
| Wardlaw Family Cemetery | Etobicoke Lot 24, Concession A | Family | Lost | Exact location unknown. Area is developed. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |
| Washington Church Cemetery (aka Scarborough Bluffs United Church Cemetery) | Scarborough | Established before 1825 | Family, then Methodist, finally United | Active | Originally the Annis Family burial ground, it was donated to the church in 1825. |
| Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Cemetery | York | Wesleyan Methodist | Lost | Location unknown. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |
| Westminster Cemetery, Mausoleum and Crematorium | North York | 1926-present | Non-denominational | Active | In 1967 about 500 graves were moved from their original locations to a different section of the cemetery, after a section of the cemetery was aquired for flood management. Managed by Park Lawn Corporation, a publicly held Canadian company. |
| Weston Methodist Church Burying Ground | Weston S. E. corner of Weston Road and King Street | Established 1821 | Methodist | Closed & moved | In 1919 bodies were disinterred and reburied in their own section at Riverside Cemetery. More bodies were found in 1956 and 1993 that were also removed to Riverside. There is a plaque, mounted on a rock, marking the area. |
| Weston Road Baptist Cemetery | York Lot 35, Concession 3 from the Bay | Baptist | Lost | Exact location unknown. This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | |
| White Burial Plot | Park Lot 3 | 1800-1871 | Family | Closed & moved | Originally owned by John White. Single burial in 1800, grave moved in 1871 to St. James Cemetery. |
| Willow Grove Burying Ground | Etobicoke | Established mid-1840s | Christian | Closed & moved | Formerly at the SW corner of Kipling and Rexdale Blvd in the community of Highfield. In 1970 all bodies and markers were moved to their own section at Richview Cemetery, in the cloverleaf of the 427 and 401. |
| York Cemetery | Willowdale | 1948-present | Non-denominational | Active | Purchased in 1916 and opened in 1948, the cemetery is on the site of the 1805 Shepard farm. The 1837 Michael Shepard House is still on site and serves as the cemetery office. Originally the property fronted on Yonge Street but this portion was sold off before development. At one point (pre-1940s) the site was in use as the Willowdale Air Field. Includes a major monument honouring all of Canada’s 99 VC recipients. Managed by the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries, a non-profit statutory public trust. |
| York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery | York Mills | 1833-1945 | Baptist | Closed | Hidden between two houses, fenced in. Recent plaque on site by Toronto Heritage. Maintained by the City of Toronto. |
| York Mills Presbyterian Burying Ground | North York SW corner, Lot 10, Concession 1W | No burials after 1855 | Presbyterian | Closed & moved | Closed in 1955. McGlashan graves moved to Forest Lawn Mausoleum in 1927, others moved to York Cemetery. |
| Yorkshire Man’s Grave | North York Lot 20, Concession 4W | Lost | This cemetery is listed as an unregistered cemetery by the Ontario Historical Society. Seeking more information. | ||
| Zion Primitive Methodist Cemetery (aka Erwin’s Appointment Cemetery) | North York, L’Amoreaux | Abt. 1854-1972 | Primitive Methodist | Closed | The associated church is now a Cultural Centre and the site is managed by the City of Toronto. |
| Zion-Wexford (aka Twaddle’s Chapel) | Wexford | Established 1842 | United, previously Primitive Methodist and then Presbyterian. | Closed | Grave of Anthony Twaddle (1834), and possibly that of his wife Elizabeth, predate the cemetery. |