Property/Facility Access

Effective April 3, 2021

 

Access to Cemetery Grounds

Our cemetery gate hours have returned to the pre-COVID-19 norms:

              Daily (including Holidays)                     8:00 AM - 8:00 PM

We want to thank our rights holders and our neighbouring communities for their patience and understanding while the gates were closed earlier this Spring.  

 

Access to Facilities

Our mausolea and niche building facilities are accessible for those wishing to visit loved ones.

Please note that there are restrictions to the number of individuals who can be inside funeral and cemetery facilities (including mausolea, niche buildings and crematoria) as per Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO) directives which are based on facility and room capacities. Accordingly, if volumes are high staff members and security personnel will be monitoring access flow and restricting access accordingly.

Entrance to the Administrative Offices will be by appointment only. The doors will be locked at all times. For essential needs, please call the office number for assistance (see Contact Us).

 

Gatherings For Services

The Province has implemented its Provincial Response Framework and the Bereavement Authority of Ontario has mandated the following Indoor and Outdoor gathering restrictions:

Provincial  Response  Framework  /BAO Directive	GREEN (PREVENT)	YELLOW (PROTECT)	ORANGE (RESTRICT)	RED (CONTROL)	Grey (LOCKDOWN)
Region/Effective  Date					Durham (Apr 3) Peel (Mar 15) Toronto (Mar 15) York (Apr 3)
MPG Location  Classification					Beechwood Duffin Meadows Elgin Mills Meadowvale Mount Pleasant Pine Hills Prospect Thornton Toronto Necropolis York TSA-Mississauga TSA-Pickering TSA-Toronto
Indoor	30% room capacity Max. 100 in a room Physically distant	30% room capacity Max. 100 in a room Physically distant	30% room capacity Max. 100 in a room Physically distant	30% room capacity Max. 100 Entire Bldg Physically distant	15% room capacity Max. 50 Entire Bldg Physically distant
Outdoor	Max. 100	Max. 100 Funeral Director present	Max. 100 Funeral Director present + 1 staff/every 10 guests	Max. 100 Funeral Director present + 1 staff/every 10 guests	Max. 50 Funeral Director present + 1 staff/every 10 guests

 

Due to space constraints in some facilities and rooms, the following restrictions are in place:

• Face-to-face arrangement meetings are restricted to essential services and a maximum of 3 individuals plus funeral staff (at Pine Hills the limit is 2)
  

• For mausoleums and niche buildings:
  
  

  Site	Casual Viewing	Services
  Beechwood	50 combined (total facility)	10
  Meadowvale    Mount Pleasant    Prospect    Thornton	10	10
  Elgin Mills    Pine Hills    York	10	5
  Maximum capacity for services at any one time is 10 (excluding staff)