Property/Facility Access

Effective  February 17, 2022

 

Access to Cemetery Grounds

Cemetery gate hours:

              Daily (including Holidays)                     8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

 

Access to Facilities

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).

For specifics relating to gathering size limitations for services and visiting, please see below.

 

Gatherings For Services

INDOOR FUNERAL SERVICES

1. If all guests and family members are fully vaccinated:

   • COVID-19 capacity restrictions are lifted

   • Physical distance requirement is removed

   • All guests and family members attending will be logged and must provide proof of vaccination and accompanying identification before being permitted entry (please dress according to the weather as there may be line-ups outside while vaccinations are verified and logging of guests is completed)

   • Masks must be worn

   • Guests must passively screen prior to entry

    

2. If a family does not wish guests to be vaccinated:

• Gathering size will be limited according to physical distance capacities (see table below)

• Masks must be worn and physical distance must be maintained

• Proof of vaccination will not have to be provided by those attending who are vaccinated

• Guests will be logged prior to entry

• Guests passively screen prior to entry

• Room capacities under the current restrictions are as follows:

Site Location	Room	Physical Distance Capacity Effective February 17, 2022
Pine Hills	Chapel- Taylor Massey Hall Birchmount Suite St. Clair Suite Kennedy Suite	36 28 29 18
York	Chapel – Shepard Hall Bayview and Lansing Suites Willowdale Suite	36 26 26
Elgin Mills	Gathering Hall York and Gormley Suites Woodbine Suite Elgin and Leslie Suites Cremation Centre Witnessing Room	50 23 17 34 5
Mount Pleasant	Sugar Maple Hall (including balcony) Red and White Oak (combined) Red Oak White Oak Hickory and Gingko (combined) Cremation Centre Witnessing Room	35 19 6 9 15 5
Meadowvale	Meadowvale Hall Trillium and Orchid Suites (combined) Lily and Forget-me-Not Suites (combined) Cremation Centre Witnessing Room	32 26 27 5
Thornton	Thornton Hall Parkwood/McLaughlin Suites (combined) Simcoe Suite Cremation Centre Witnessing Room	22 23 8 5
The Simple Alternative - Mississauga	Chapel Meadowvale Suite Dixie Suite	23 9 8
The Simple Alternative - Pickering	Pickering Hall Brock Suite Kingston Suite	15 16 9

 

 

OUTDOOR SERVICES

Attendance restrictions for burial and entombment services are lifted with the following provisos, regardless of vaccination status.

• Physical distancing required
• Masks must be worn

 

OUTDOOR VISITORS

Effective immediately, social gatherings not associated with a funeral, burial, or entombment scheduled with the cemetery are restricted to 100 individuals.

 

ARRANGEMENTS

• Face-to-face arrangement meetings are restricted to a maximum of 4 individuals including staff and will be by appointment.

 

MAUSOLEUM AND NICHE BUILDINGS
Our mausolea and niche building facilities are accessible for entombment services and those wishing to visit loved ones.

For indoor casual visits, groups are restricted to a maximum of 50 individuals.

For indoor services including entombments total capacities permitted by facility, regardless of vaccination status are below:

 

Cemetery	Facility	Gathering for Entombments effective February 17, 2022	Facility Capacity for  Casual Visitations effective July 16, 2021
Beechwood	Original Mausoleum Mausoleum of the Saints Mausoleum of the Angels Mausoleum of the Madonna – Chapel Mausoleum of the Madonna – Corridors Mausoleum of the Madonna – Phase 2	15 30 30 30 30 30	16 144 56 36 141 139
Prospect	Last Supper Mausoleum St. Clair Mausoleum Sacred Souls Mausoleum Hall of Niches-Glass (Office) Hall of Niches-Marble/Bronze (Office)	30 30 30 3 5	248 67 57 3 5
Pine Hills	Risen Christ	15	22
Elgin Mills	Mausoleum of the Heavens and Niches	15	32
York	Geothermal Building 1 Geothermal Building 2 Geothermal Building 3	5 5 10	5 5 10
Thornton	Room 1 - Original Glass Niches Room 2 - Wooden Niches Room 3 - New Glass Niches	5 4 4	5 4 4
Mount Pleasant	Carfrae Chapel Ewart Chapel Corridors Niche Conservatory	20 10 25 10	32 10 46 10
Meadowvale	Cremation Centre Vestibule Niches Cremation Centre Glass Niches Lower Level	4 4	6 6
Necropolis	Chapel/Niche Area	20	20