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Cemeteries

The Municipality of Grey Highlands is committed to honouring those who have passed and to supporting families through the process of remembrance and interment. This page provides details on our active and inactive cemeteries, available services, pricing, and applicable by-laws. You’ll also find helpful resources from the Bereavement Authority of Ontario to guide you through planning and decision-making during times of loss.

Services and Cemetery By-Law

The Municipality of Grey Highlands governs the cemetery operations by By-law Cemetery By-law 2020-085 as amended. 

The above cemeteries offer peaceful settings to remember the life of loved ones. Our staff provides care for the family's needs which include:

  • Sale of interment rights
  • Opening and closing of interment sites
  • Seeding and re-grading of site after burial
  • Cemetery General Maintenance
  • Ensuring compliance with the Municipality's Cemetery By-law 2020-085

There are also many privately owned and rural cemeteries located within the municipality.

Services and sale of plots in some of the above cemeteries may be limited based on availability.

 

Bereavement Authority of Ontario Consumer Information Guide

Pricing

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The term "cremated urns" mentioned above refers specifically to individual urns and not to companion urns.

Plot Sales

Plot Purchase/Interment Rights          $ 1,518.75

(Includes Care & Maintenance and HST)

 

Additional Charges:

Staking/Location fees: $169.50

Transfer of deed: $ 169.50

Cornerstones: $254.25 (Last name or Plot Number) *Required with plot purchase

Foundations: As charged + $169.50 for staking and locating

Special Permission Charge: 1.5x Regular charge

Weekend Charge (Saturday 9am-1pm): $593.25

Statutory Holiday Charge (Permitted by Order of MOH Only): $593.25

Winter Charges: $1130.00

Chapel Winter Keeping(for interment in one of our Cemeteries): $282.50

Chapel Winter Keeping (for interment in other Cemeteries): $395.50

 

All Fees can be found on Schedule H of our Fees and Charges By-Law

 

There are columbarium's located in the Flesherton Cemetery and Markdale Cemetery each consisting of 48 niche's.

 Markdale Columbarium

The Niche can house 2 urns, or 1 companion urn.

Size of Niche 12" x 12" x 14"d

 

Pricing:

Top Row: $2,650.98 - (Includes Care and Maintenance + HST)

Middle Row: $2,485.21 - (Includes Care and Maintenance + HST)

Bottom Row: $2,319.61 - (Includes Care and Maintenance + HST)

Niche Engraving - actual cost of engraving (Requires Niche opening fee)

Reopening of Niche: $169.50

All Fees can be found on Schedule H of our Fees and Charges By-Law

Full Burial (9-4 M-F): $904.00

Cremation Burial (9-4 M-F): $565.00

Common Ground (Cremated Remains) (9-4 M-F): $565.00

Staking Fee: $169.50

HST Included

 

Additional Charges:

Winter Charges: $1130.00

Chapel Winter Keeping(for interment in one of our Cemeteries): $282.50

Chapel Winter Keeping(for interment in other Cemeteries): $395.50

Special Permission Charge: 1.5x Regular charge

Statutory Holiday Charge (Permitted by Order of MOH Only): $593.25

All Fees can be found on Schedule H of our Fees and Charges By-Law

Disinterment casket: $1,582.00

Disinterment cremated remains: $615.85

All Fees can be found on Schedule H of our Fees and Charges By-Law

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