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Name	Location	Dates	Interments	Affiliation	Notes
Armadale Free Methodist Cemetery	Armadale 43.829221°N 79.257823°W / 43.829221; -79.257823 (Armadale Free Methodist Cemetery)	1885–		Free Methodist
Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park	Newtonbrook 43.788097°N 79.442537°W / 43.788097; -79.442537 (Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park)	1929–		Jewish
Beth Tzedec Memorial Park	Westminster-Branson 43.777927°N 79.446443°W / 43.777927; -79.446443 (Beth Tzedek Memorial Park)	1949–	4,414^[1]	Conservative Judaism	Westminster Gardens located west of the site is part of Park Lawn Cemetery group.
Bethel Cemetery	Scarborough Junction 43.730813°N 79.266969°W / 43.730813; -79.266969 (Bethel Cemetery)	1842		Non-denominational
Bingham Family Cemetery	Princess Gardens 43.68341°N 79.54961°W / 43.68341; -79.54961 (Bingham Family Cemetery)	1843–1973			Closed and graves moved to Riverside Cemetery. Now residential neighbourhood.
Christ Church St. James Memorial Garden & Cemetery	Mimico 43.616984°N 79.498001°W / 43.616984; -79.498001	1832–	500	originally Anglican; now non-denominational	Still active^[2]
Christie's Methodist Cemetery	L'Amoreaux 43.799201°N 79.318229°W / 43.799201; -79.318229 (Christie's Methodist Cemetery)	1846–1926		Methodist	Today in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall.
Dawes Road Cemetery	Clairlea 43.709304°N 79.286152°W / 43.709304; -79.286152 (Dawes Road Cemetery)	1903	13,000^[1]	Jewish
Duchess Street Burying Ground (Old Scotch Cemetery, Presbyterian Burying Ground)	Moss Park 43.6535198°N 79.3700084°W / 43.6535198; -79.3700084 (Duchess Street Burying Ground)	~1818–1911 or 1912	~263	Presbyterian (1824–1911)	Linked to Knox Presbyterian Church after 1824, land granted in 1797 and active up to 1840s. The 0.5 acre lot was bounded by Duchess (Richmond) Street to the north, Stonecutters Lane to the east, up to 260 Richmond Street East (Lot 5) to west and Britain Street to the north. Some 263 graves and markers were relocated to Toronto Necropolis in 1911 to 1912^[3] but not all burials recovered as some were found outside the formal boundaries and found after last burials. Built over after closure and now site of commercial buildings with addresses on Richmond and Britain Streets.
Elia United Church Cemetery	Elia 43.767333°N 79.475856°W / 43.767333; -79.475856 (Elia United Church Cemetery)	1832–1957		United Church of Canada	Cemetery now parking lot but church remains on site. 20 head stones relocated to northside of church lot.
Emmanuel United Church Cemetery	Malvern 43.795535°N 79.239542°W / 43.795535; -79.239542 (Emmanuel United Church Cemetery)	1868–1933		United Church of Canada	Cemetery for the village of Malvern.
Glendale Memorial Gardens	Rexdale 43.748514°N 79.612538°W / 43.748514; -79.612538 (Glendale Memorial Gardens)	1952–		Non-denominational
Highland Memory Gardens	Hillcrest 43.805846°N 79.350184°W / 43.805846; -79.350184 (Highland Memory Gardens)	1953–	22,000	Non-denominational
Holy Blossom Memorial Park	Cliffcrest 43.723138°N 79.243934°W / 43.723138; -79.243934 (Holy Blossom Memorial Park)	1929–	2449^[1]	Reform Judaism
Islington Burying Grounds	Islington-City Centre West 43.647985°N 79.529914°W / 43.647985; -79.529914 (Islington Burying Grounds)	1807			Oldest cemetery in Etobicoke.
Jones Avenue Cemetery	Riverdale 43.675659°N 79.338922°W / 43.675659; -79.338922 (Jones Avenue Cemetery)	1883–	581^[1]	Orthodox Judaism	Second oldest Jewish cemetery in Toronto.
Knox United Church Cemetery	Agincourt 43.786234°N 79.278363°W / 43.786234; -79.278363 (Knox United Church Cemetery)	1844–		United Church of Canada
Lambton Mills Cemetery	Humber Valley Village 43.674701°N 79.522106°W / 43.674701; -79.522106 (Lambton Mills Cemetery)	1909–	3,271^[1]	Jewish
Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery	Mimico 43.617741°N 79.518474°W / 43.617741; -79.518474	1892–1973	1525	Non-denominational
McCowan Road Cemetery	Cliffcrest 43.734945°N 79.233802°W / 43.734945; -79.233802 (McCowan Road Cemetery)	1933–	141^[1]	Orthodox Judaism
Melville Presbyterian Cemetery	West Hill 43.777284°N 79.180323°W / 43.777284; -79.180323 (Melville Presbyterian Cemetery)	1852–		Presbyterian
Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery	Sunnybrook 43.715172°N 79.382658°W / 43.715172; -79.382658 (Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery)	1898–	76,000+	Roman Catholic	147 Commonwealth war graves from World War I and II
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	Moore Park, Toronto/Leaside 43.695833°N 79.384722°W / 43.695833; -79.384722 (Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto)	1876–	168,000	Non-denominational
Mount Sinai Memorial Park	Downsview 43.730953°N 79.47535°W / 43.730953; -79.47535 (Mount Sinai Memorial Park)	1920–	8,205^[1]	Jewish
Pape Avenue Cemetery (Holy Blossom)	Riverdale 43.667627°N 79.339402°W / 43.667627; -79.339402 (Pape Avenue Cemetery)	1849–1930s	293^[1]	Reform Judaism	First Jewish cemetery in Toronto.
Park Lawn Cemetery	Etobicoke 43.647094°N 79.500954°W / 43.647094; -79.500954 (Park Lawn Cemetery)	1892–	22,000	Non-denominational
Pine Hills Cemetery	Scarborough Junction 43.719009°N 79.267731°W / 43.719009; -79.267731 (Pine Hills Cemetery)	1928–		Non-denominational
Pine Ridge Cemetery	Humber Summit 43.75518°N 79.569468°W / 43.75518; -79.569468 (Pine Ridge Cemetery)	1845–		Methodist
Potters Field	Yorkville 43.670363°N 79.387036°W / 43.670363; -79.387036 (Potters Field)	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/Fairbank 43.684563°N 79.455035°W / 43.684563; -79.455035 (Prospect Cemetery)	1890–		Non-denominational
Resthaven Memorial Gardens	Cliffside 43.718458°N 79.243366°W / 43.718458; -79.243366 (Resthaven Memorial Gardens)	1925–	31,000	Non-denominational
Renforth Baptist Cemetery	Eatonville 43.64351°N 79.572907°W / 43.64351; -79.572907 (Renforth Baptist Cemetery)	1838–		Baptist
Richview Memorial Cemetery	Richview 43.67044°N 79.575072°W / 43.67044; -79.575072 (Richview Memorial Cemetery)	1853–		United Church of Canada	Today within the cloverleaf of highways 401 and 427.
Riverside Cemetery	Humber Heights 43.697557°N 79.531488°W / 43.697557; -79.531488 (Riverside Cemetery)	1892–		Non-denominational
Roselawn Avenue Cemetery	Forest Hill 43.706314°N 79.420327°W / 43.706314; -79.420327 (Roselawn Cemetery)	1905–	5,840^[1]	Jewish
Sanctuary Park Cemetery	Richview 43.698022°N 79.534997°W / 43.698022; -79.534997 (Sanctuary Park Cemetery)	1927–		Non-denominational
Secor Memorial Park	Woburn 43.754967°N 79.222742°W / 43.754967; -79.222742 (Secor Memorial Cemetery)	1800s (after 1804)		N/A – see Notes	Family cemetery of the settler Secor family. The Secors are Huguenots should be members of Reformed Church of France, but also married within the Dutch Reformed Church prior to arriving in the area. Today the cemetery is a park with a memorial cairn.
Sharon Cemetery	Etobicoke 43.720508°N 79.608021°W / 43.720508; -79.608021 (Sharon Cemetery)	1845–1955		Methodist	The Sharon United Church building was demolished in 1967, but the cemetery beside it remains.
St. Augustine's Seminary Cemetery	Cliffside 43°42′39.26″N 79°14′29.14″W	1942		Roman Catholic
St. James Cathedral Cemetery	St. Lawrence 43.650278°N 79.373889°W / 43.650278; -79.373889	1797–1844		Anglican	Original Anglican cemetery in Toronto.
St. James Cemetery	St. James Town 43.670526°N 79.368163°W / 43.670526; -79.368163 (St. James Cemetery)	1844–		Anglican
St. John's Cemetery Norway	Upper Beaches 43.673713°N 79.310449°W / 43.673713; -79.310449 (St. John's Cemetery Norway)	1853–	80,000	Non-denominational
St. John's York Mills	York Mills 43.747033°N 79.404744°W / 43.747033; -79.404744 (St. John's York Mills)	1816–		Anglican	Village cemetery for York Mills. Canadian van Nostrand family monument is located here.
St. Michael's Cemetery	Deer Park 43.686074°N 79.396109°W / 43.686074; -79.396109 (St. Michael's Cemetery)	1855–	29,000	Roman Catholic	Oldest Catholic cemetery still in service.
St. Paul Anglican Church, L'Amoreaux	L'Amoreaux 43.796225°N 79.316204°W / 43.796225; -79.316204	1840s–		Anglican	Church built in 1841 and burned down 1935
St. Paul's Cemetery	Corktown 43.655777°N 79.362233°W / 43.655777; -79.362233 (St. Paul's Basilica)	1822–1857		Roman Catholic	First Catholic cemetery in Toronto. Closed in 1857 and now buried under St. Paul Catholic School play yard on the south side of Queen Street East since 1959.
Strachan Avenue Military Burying Ground	West of Fort York National Historic Site 43.638183°N 79.409075°W / 43.638183; -79.409075	1863–1911	Approximately 150 soldiers, veterans, their wives and children^[4]	Divided into Protestant and Roman Catholic sections
Taber Hill	Woburn 43.759°N 79.235°W / 43.759; -79.235 (Taber Hill)	1250 CE (13th Century)	472	Iroquois	Burial mound and oldest known burial ground in Toronto now part of a city park (Taber Hill Park)
Taylor Family	Old East York 43.693411°N 79.351113°W / 43.693411; -79.351113 (Taylor Family)	c. 1839		Methodist	Attached to Don Mills United Church.
Toronto Necropolis	Cabbagetown 43.668282°N 79.360259°W / 43.668282; -79.360259 (Toronto Necropolis)	1850–	50,000+	Non-denominational
Victoria Memorial Square	Fashion District 43.642638°N 79.4002°W / 43.642638; -79.4002 (Victoria Memorial Square)	1763–1863	400	N/A – Established as a military by the British Army station in York, Upper Canada	First European cemetery in Toronto. Abandoned and city park since 1880s, 17 markers remaining and restored in 2007–2011 and home to War of 1812 Monument.^[5]
Willowdale Cemetery (Willowdale Methodist Episcopal Cemetery / Cummer Burial Grounds)	North York City Centre 43.774409°N 79.413864°W / 43.774409; -79.413864	c. 1834		Methodist/United	Cemetery for the village chapel of Willowdale next to the former Willowdale Methodist Church (later United Church and finally as Seven Day Adventist 1954) that was demolished in 1956. West edge of the cemetery was removed for widening of Yonge Street in 1931 with some families relocating graves to other cemeteries.^[6] Cemetery lost much of the northern end bwyond Horsham Avenue to a shopping plaza in 1950s.
York Cemetery	Willowdale 43.766111°N 79.416667°W / 43.766111; -79.416667 (York Cemetery)	1948–		Non-denominational
York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery	104 York Mills Road 43.745289°N 79.398038°W / 43.745289; -79.398038	1833–1945	24	Baptist	Headstones are visible from York Mills Road, and lay protected behind a fence and hedge. Next door, at 106 York Mills Road, is the historic one-story church manse, now a private residence.

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