Ontario Cemeteries by Municipality

Why this list matters in a legal matter

This is a directory of licensed cemeteries in Ontario, organized by municipality, drawn from the Bereavement Authority of Ontario’s public register. It lists active, licensed cemeteries only — it does not track individual grave locations or burial records.

The list is most useful during estate administration. An estate trustee is often responsible for carrying out interment or cremation wishes set out in a will, confirming whether a pre-paid plot or interment right already exists, or locating a cemetery a family has used before. Interment rights themselves can also be an estate asset, and disagreements between family members over where a person is buried, or over an existing plot, are not unusual.

Find your municipality below. Each entry links to the BAO’s public register for that licence. This list is informational only — it is not legal advice, and it does not replace contacting the cemetery or the BAO directly for interment records or plot ownership questions.