Cemeteries

All Town cemeteries are open daily from dawn until dusk beginning late spring until closing in late fall.

The following cemeteries are privately managed and operated:

• St. Thomas Cemetery - 471 Manitoba Street
• Langford Cemetery - 1006 Forrester Trail
• George Kirk Memorial Cemetery - Kirk Line Road East
• St. David's Presbyterian Cemetery - 1172 Old Victoria Road

The following rules apply for ornaments on a lot:

• Decorations are permitted only in the top 24 inches of full burial lots. Planting of any kind is only permitted on full burial lots.
• Flowerbeds cannot be defined or enclosed by any fencing, railing, concrete curbing or enclosure of any kind.
• Vegetation and floral tributes must be kept in good condition
• No glassware or breakable items are permitted on any lots
• Any ornamentation contrary to the dignity and decorum of our cemeteries will be removed without notice;
• Any ornamentation posing a risk to the public from breakage or combustibility, or interfering with interment procedures or cemetery operations will be removed without notice.
• Bushes with thorns are not permitted. Shrubs can be placed on either side of the monument as long as they are contained within the lot and do not exceed four feet in mature height.

For more information surrounding lot decorations, please refer to the Town's Cemetery By-Law, Section 17.

• Wreaths can be placed on a lot between May 1 and October 15 each calendar year. 
• Wreaths must be removed from all lots no later than October 15.
• Only one wreath is permitted per lot.

Purchasers have purchased the "rights" to be buried in the cemetery.  This is called "Interment Rights". Purchasers do not actually own the land, just the "rights".

Having interment rights means you have the right to bury or intern human remains or cremated human remains in a grave, lot, or niche. Any interment rights, which are sold and not used for interment purposes after a twenty-year period, may be considered abandoned by the Town.

The interment rights for unused lots and columbarium niches may be resold in accordance with the Cemetery By-law. Please contact the Administrative Assistant in our Corporate Services Department for the procedures on the resale of interment rights.

Yes, as long as the individual who holds the interment rights gives written permission.

No, in our cemeteries you may not scatter remains. On private property, permission must be obtained from whoever owns the land. You may scatter remains on Crown Land, including land covered by water, if it's unoccupied (e.g. provincial parks, conservations reserves, the Great Lakes), unless there are signs or postings that prohibit scattering.

When an interment right is purchased a portion is set aside for the long-term care and maintenance of the cemetery. These amounts are prescribed by legislation depending on the type of interment rights purchased and cannot be accessed by the Town.

Interments are performed at times mutually agreed between the Town and the requester, subject to the availability of the Town's contractor. Interments take place Monday to Friday and require 48 hours notice. Interments are performed on weekends and holidays for an additional fee.

A columbarium is an above-ground granite structure with niches that can hold up to two cremated remains, and are available in the Bracebridge Municipal Cemetery only.

Review our Columbarium Niche Lettering Information Form for more information.

If you change your mind  within 30 days of your purchase, you can receive a full refund. After the 30 days has passed, you can sell your interment rights to a third party in accordance with the Town's Cemetery By-Law. Contact our Corporate Services Department to learn more about this process.