Cemeteries and Funeral Homes

Cemeteries and Funeral Homes

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has 12 main Jewish cemeteries, most of which contain burial grounds for a large number of synagogues. A description of the burial grounds can be found here: http://iajgscemetery.org/canada/ontario-on/toronto Note that Oakville, Hamilton, and other cities and towns around the province also have Jewish burial grounds.

Additional information about the individual cemeteries can be found on the website of Steeles Memorial Chapel, one of Toronto’s two Jewish funeral homes. This information, along with a map, can be found at the bottom of each web page below, under the listings of current funerals.

• Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park
• Beth Tzedec Memorial Park
• Dawes Road Cemetery
• Holy Blossom Memorial Park
• Pape Avenue Cemetery
• Jones Avenue Cemetery
• Lambton Hills Cemetery (aka Lambton Mills)
• McCowan Road Cemetery
• Mount Sinai Memorial Park
• Pardes Chaim Cemetery
• Pardes Shalom Cemetery
• Roselawn Cemetery

There are two Jewish funeral homes in Toronto:

• Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapel

Most records of burials that they have performed since 1980 are listed on their website at www.benjaminsparkmemorialchapel.ca/ Seven record books from 1930 to 1980 have also been deposited with Library and Archives Canada.

• Steeles Memorial Chapel

Funeral records are available online for 120 days after they were published at https://steelesmemorialchapel.com/records/. Microfilms for years 1949 and 1951–1975 have been deposited with Library and Archives Canada.   They can be found at this link for the Steeles-College Memorial Chapel fonds at: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=100921.