Cemeteries in the Hamilton Area

The City of Hamilton owns and operates a total of 66 cemeteries which are designated as Hamilton Municipal Cemeteries. Together they include approximately 500 acres. The oldest of the Municipal Cemeteries is the Hamilton Cemetery at 777 York Boulevard. It is not only the oldest municipal cemetery in Hamilton but is, in fact, the oldest municipal cemetery in Canada. Many of the municipal cemeteries are either inactive or fully sold but there are 11 municipal cemeteries which are still in common use. For information about these municipal cemeteries as well as some of the other cemeteries in the area visit Hamilton Municipal Cemeteries. There are links on the sidebar on that page which lead to other cemetery history and information.

The Ontario Genealogical Society is currently engaged in a project to identify all the cemeteries in Ontario and to provide Internet access for those wishing to search for ancestors. Access to this material is available at the Ontario Genealogical Society web site.

While it is not our objective to duplicate the information on the Hamilton Municipal Cemeteries site, we do plan to add links to information about other Hamilton area cemeteries which are represented on the Internet.