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Cemeteries

St. Catharines has some of the most beautiful and well-kept cemetery grounds in the Niagara Region and southern Ontario. The city is also home to many privately run cemeteries, serving a diversity of faiths, cultures and religions, including the Victoria Lawn Cemetery, which is maintained by the City of St. Catharines.

Victoria Lawn Cemetery

Located at 431 Queenston St., the cemetery is open to the public for visits and business. The office is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the mausoleum is open to the public daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Purchase a plot

People are encouraged to call 905-688-5601 ext. 1557 for all inquires and to schedule appointments.  At present the cemetery is experiencing a back-log of appointments and prioritizing “at-need” services and as a result may not be able to provide drop-in services in a timely matter.

Fees

View our Cemetery Rates and Fees for a complete list of burial fees including lots, graves, cremations, interments, niches, mausoleums and more.

If the burial takes place outside of our regular times, you'll have to pay additional fees:

  • For burials on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. it costs an additional $436
  • For burials on Saturdays after 11 a.m. in costs an additional $218 per half hour
  • For burials on Monday to Friday after 3:30 p.m. it costs an additional $218 per half hour

Payment plans are available for pre-need sales of graves, lots, crypts and niche rights. For more information please visit the cemetery administration building during office hours, or call 905.688.5601 ext. 1557. All prices include care and maintenance fees and applicable taxes. 

Crypts, Gardens of Memories Mausoleum

These rates are based on one burial maximum. 

Please Note: For all persons not resident of the City of St. Catharines all prices will be increased
by 20% for lots, care & maintenance and all forms of interment.

Chapel crypt fees
LevelsPrice

Level B

$14,185

Level C

$16,368

Level D

$17,458

Level E

$15,277

Interior crypt fees
LevelsPrice

Level B

$13,641

Level C

$15,822

Level D

$16,914

Level E

$14,732

Niches

All niche locations can contain two cremations.

Garden of Memories Mausoleum fees
Location and servicePrice

Interior niches, Levels A, B, C and D

$2,401

Interior niches, Levels I and J

$2,837

Interior niches, Levels E, F, G and H

$3,273

Exterior niches, all levels

$2,182

Bronze plate inscription

$1,309

Queenston Courtyard Columbarium fees
Location/servicePrice

Outer buildings

$2,182

Bronze wreath inscription

$1,201

Grave and lots, internment rights
Grave, lots and internment fees
TypeDescriptionCost

Adult at need with flat marker single grave

One burial and up to four cremains

$1,202

Adult preferred with flat marker single grave

One burial and up to four cremains

$1,924

Adult upright monument single grave

One burial and up to four cremains

$2,416

Adult two grave lot with upright monument

One burial and up to four cremains and includes foundation

$4,936

Cremation grave with flat marker

Up to four cremains

$1,283

Cremation grave with upright monument

Up to four cremains and includes foundation

$2,363

Infant grave with flat marker

One burial

$764

Infant grave with upright monument

One burial with up to four remains and includes foundation

$1,749

Veteran's grave with flat marker

One burial and one cremains

Please contact office

Opening and closing fees

View the opening and closing fees:

  • Casket opening and closings at regular depths cost $1,530
  • Casket openings and closings at extra depth cost $2,295 (on sales prior to 1986)
  • Cremation openings and closing cost $600 (earth)
  • Niche openings and closings cost $549
  • Crypt openings and closings cost $711
Additional services

Review the costs for additional services:

  • Concrete liners including installation costs $875
  • Disinterment costs $3,275 (minimum charge)
  • Transfer of interment rights costs $83 each
  • Declaration for transfer costs $83 each
  • Declaration for internment costs $83 each
Bronze products and specialty items

We also offer inscription bronze products and specialty items:

Niche Inscriptions and Products
Product / Service Cost
Colour pictures, all niches (includes bronze frame)  $220
Black and white picture (includes bronze frame)  $193
Garden of Memories Mausoleum
Niche plaque (includes installation)  $1,309
Niche plaque scroll (includes installation)  $409
Bud Vase (Includes installation)  $382
Queenston Courtyard Columbarium
Niche Wreath (Includes installation)  $1,201
Second Niche scroll (Includes installation)  $219
Roman bud vase  $328

 

Niche Emblems
Product / Service

Cost

Christ with thorns $137
Praying hands (Facing left) $110
Praying hands (Facing right) $110 
Madonna $137
Angel (Facing left) $110
Angel (Facing right) $110
Rose (Facing left) $110
Rose (Facing right) $110
Holy Bible $110
Together forever $110
Praying cherub $110
Cross – Flat bronze $83
Cross with Christ $83
Police Officer $192
Firefighter (Maltese Cross) $192

 

Crypt Products & Emblems
Product / Service Cost
Crypt Products

Mausoleum Crypt Inscription Lettering (90 letter maximum)

$1,637
Crypt Light Vase (Includes installation) $655
Colour Picture and Frame $711
B&W Picture and Frame $493
Crypt Emblems
Crucifix with Christ $219
Christ $191
Madonna $191
Angel (facing right) $137
Angel (facing left) $137
Pieta $382
Madonna & Child with Halo $191
Christ with crown of thorns $191
Sacred Heart $191
Praying hands $191
Rose $245

 

Urns
Product / Service Cost
Zinc & Marble Cremation Urns

8” x 8” x 4” (include Applicable Taxes)

$491

 


Marker rules and regulations

When honouring the memory of a loved one, you may want to add a personalized, homemade or sentimental marker to their plot. View the Cemetery By-law to find out about the rules and regulations that govern what can be added to a grave site.

Cemetery rules and regulations

Review the rules and regulations for Victoria Lawn Cemetery:

  • Funerals shall enter the Cemetery only at the main gateways near the office (unless going to the Cullinan mausoleum or Queenston Courtyard Columbarium)
  • Children under the age of 12 in the cemetery must be accompanied by an adult chaperone, except with permission of the Manager
  • Riding bicycles is prohibited except in driveways and bicycles should not be left on any lot
  • No garbage or debris should be deposited in the Cemetery except in the appropriate garbage containers
  • No person shall install, alter, repair, maintain, relocate or remove any marker or supplies, or any decorations on a lot except in accordance with the By-law
  • No person shall write on, deface or injure any marker, fence or other structure, or any tree in the Cemetery
  • No person shall break any tree shrub or pick any flowers (wild or cultivated) in the Cemetery
  • Plants, flowers, holders or other articles shall not be removed without permission from the Manager
  • Nothing shall be placed upon or added to a lot which shall interfere with the maintenance of the Cemetery by the Corporation
  • Any structures, enclosures or additions to a lot which are not in good condition are subject to removal by the Cemetery
  • Floral tributes and potted plants, plantings, artificial flowers and wreaths are subject to removal by the Manager at any time
  • Permanent receptacles for cut flowers are permitted only if installed with the approval of the Manager either flush with the ground or as part of a marker
  • The Manager may remove, prune or alter any tree or shrub in a lot
  • Any grading, sodding, seeding, top dressing, fertilizing and watering of lots, sodding and covering of graves and planting of trees and shrubs shall be done under the supervision of the Manager
  • The Corporation shall not be responsible for any damage to lots and structures, objects, flowers or articles removed from any lot
  • No person shall bring or permit any animal to enter upon or remain in the Cemetery
  • Any person disturbing the quiet or good order of the Cemetery by noise or other improper conduct, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this By-Law or any other by-law of the Corporation may be required to leave the grounds
  • The Cemetery will be open to visitors from sunrise to sunset
  • No person shall enter the Cemetery when the Cemetery is not open to visitors except only police officers, authorized employees of the Corporation, or persons permitted by the Manager

No person shall decorate a lot except in accordance with provisions of this By-law and the following:

  • Ornamental shrubs may be placed by an interment rights holder on either side of an upright marker on a lot which is not a single grave
  • A flower bed may be planted on a lot by an interment rights holder and maintained immediately in front of an upright marker of a length not greater than the length of such marker and in any event of width not greater than 18 inches
  • A rose bush shall not be planted or maintained on a lot
  • No object, including any statue or tripod, may be placed on a lot except markers which are in accordance with this By-law, and disposable containers for plants and flowers
  • The earth of a flower bed shall not be changed, and no mound of earth may be made or maintained on a lot except with permission of the Manager
  • Except in the mausoleum, artificial wreaths and flowers shall be permitted from the first day of November in each year to the first day of April in the following year

Mausoleums and columbarium

The Victoria Lawn Cemetery has a mausoleum and columbarium with niches for cremations and burials.

Queenston Courtyard Columbarium

The Queenston Courtyard Columbarium, gracefully blends the historic landscape and provides cremation inurnments for a maximum of two inurnments per niche. The Columbarium features five distinctive buildings:

  • Serenity Court
  • Tranquility Court
  • Integrity Court
  • Eternity Court
  • Harmony Circle

Garden of Memories Mausoleum

The Garden of Memories Mausoleum is dedicated to the memory of your loved ones, allowing for the option of entombment in a crypt or inurnment in a niche.

Walking tours

Take a walking tour through Victoria Lawn Cemetery and learn about the history and legacy of our community through the contributions of important individuals. Pick up our Walking Tour Brochure for a map and complete list of grave sites from the cemetery office.

The self-guided walking tour takes you past the graves of Dr. Theophilus Mack, William Hamilton Merritt, Reverend Anthony Burns and Fonce Val (Jack) Haney.

About Victoria Lawn Cemetery

Established in 1856 in the east end of the City beside the Welland Canal, Victoria Lawn Cemetery consists of 170 acres of grave sites today, with more than 79,000 people interred and 155 years of history.

The Town hired renowned landscape gardener Robert Mundy to plan the cemetery and plant the flower beds and trees. Originally named the St. Catharines Cemetery, Victoria Lawn Cemetery took its current name in honour of Queen Victoria of England at the turn of the twentieth century.

In 1918, the Cullinen Mausoleum on Queenston Street was constructed to include about 300 crypts. By the 1920s the original cemetery was running out of space, and the farm across Queenston Street was purchased and became the new cemetery. By the 1960s the new cemetery was again short of space, so additional land was purchased at the south end of the cemetery.

In the 1980s a few mausoleums were built to meet with the demands for entombment. In 2000, the Garden of Memories Mausoleum was established. Other buildings such as the Carillon Bell Tower, the Chinese Pagoda and Mountainview Homes Gazebo have been donated to make the cemetery more enjoyable and comforting.

Bereavement Authority of Ontario

The City of St. Catharines is a licensee of the Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO). Visit the BAO for information about bereavement and death care in Ontario.

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