Cemeteries

Municipality of Kincardine Cemeteries are open daily, seven days a week, from 7 a.m. until sundown. Cemetery roads are not maintained during winter months, unless there is a burial.

Details about what is appropriate to place or plant at a grave in a Municipality of Kincardine Cemetery are found in the Cemetery By-Law, items 3.2 and 3.6. 

All items are subject to the approval of the Cemetery Lead Hand.

Arrange a meeting with the cemetery to view the areas available by calling the Cemetery Lead Hand at 519-396-8496.

Ground Burials

At all three active cemeteries, you can purchase single graves that accommodate one casket and four (4) cremated remains.

Cremation

At the Kincardine and Port Bruce Cemeteries you can purchase cremation burial graves, which accommodate two (2) cremated remains.

The Kincardine and Tiverton Cemeteries have columbaria, which are above ground structures specially designed to hold containers of cremated remains. A niche is an individual compartment in a columbarium that accommodates up to three (3) cremated remains, which must be approved by the Cemetery Lead Hand.

Only the person whose name is on the deed has the right to be buried or allow any burials in that grave.

Please see our Cemetery Price List for pricing. This information can also be found in Schedule D of our 2024 Rates and Fees By-Law.

Transferring ownership of a deed is unique for every transaction. Please contact us at 519-396-3468 ext. 7122 so we can assist you with this.

Monuments are to be made of granite or marble with no vertical joint and no ornament of stone, metal, or other material attached.

For more details, please call the Cemetery Lead Hand at 519-396-8496.

You can also refer to schedules A, B, and C of the Cemetery By-law for more information.

More information about funerals and burials in Ontario is available from the Bereavement Authority of Ontario and in the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act.