Park Lawn Cemetery

Park Lawn Cemetery
Northwest entrance to Park Lawn Cemetery.
Details
Established1892
Location
2845 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M8X 1A6
Coordinates43°38′50″N 79°30′03″W / 43.647094°N 79.500954°W / 43.647094; -79.500954
TypePublic
StyleNon-denominational
Owned byPark Lawn LP
No. of graves49,000
Websitewww.parklawnlp.ca
Find a GravePark Lawn Cemetery

Park Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery in the Etobicoke district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It currently has around 22,000 graves. It is managed by the Park Lawn Limited Partnership, which also runs five other cemeteries in Toronto. The cemetery offers ground burials and a mausoleum for above-ground interment and cremation urns. It is located south of Bloor Street, west of the Humber River.

History

Park Lawn Cemetery & Mausoleum opened in 1892 as Humbervale Cemetery and was owned by local farmers in the area. It was sold in 1912 and again in 1915 to Park Lawn Cemetery Company, and was renamed to the current name.[1] In 1999, Park Lawn opened Paradise Mausoleum; phase two of Paradise Mausoleum was completed in 2007.[citation needed]

In 1995, a section of the cemetery was re-zoned to permit construction of a condominium building. While the building was opposed by lot owners, the Ontario Municipal Board approved the project.[citation needed] The cemetery has twice been attacked by vandals, once in 1990[2] and again in 2006. Both times several youths were convicted of damaging or toppling several hundred stones.

The cemetery contains a mass grave containing the remains of 75 "home children" from Britain.[3][4]

Notable interments

The cemetery contains 96 war graves of Commonwealth service personnel, 19 from World War I and 67 from World War II.[5]

Athletes

Politicians

Musicians

Businesspersons

Others

  • Gordon Sinclair – journalist with CBC and Toronto Star and for CFRB 1010 radio[6]
  • Leone N. Farrell - biochemist/microbiologist whose invention enabled mass production of polio vaccine
  • Wally Floody - Canadian fighter pilot and prisoner of war who planned the "Great Escape"
  • Stanley Frolick – lawyer, Ukrainian Canadian activist[10]
  • Adolfas Šapoka – prominent Lithuanian historian and writer

References

  1. ^ Bradburn, Jamie. "Toronto Cemetery Sojourns: Park Lawn Cemetery | cityscape". Torontoist. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  2. ^ "Teen jailed in cemetery vandalism" Cal Millar. Toronto Star. Jul 17, 1990. pg. A.7
  3. ^ [1] Dozens of ‘British home children’ lie forgotten in Etobicoke cemetery. Feb. 27, 2016
  4. ^ a b c d Toronto.com
  5. ^ [2] CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record. Date retrieved 14 January 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Toronto Sun
  7. ^ Park Lawn: Glen Brydson
  8. ^ Park Lawn: Alex Romeril
  9. ^ Park Lawn: Sir Henry Pellatt
  10. ^ Ukrainians in the United Kingdom
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