Natural Burial in Canada

Vancouver BC
Mountain View is recognized by the Green Burial Council as a hybrid cemetery. The council defines this as “conventional cemeteries offering the option for burial without the need for a vault (partial, inverted or otherwise), a vault lid, concrete box, slab or partitioned liner. Hybrid Burial Grounds shall not require the embalming of decedents […]

Halifax NB
SACKVILLE - Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Lower Sackville now offers a burial option for environmentally-conscious consumers seeking “greener” pastures for their final resting place.
Contact
Site Location:
601 Sackville Dr.
Lower Sackville,Halifax County,
Nova Scotia, Canada
Office:
5675 Spring Garden Rd. (Lord Nelson Hotel)
P.O Box 205,
Halifax, NS, Canada,
B3J 2M4
Telephone: (902) 425-6922
Fax: (902) 425-6943
E-Mail: mont@pleasanthillcemetery.ca

Kitchener Ontario
Your choice for permanent memorialization provides you and your family with a lasting focal point for healing and strength. Whatever you decide, it will be an ongoing expression of love in the celebration of a beautiful life.
In its selection of six cemetery properties – each with its own unique character […]

Victoria BC Canada 
Royal Oak Burial Park is a conventional cemetery located in the Broadmead area of Saanich.  Royal Oak is currently working to develop a natural burial area.
Contact
4673 Falaise Drive
Victoria, BC  V8Y 1B4
Telephone:           (250) 658-5621
Facsimile:           (250) 658-8511
Email:           info@robp.ca
http://www.robp.ca/index.shtml

Cobourg, Ontario

Cobourg Union Cemetery is a non-profit cemetery created in 1867. At the time it was two hills outside of town overlooking Pratt’s pond and mill. In 1871 two hundred spruce trees were planted lining the roadways. The Cobourg Peterborough Railway ran immediately adjacent the eastern boundary.
Eventually the Cemetery […]

We would like to invite you to join us for a review of the past year’s activities at our 3nd Annual General Meeting:
June 27, 2010 at 2 pm
10 Carden St., Guelph Ontario
Since we last updated you, we have been evaluating our progress to date in terms of finding an ideal location on […]

We would like to invite you to join us for a review of the past year’s activities at our 2nd Annual General Meeting:
April 25th, 2009 - 2:00 pm
10 Carden St., Guelph Ontario
The Natural Burial Co-operative continues to steadily build its membership and we are now widely recognized as leaders in the development and promotion of […]

Dear Co-operative Members,
In the last year, much has taken place to advance natural burial in Canada. Since our incorporation in June 2006, this co-operative has steadily built its membership and we are now widely recognized as leaders in the movement to launch Canada’s first natural burial site.
We are writing to you to give you a […]

Message from the President
A warm welcome to all our new members! We are currently working with a number of landowners across the country to establish Canada’s first natural burial ground. Progress is, of course… slow, however we are optimistic that we will have something to show for our efforts in the new year.
I am greatly […]

The Toronto Star is running an article on natural burial today by Nancy J. White, life writer for the newspaper. The article features interviews from two Natural Burial Co-operative co-founders, Michael Salisbury and Michael Driscoll as well as other members of the natural burial movement in North America.”It’s a way to finance environmental restoration […]