Rates

Right to Interment – Full Casket Lot

• Under Section Nine Sub Section 1 (a) of St. John’s Public Cemetery By-Law the Cemetery shall place 40 % or $290.00 of the sale price in the Care and Maintenance Fund for any lot 24 square feet or greater.
• A single lot may have one coffin burial plus a cremated remain or two cremated remains with no coffin burial.
• A request for more than two cremated human remains requires further payment using Section D rates.
• All lots in Section A, B, C, K and L allow for upright markers.
• Section N (Natural Burial Section) allows for flat markers only. The Master Monument provided by the Cemetery shall be used and inscribed at lot owner’s cost.
• Section N shall follow all points listed in Section 24 of St. John’s Public Cemetery.
• There are opening and closing fees at time of need.

Right to Interment – Human Cremated Remains (Ground Burial)

• Under Section Nine Sub Section 1 (b) of St. John’s Public Cemetery By-Law the Cemetery shall place 40 % or $175.00 of the sale price in the Care and Maintenance Fund for any lot under 24 square feet.
• Sections D + Pet Section One allows for cremation interment only.
• Only flat markers are allowed and shall not exceed the footprint of the Lot.
• There are two cremated human remains allowed in each Lot.
• Pet remains are allowed in Pet Section One. (West)
• Lot size is 1.5 feet X 1.5 feet.
• There are opening and closing fees at time of need.

Rights to Human and Pet Cremated Remains (Ground Burial)
Pet Section Two (East)

• Under Section Nine Sub Section 1 (b) of St. John’s Public Cemetery By-Law the Cemetery shall place 40% or $175.00 of the sale price in the Care and Maintenance Fund for any Lot under 24 square feet.
• Only flat markers are allowed and shall not exceed the footprint of the Lot.
• Pet and Human remains are allowed to be interred together in Pet Section Two.
• Lot size is 2.0 feet X 2.0 Feet.
• There are opening and closing fees at time of need.

Right to Scatter Human + Pet Cremated Remains

• Under Section Nine Sub Section 1 (f) of St. St. John’s Public Cemetery By-Law the Cemetery shall place 15 % or $30.00 which ever is greater, in the Care and Maintenance Fund.
• There are no Cemetery fees for the scattering.
• The Rights holder shall pay for the inscription on the master monument.
• Independent memorials are not allowed. Rights may be re-sold. The remains are not retrievable and shall only take place within the footprint of the Scattering Grounds.

Inurnment of Human Cremated Remains (Columbarium)

• Under Section Nine Sun Section 1 (d) of St. John’s Public Cemetery By-Law the Cemetery shall place 15 % or $165.00, which ever is greater, in the Care and Maintenance Fund.
• Each niche in “I Am the Vine” will hold two urns provided the urns are of a size that will fit the niche which is the following size (9”X 13”X 10”).
• Each Niche in the Sunset Columbarium may hold two urns provided the urns are of a size that will fit the niche which is the following size (11 ½” X 11 ½” X 16”).
• Each niche in the Nelson Columbarium may hold two urns provided urns are of a size that will fit the niche which is the following size (12” X 12”X 16“)
  “I Am the Vine” niche may be re-sold provided there has not been an inscription.
• Sunset and Morning Glory niches may be re-sold; if faceplate has been inscribed, it shall be replaced at the niche holder’s cost.
• All lettering shall be the VERMARCO font.
• All remains are retrievable EXCEPT from the Nelson Ossuary
• There are opening and closing fees at time of need.

Columbarium Inscription Fees

Open and Closing Fees

Storage of Cremated Remains

Flat Marker Settings

Disinterment

Additional Fees

Monument Contribution to Care and Maintenance

Pre 1955 Sales

• In accordance with the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act SO 2002 Chapter 33 and Ontario Regulation 30/11 St. John’s Public Cemetery is allowed to charge current Care and Maintenance Fee on any Lot sold prior to 1955.
• This fee is activated when new ownership of the Rights to Interment takes place.
• These fees may be charged using the current St. John’s Public Cemetery price list and the Bereavement Authority of Ontario authorized per centage contribution.