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Cemeteries

 Cemetery fees and charges
  •  By-Law 2022-56 – Cemeteries
  •  Schedule of Fees
Municipally owned and operated cemeteries

BAO License #3268014

 

Active Cemeteries
  • Fairview Cemetery, 10764 Currie Rd. Dutton Dunwich
  • Black’s Cemetery, 28788 Talbot Line, Wallacetown
  • McKillop Cemetery, 30490 Talbot Line Wallacetown
Inactive Cemeteries
  • Bobier Cemetery, Concession 10 Lot 17, stones moved to Tyrconnell Cemetery.
  • Kerr Cemetery, 14369 Coyne Rd., Dutton Dunwich
  • Largie Cemetery, 3240 Largie Rd., Dutton Dunwich
  • Lumley #1 Cemetery, 8225 Iona Rd., Iona
  • Lumley #2 Cemetery, 8009 Iona Rd., Iona
  • McKenzie Cemetery, McKenzie Line – No 911 Located by a ravine near the river.  
Independently owned and operated Not for Profit Cemeteries  
  • Cowal McBride Cemetery (North and South, 33163 Aberdeen Line Dutton Dunwich - Contact: Peter Donaldson 519-719-1662

  • St. Helen’s (Crowley), 28291 Thomson Line, Dutton Dunwich - Contact:  Dan Booth 519-639-0949

  • St. Peter’s Cemetery, 29625 Lakeview Line, Dutton Dunwich - Contact:  Rev. Nick Wells 519-615-6226 

  • St. Stephen’s Cemetery, 32971 Fingal Line, Dutton Dunwich - Contact:  John Brown 519-670-2767

  • Tyrconnell Cemetery,28373 Lakeview Line, Wallacetown, On - Contact:  Cathy Small 519-762-3035

There are currently are no For-Profit Cemeteries in the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich. 

Care and maintenance

Care and maintenance (formerly Perpetual Care) funds were established by the Province of Ontario in 1926 as a requirement of for profit and municipal cemeteries (non-profit cemeteries in 1955), as a means of having income to maintain the cemetery once the sale of plots was exhausted.

In 1991, care and maintenance was also added on the sale of monuments and markers.  Plots sold previously to the inception of care and maintenance were given an opportunity to pay a one-time fee to $50 to be put in the fund and this stopped the yearly maintenance charges. 

The capital of these funds is not to be used.  The interest is used to maintain the cemetery – grounds and monuments.

Today, 40% of the purchase price of a lot is put into the care and maintenance funds.

If a non-profit cemetery in a municipality no longer has the means or volunteers to operate it, it becomes the property of the municipality.  The care and maintenance funds are transferred as well.  Usually these are inadequate to operate the cemetery.  For example, a Fund of $40,000 at 3% interest per year earns approximately $1200.

DONATIONS can be made to the care and maintenance fund of Fairview, Black’s or McKillop Cemeteries.  A tax-deductible receipt will be issued by the municipality.

 Frequently asked questions
  • Fairview Cemetery has Plots sold in 4 graves/lot per, 2 graves/lot per, and Single Grave/lot.
  • One Upright Monument is permitted on a Plot
  • One full burial and one cremation are allowed on each grave/lot. See By-Laws for exceptions.
  • Plots/Interment Rights can be transferred by Will.  Interment Rights can be assigned ahead of Need.  Plots that are not transferred by Will, follow real property and residual allocations.  For persons who die intestate, lines of succession are used.
  • Only the Interment Rights Holder has the right to change or alter monuments/markers or Interment Rights designations.
  • Clean up and removal of items left in the Cemetery will occur October 15th of each year. 
  • A flower bed is permitted, not to exceed 12 inches at the face of the monument.
  • Gardens not maintained by June 15th each year will be removed.
  • No Glass containers or items that create a safety concern for the workers will be allowed.  They will be removed.
  • The cemetery is not responsible for any items left in the cemetery that go missing or are damaged.
Additional resources
  • Bereavement Authority of Ontario
  • Bereavement Authority of Ontario's Consumer Information Guide: A Guide to Death Care in Ontario   
  • West Elgin Genealogical & Historical Committee
  • Elgin County Ontario Genealogy Society  
  • Canada GenWEb’s Cemetery Project
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