Cemeteries

To arrange the installation or inscription of a monument, please complete the Monument Installation Form and Send an Email. 

To arrange an interment in a municipally owned cemetery (Fairview, Black's, or McKillop) the following documentation is required:

• Original burial permit or original certificate of cremation
• Completed interment order
• Payment of outstanding fees

A minimum of two (2) business days notice of interment is required by the municipality (with exception for religious beliefs.)

For pricing information, please see the Cemetery Price List. Please note that additional fees apply to Sunday, holiday and winter burials.

For an interment to take place, consent is required from the interment rights holder (owner of the plot.) "Interment rights" refers to the right to bury/inter human remains, including cremated remains. If you are named on the Interment Rights Certificate, you are the interment rights holder and can request a burial, have a marker or monument installed or have an inscription added to a monument, in accordance with the Cemetery By-law. 

If you need to purchase a plot, please contact the Municipal Office at: (519) 762-2204 ext. 28 or Send an Email

 Cemetery Fees and Charges

Cemetery Price List

By-Law 2022-56 – Cemeteries  

Municipally Owned and Operated Cemeteries

BAO License #3268014

Active Cemeteries

• Fairview Cemetery, 10764 Currie Road, Dutton Dunwich
• Black’s Cemetery, 28788 Talbot Line, Wallacetown (no plots available for sale)
• McKillop Cemetery, 30490 Talbot Line, Wallacetown (no plots available for sale)

Inactive Cemeteries

• Kerr Cemetery, 14369 Coyne Road, Dutton Dunwich
• Lumley Cemetery, 8225 Iona Road, Iona

Map of local cemeteries

Independently Owned and Operated Not for Profit Cemeteries  

• Cowal McBride Cemetery, 33163 Aberdeen Line, Dutton Dunwich - Contact: Peter Donaldson, 519-719-1662

• Largie Cemetery, 3240 Largie Road, Dutton Dunwich - Contact: Paul McWilliam, 519-878-7224

• 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 - Contact: Cathy Small, 519-762-3035

There are currently are no for-profit cemeteries in the Municipality of Dutton Dunwich. 

Map of local cemeteries

Care and Maintenance

Care and Maintenance (formerly Perpetual Care) funds were established by the Province of Ontario in 1926 as a requirement for cemeteries, 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. Owners of plots sold previously were given an opportunity to pay a one-time fee to be put in the fund.

The capital of these funds is not 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 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 plots are sold as 4 graves, 2 graves, and single graves.
• One upright monument is permitted on a plot
• One full burial and one cremation are allowed on each grave/lot. See the Cemetery By-Law for exceptions.
• Plots/interment rights can be transferred by will. Plots that are not transferred by will, follow real property and residual allocations. For persons who die without a will, lines of succession are used.
• Only the interment rights holder (owner of the plot) 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 are permitted and 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