Welcome to Vancouver's Cemetery
Vancouver's only cemetery is located west of Fraser Street between 31st and 43rd Avenues. The cemetery's beautiful vistas and central location make it a place where many Vancouverites have chosen to honour the memories of their family and friends, and go for quiet contemplation. It's a unique, open space where city history is preserved.
Owned and operated by the City of Vancouver since 1886, Mountain View is made up of 106 acres of land with approximately 92,000 grave sites and 145,000 interred remains.
For the first time in more than 23 years Vancouver’s only cemetery has new spaces available for purchase. The award winning construction project at Mountain View Cemetery has resulted in more than 2,000 new spaces available for cremated remains.
Interment Options:
Interment options at Mountain View include Columbaria Niches, in-ground cremation space, and in-ground burial space. Information and pricing is available here
What's Happening Now...
- Family Estates are now available. See our information card for more details.
- Our Summer Event is the Vancouver Draw Down!
Join us for genealogical walking tours (10:30 and 11:30 am) followed by the Tracing Memory Memorial Pinprick Drawing workshop with Elizabeth MacKenzie
Saturday, June 9, 2012 from 11:00am - 1pm
Mountain View Cemetery, Celebration Hall, 5445 Fraser Street, Vancouver BC
More details about the event here - Walking Tours! We have a great set of tours this year. Check out the poster.
- Mountain View's App! Yes, we have an app for the iphone. The app allows users to search cemetery records by name and then see the location of the grave on a zoomable aerial image of the cemetery. It's free. Available on itunes.
- New Casket Space is Available
We are very pleased to let you know that casket graves are now available for purchase. These new lots are located in the Masonic and Knights of Pythias sections which are in close proximity to the office building located by 39th and Fraser St. More information
- New self guided walking tour is now available [pdf 1.5mb] and don't forget our other walking tour brochures here.
Find Out More About:
Memorial Services, Urns for Purchase, Renting the Celebration Hall & Courtyard,
Green Burial
All Souls Event, Cemetery History, Interesting Citizens, Burial Records, Current and Past Events, Walking & Self-guided Tours, The Reading Room
Walking Tours for 2012
The popular walking tour series will return in the new year. Watch for dates and times or add your name to our event notification list. All tours go rain or shine. No need to register and they are still just $10.00 (cash) per person.
Green Urns Now Available
Mountain View has a selection of Urns available for purchase. These are on display at the cemetery office. Check out the latest environmentally friendly options along with the rest of our selection.
Keep in Touch
To keep up to date with the cemetery, join the Facebook group for updates and news, follow the Twitter feed, watch YouTube, or add your name to our event notification list.
Don't forget our Flickr group for photographs. Our events page lists some of our annual and past events.
Why We are Green
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 and must allow for any kind of eco-friendly burial containers including shrouds."
Since its opening in 1887 Mountain View Cemetery has had few restrictions on burials leaving the majority of decisions to individual choice.
Look For Our "no elephants" Signs
We have signs up to remind visitors that dogs must be on a leash in the cemetery. Here's the story The Death Reference Desk
