Images from Mountain View's own Flickr group (if the thumbnails don't automatically appear, move your mouse across the bottom of the image.)
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 1887, Mountain View is made up of 106 acres of land with approximately 92,000 grave sites and 145,000 interred remains.
Mountain View is the only Canadian Cemetery recognized by the Green Burial Council
Find out more about our interment options, columbaria niches, memorial services, renting the Celebration Hall & Courtyard, our All Souls event, cemetery history, or interesting citizens page.
Looking for a burial record? Start here.
Events at Mountain View
Check our events page, join the Facebook group for updates, follow the Twitter feed or add your name to our mailing list. Don't forget our Flickr group for your photos.
What's Happening at the Cemetery
Anniversaries: Rogers Pass Disaster
March 4, 2010 is the 100th anniversary of the largest avalanche accident in Canada. 58 men died in the accident, 32 Japanese men are buried at Mountain View. More...
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Forum: The Final Disposition: De-Mystifying Death, Funerals, Cemeteries & Ceremonies
April 24, 2010 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
A forum designed to address practical and philosophical matters on dying and death. Discussion begins with hospice care and continues with the role of funeral homes and cemeteries. Alternative options such as green burial and the importance of ritual and ceremony will end the day. Download the poster. More information...
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Reading Room Opens
New: We've opened up a reading room
at the Cemetery Office. Come in and browse the growing collection. More...
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Mountain View has its own YouTube Channel
We have a number of videos available on YouTube. Check them out.
Open House and Rededication 2009
Mountain View's first open House was a great success. Over 400 people participated in walking tours, listened to music and took in a variety of displays during the day.
- Check out some photos of the day here.
The cemetery was rededicated in a ceremony that featured a First Nations blessing, speeches by the Mayor, a civic historian, the poet laureate, and an emotional speech by the Cemetery's general manager.
Read the poem written for the rededication by Poet Laureate Brad Cran
Some video from GVTV [wmv file]
New Columbaria
Niches
Construction is finished and we are now able to offer new columbaria niches for cremated remains for sale.
Celebration Hall & Courtyard
The Celebration Hall provides a perfect setting for memorial services, and is also an ideal venue for any number of events, from corporate retreats, client appreciation events or employee incentive gatherings to film screenings and small concerts.
