Welcome to Vancouver's Cemetery
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. It is Vancouver's only cemetery.
Mountain View is the only Canadian Cemetery recognized by the Green Burial Council
Find out more about our columbaria niches, renting the Celebration Hall & Courtyard,
All Souls, history,
tours or interesting
citizens page.
Looking for a burial record? Start here.
Walking Tours
Feb 14, 2010
2:00pm - Chinese and Jewish Sections of the Old Cemetery - A Window
to the Past
tour by Lorraine Irving
4:00pm - A Lantern Walk (the last half at least)
tour by John Atkin
Cost: $10:00 pp. No reservations are necessary.
All tours depart from the Celebration Hall and Courtyard (enter off 39th Ave at Fraser).
Something of Interest
Poetry
There have been few poems written about Mountain View, Negotiating With the Dead is by Daniela Elza.
She lives in Vancouver, and is currently working on her first full length poetry manuscript and contemplating her doctoral thesis in Philosophy of Education at SFU.
We found the poem at http://www.ditchpoetry.com/danielaelza.htm, it was originally published in Matrix Magazine: The New Vancouver, Issue 84, 2009.
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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.
