Adult or Child Grave $100.
Cemetery
The City of Govstack manages the Govstack Cemetery, located at 455 Phillip Street. We offer both traditional burial plots and niches in our columbarium (displayed urns and cremated remains). Our Cemetery Board ensures the cemetery's smooth running and upkeep, makes improvements and plans for necessary expansion in the future.
Our Cemetery By-law outlines the City's rules and regulations around:
- Cemetery administration
- Sale and transfer of interment rights
- Interments
- Monuments and markers
- Cemetery maintenance
- Fees
- Burial ordering and contracts
Arrange for a Loved One's Burial Needs
To arrange for a burial plot or niche for a loved one, contact the City CAO/Clerk by phone at 1-519-884-3352 or by email at productsupport@ghd.com to book an appointment.
Cemetery Fees
Effective January 1, 2024 our cemetery fees, as per our Cemetery By-law include the following costs.
Unless otherwise specified, prices shown do not include applicable HST.
Interment Rights
Interment right prices listed below include a non-refundable contribution to the cemetery's Care and Maintenance Fund. The prices listed below do not include the opening and closing of the grave, niche or crypt ("interment fee"), memorialization costs (flat marker, upright monument, etc.) and associated installation fees.
Columbarium Niche $410.
Care and Maintenance Fund Contribution
As required under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002 and Ontario Regulation 30/11, the amounts below will be contributed to an irrevocable trust fund known as the Care and Maintenance Fund/Account. Income (interest) from this fund is used to cover care and maintenance expenses of the cemetery in perpetuity.
For one in-ground grave, 2.23m2/24ft2 or larger $290.
Columbarium Niche $165.
Cemetery Services
Interment Fees (Opening and Closing of Grave)
Interment of an adult or child at standard depth $225.
Monuments and Markers
Care and Maintenance Fund Contribution
As required under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Service Act, 2002, the following amounts must be paid to the cemetery operator before a marker is installed. After each marker installation, the amount will be contributed to an irrevocable trust fund known as the Care and Maintenance Fund. Interest from the fund will be used to cover expenses for the care and maintenance of markers and monuments in perpetuity.
For flat markers measuring less than 1, 116cm2/173in2 $0
For flat markers measuring 1, 116cm2/173in2 or larger $100.
For upright monuments 1.22m / 4ft less in height and 1.22 / 4ft or less in length, including base $200.
For upright monuments more than 1.22 / 4ft in height and 1.22 / 4ft in length, including base $400.
Payment, Financing and Funding
Payment is due prior to services being provided and upon signing of contract. Payment must be made by cash, cheque, debit or most major credit cards.
Financial assistance for burial and cremation services is available through various governmental agencies to those who qualify.
Pre-payment in Advance of Need
For services that are being arranged pre-need, you may pay for these services at today's price, and we will place your money in a trust account, where it will accrue interest until the prepaid contract is fulfilled (when the services are delivered). Pre-payment can be made by cash, cheque or credit. Funds are held in the purchaser's name.
Contact Us
For questions related to the cemetery, please contact:
CAO/Clerk
Phone: 1-519-884-3352
Email: productsupport@ghd.com
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