Mount Pleasant Cemetery Cremation And Funeral Centres

Well, paying respect is part of life for those that have had departed loved ones.

This is a well-maintained cemetery in the heart of Toronto.

Lots of runners and cyclists taking advantage of the tranquility of the grounds and huge trees.

One of my favourite places to walk through and it is adjacent to popular green spaces in the area. Something about walking through here is very peaceful despite it being a large cemetery. It is well maintained and a wonderful space to walk through during all seasons.

A great and very large cemetery
Its not only for the DEAD
Many walkers and joggers come here daily
Just don't get locked in after they lock the gates :)

The cemetery starts at Yonge St. and extends to Bayview Ave.

Not only it is home to large mausoleums and beautifully carved sculptured, but also it is a very beautiful and well-maintained garden that provides splendid view in every season.

It is a safe place to have your daily walk or cycling in the heart of midtown Toronto (Respectfully obviously) and be ways from the hustle and bustle of the surroundings.

It is most beautiful in early spring and fall.

I travel quite a distance to pay respects to quite a few family members buried at this cemetery. I'm NOT fond of the people jogging, biking or walking through while most of us want quiet while paying our respects to the deceased. But it is what it is.

Went here for a research project last weekend and it was a very calming visit. The cemetery is one of the largest in Canada, just a little outside of the city in a quiet area of town.

Grounds are very well maintained and there are many paths within the cemetery both accessible by car and foot. Saw many runners on the day I went, at first didn't think of a cemetery as a running path but actually seems quite common in the area.

Would maybe reccomend mapping out beforehand as it gets a bit tricky to navigate through.

For years, having seen snippets of this cemetery flash by while on the subway, I've wanted to explore these grounds. Yesterday I had the chance and I am in awe of its beauty.

Perhaps it sounds strange to some but I thoroughly enjoy walking through cemeteries reading headstones and enjoying the calmness. I don't know, I guess I find it peaceful.

This cemetery is so vast that I used the help of Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?FScemeteryid=639401&page=cem and a map of the grounds to plan my day.

I was able to find the graves and pay my respects to such greats as Glen Gould, William Lyon Mackenzie King and Timothy Eaton to name a few. What a humbling experience.

death is a business...and business is good...morbid enough for you?
this has to be one of the most lavish cemeteries in Canada, and huge in size, to the point where people often use the grounds as a jogging or training path. spanning from Yonge street to Bayview. holding just over 168,000 burials(ground and non ground?) its almost like stepping into a time warp just to see the different stones throughout the decades and generations. even furthering the point is that they are still uncovering marked graves to this day. this place is truly beautiful in all seasons, as I have come here to take some photos from time to time. was lucky enough to attend a service for remembrance day this year as well, which was very touching given my military past. you could literally spend a day here just checking out everything.
also this is one of the few cemeteries to offer walking tours during the warmer months of the year, weather permitting.

My aunt took me to Mount Pleasant Cemetery on a snowy winter day. Because of the weather, we didn't spend too much time there but I had the feeling of tremendous tranquility and peace. The grounds are extensive in this historic cemetery, founded in 1876.

I came to pay my respects to Glenn Gould, the brilliant and eccentric pianist who lived in and loved Toronto (and Canada). We picked up a map at the entrance and found his humble grave. It was close to quite a few Chinese graves (amusing). He chose a ground burial. The stone has the outline of a piano, his name and his birth date (Sept. 25, 1932) and his date of death (Oct. 4, 1982). He predicted he would die at the age of 50.

Plot: Section 38, No. 1050

I think I first learned about Glenn Gould when I watched 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould. The film really impressed me - the music, the unusual episodic format, the man. His ambiguous sexuality was also intriguing and his intense desire for privacy.

I also bought some Gould CDs from HMV (at the time, these recordings weren't available in the US).

Mixed review:

(1) For the cemetery and what is contains, five stars. Agree with other reviewers. Comparable to other great 19th century cemeteries, with perhaps not as many folks of international renown. Beautiful monuments with some unusual ones mixed in, plus lovely landscaping.

(2) For the management and the families of the wealthier inhabitants (or perhaps the proper word is decadents), one star. I was with a photography club there today and were warned by a particularly gnarly worker that we "needed permission" to take photos. Connie, perhaps because you visited alone in the winter and we visited as a group on Halloween, maybe this caused the attention. In any case, the cemetery manager, who was much more polite, saw us and explained that the cemetery itself did not care (than they should have explained this to their staff) but the problem was that some people sued for images posted on the internet because the plots themselves are privately owned.

I do not get the big f-king deal. I'd be honoured if someone took pictures of the graves of my relatives as long as they were used in a respectful manner. I have taken tons of pictures in cemeteries in my former hometown of Chicago and the reaction there has been either indifference of helpfulness (a caretaker in one of the larger but lesser known ones gave me a private tour and pointed out many important graves because it was a slow day and she liked to gab). Furthermore, most historical cemeteries I've been in the States are very proud of their status and their denizens (I guess this is the proper word) and offer tours.

If someone can explain to me - perhaps on a forum - why there should be such a large gap between Canadians and Americans on the subject of the dead I'd appreciate it. Also, the explanation that the plots are private property seems to imply that one cannot take a picture from the sidewalk of an architecturally significant, historical or just plain interesting house and post it publicly, since this is also private property viewable from a public space.

My opinion is that if something can be seen publicly and is not a copyrighted object, it is not subject to privacy. After all, security cameras watch us in public spaces all the time. (Though personally, I think they should be banned from washrooms.)