York Cemetery, Toronto

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York Cemetery is a cemetery located in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The property of York Cemetery was originally farmed by Joseph Shepard who bought the property in 1805. The brick farm house on the property was constructed by Joseph's son, Michael in 1837. In 1916 the Toronto General Burying grounds (now Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries) bought the property, but didn't start to convert the 172 acres (0.70 km²) for cemetery use until 1946, two years before the property officially opened. (1948). The cemetery once fronted on Yonge Street, but in 1966 eighteen and a half acres were sold to the city of North York (now Toronto). The cemetery keeps developing nowadays as well, with the addition of the chapel and reception center, and also the newly constructed "garden of remembrance".

[edit] Notable interments

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, and her husband Captain Kolikovsky.
Barbara Frum, journalist.
Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton, professional hockey player and founder of Tim Hortons donuts.
Henry Howey Robson, PTE, Second Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Lothian Regiment), British Army. Victoria Cross recipient for action in World War I.