Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill, Ontario
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a 145 acres cemetery in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada north of Toronto.
Located on Yonge Street south of Highway 407, it was created in 1954 by the Archdiocese of Toronto as an alternate burial grounds for Catholics in Toronto.
Main entrance is from Yonge Street and the large Holy Family Mausoleum from the north end of the cemetery.
Notables buried here include:
Other Catholic Cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area
Major properties in the GTA include:
- St. Paul’s Church Cemetery 1822 - Toronto
- St. Michael’s Cemetery 1855 - Toronto
- Hope Cemetery 1900 - Toronto
- Resurrection Cemetery 1964 - Whitby
- Assumption Cemetery 1968 - Mississauga
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery 1985 - Woodbridge
- Christ the King Cemetery 2004 - Markham
There are a list of smaller cemeteries as well:
- Mount Peace Cemetery, Mississauga
- St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Streetsville
- St. Mary’s Cemetery, Brampton
- St. Mary’s Cemetery, Port Credit
- St. Luke’s Cemetery, Thornhill
- St. Michael’s Cemetery, Toronto
- St. Francis De Sales Cemetery, Ajax
- St. Wilfred’s Cemetery, Ajax
- St. Gregory’s Cemetery, Oshawa
- St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Whitby
- St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Scarborough
- Our Lady of Victory Cemetery, Scarborough
- Queen of Clergy Cemetery, Scarborough
- St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Markham
References
- Holy Cross
- Jennifer McKendry Into the silent land : historic cemeteries & graveyards in Ontario Kingston, Ont.: c2003.