In 1905 public meetings were held a a committee was appointed to see about purchasing lad for a community cemetery. The original 3 acres (more or less) were purchased from William and Mary Ann Brown on April 4, 1906. This land adjoined the church and cemetery known as Brown's Church and Brown's Church Burying Grounds, and an agreement was struck at that time to insure the cemetery maintenance and the perpetual care of all peoples interred at Brown's Cemetery.



The first burial in the new Caledon East Public Cemetery was that of Margaret Ann McCartney on April 26, 1906. Plots originally sold for $14 and $26 depending on whether one was buying four or eight graves. The fee for opening a grave was $8.



Several bodies and tombstones were moved into this cemetery from a number of smaller nearby cemeteries. The cemetery records mention removals and re-interments from the following:

Caesar's Cemetery Dixie Road (14999 Dixie Road at Boston Mills Road)

Crawford's Cemetery 2nd Line, Caledon ( 17584 Centreville Rd, Caledon)

Mitchell's Cemetery Lot 4, Conc 5, Mono

Sloan's Presbyterian Adjala (8221 Adjala Sideroad 5)

Snell's Cemetery Mono-Adjala Townline (near 993291 Mono-Adjala Townline)

St Andrew's Presbyterian 4th Line, Caledon (17621 St Andrew's Road)

St John's Mono 7th Line, Mono (953334 7th Line, Mono)

St John's Roman Catholic 4th Line, Albion (16066 The Gore Road)

St Jude's Anglican (also called Wilson's) 3rd Line, Caledon (17211 Horseshoe Hill Rd)

Wilson's 3rd Line, Albion (6830 Old Church Road)



Due to expanding population in the area, the Cemetery Board purchased an additional 2.8 acres in August 1984 to "increase the capabilities of the cemetery's use for many years to come" (Caledon Town Council resolution passed 13 August 1984)



Sources: OGS Cemetery transcript for Caledon East Public Cemetery (ISBN 0-7779-1870-6) recorded 1985, published 1986, retyped 2001, area maps