St. John's Norway Cemetery and Crematorium
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St. John's Norway Cemetery and Crematorium

The Beaches, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada

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Located on the NW corner of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue.


St. John's Norway Cemetery and Crematorium is an historic cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

An extensive 35-acre property is just east of the Don Valley and not far from Lake Ontario, it is located at the intersection of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue in the east end of the city just northwest of The Beaches neighbourhood.


- In 1853 Charles Coxwell Small deeded three acres of his land to the Rt. Reverend John Strachan, Anglican Bishop of Toronto, for the construction of an church and churchyard to serve the rapidly growing community of Norway, which subsequently became part of Toronto.


- Although originally Anglican, St. John's Norway Cemetery is now a nondenominational inter-faith cemetery that has been serving Toronto and surrounding communities since 1853.


- Initially 3 acres, St. John's Norway expanded several times; it reached its current size of approximately 35 acres in 1925.


- over 50,000 gravesites and nearly 80,000 interments

Located on the NW corner of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue.


St. John's Norway Cemetery and Crematorium is an historic cemetery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

An extensive 35-acre property is just east of the Don Valley and not far from Lake Ontario, it is located at the intersection of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue in the east end of the city just northwest of The Beaches neighbourhood.


- In 1853 Charles Coxwell Small deeded three acres of his land to the Rt. Reverend John Strachan, Anglican Bishop of Toronto, for the construction of an church and churchyard to serve the rapidly growing community of Norway, which subsequently became part of Toronto.


- Although originally Anglican, St. John's Norway Cemetery is now a nondenominational inter-faith cemetery that has been serving Toronto and surrounding communities since 1853.


- Initially 3 acres, St. John's Norway expanded several times; it reached its current size of approximately 35 acres in 1925.


- over 50,000 gravesites and nearly 80,000 interments

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