One of three cemeteries now operated by the City of Winnipeg, the 37-acre property serves as the final resting place of more than 7,300 people. It was first opened in 1914 by the Municipality of Transcona. The City took ownership of the cemetery in 1972 when the municipalities amalgamated as part of the broader ‘Unicity', which saw 13 municipalities amalgamate to form the City of Winnipeg.

The Field of Honour is the final resting place of more than 300 Veterans and Service Members. A memorial cross was unveiled within the Field of Honour in 1987 to commemorate the Veterans interred in the Cemetery. In 2020, a Bridge of Remembrance was erected to honour the 119 fallen soldiers who died during WWI and WWII and were buried overseas. The bridge connects the older Field of Honour area with the newly expanded area to the west.

(Source: City of Winnipeg website [2023/09, Adapted])

Established in 1914, this cemetery is located within the Perimeter Highway around the City of Winnipeg, but due to the fact it is on the south side of Dugald Road it is situated in the Rural Municipality of Springfield. Within the cemetery is a monument commemorating fallen war veterans that was unveiled on 4 October 1987, following a project resulting in the restoration of the Field of Honour section of the cemetery, including the restoration of damaged headstones and the replacement of missing ones. The project was sponsored by the members and ladies' auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion (Transcona Branch No. 7).

Also on the grounds is a small brick building that was built in 1932 by William Henry Girling, using bricks salvaged from the abandoned Suthwyn Presbyterian Church, as a chapel and winter vault for when frozen ground prevented the digging of graves. The building was later used for the storage of groundskeeping equipment. As of 2019, it was listed as abandoned in the City of Winnipeg's asset inventory list, having been replaced by a new structure elsewhere on the grounds.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD16-34-10-04-E1

A broad cross-section of Manitobans are buried here. Their many stories are told in a variety of local history books and newspaper accounts. Free digital versions of many of these are available online in the University of Manitoba Digital Collections. There is also a list of such books organized by district and town name on the Manitoba Historical Society's website on their page entitled "Finding Aid: Manitoba Local History Books".

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0888), transcribed by a member or members in 1995 and updated in 2021. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages).