Established 1954 Country Canada Owned by Archdiocese of Toronto Founded 1954 Province Ontario | Location Thornhill, Ontario Type Roman Catholic Size 145 acres Phone +1 905-889-7467 Owner Archdiocese Of Toronto | |
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Address 8361 Yonge St, Thornhill, ON L3T 2C7, Canada Hours Open today · 8:30AM–4:30PMMonday8:30AM–4:30PMTuesday8:30AM–4:30PMWednesday8:30AM–4:30PMThursday8:30AM–4:30PMFriday8:30AM–4:30PMSaturday8:30AM–4:30PMSundayClosed Burials Aloysius Ambrozic, Gerald Emmett Carter Similar Marshall Funeral Home Inc, RS Kane Funeral Home, DeMarco Funeral Visitation, Ward Funeral Home Ltd, Fratelli Vescio Funeral H | ||
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a 145 acres (58 hectares) cemetery in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada north of Toronto.
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Located east side of 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 as Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery and St. Michael’s Cemetery in Toronto were reaching capacity.
There are two sections due to presence of the Canadian National Railway (and servicing GO Transit Richmond Hill line) tracks:
West The main entrance is from Yonge Street with most of the burial sites along with other structures:
Pomona Mills Creek runs through this section of the cemetery.
East
Accessed from Langstaff Road via Bayview Avenue this section of cemetery is partially developed and home to the Holy Family Mausoleum. The Holy Family Mausoleum is a three storey brick structure with Doric columns.
The cemetery was built on the Lots 33 and 32 belonging to settlers William Parsons (postmaster of the Village of Thornhill and Henry Miller).
Unlike Mount Hope and St. Michael's Cemeteries, Holy Cross was established with additional capacity with a larger property.
Notable burials
Notables buried here include:
Other Catholic Cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area
Major properties in the GTA include:
There are a list of smaller cemeteries as well:
Other burial sites not within cemeteries include: