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St. John's Cemetery, Halifax

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Province
  
Nova Scotia

Burials
  
Charles Tupper, Charles Hibbert Tupper, George Brown

St. John's Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia and forms a series of cemeteries in the Fairview area of Halifax, with Fairview Cemetery and Baron de Hirsch Cemetery.

Opened in 1839, it is the final resting place for a few prominent Anglicans in Halifax:

  • Canadian Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper
  • Father of Confederation John William Ritchie
  • The cemetery contains war graves of 70 Commonwealth service personnel, 62 from World War I (of whom 48 lie in the Naval Plot in Section Q) and 8 from World War II.

    References

    St. John's Cemetery, Halifax Wikipedia