| Hamilton Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1847[1] |
| Location | 777 York Boulevard, Hamilton, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°16′36″N 79°53′25″W / 43.276643°N 79.890186°W |
| Type | Cemetery |
| Owned by | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Size | ~100 acres[2] |
| No. of graves | 21500 |
| No. of interments | ~20 |
| No. of cremations | ~30 |
| Find a Grave | Hamilton Cemetery |
Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, is the oldest public burial ground in the city. It is located on Burlington Heights, a high sand and gravel isthmus that separates Hamilton's harbor on the east from Cootes Paradise on the west.
Historically, the cemetery consists of three, separate burial grounds over 100 acres: Burlington Heights Cemetery, the Christ Church Grounds, and the Church of Ascension Grounds. It has been a contentious issue whether a flood, which around the 1860s inundated the city, necessitated the recollection of gravestones to be amassed in one place.
From 1850 until 1892, each burial ground was administered separately, but by the beginning of the 1890s, the church wardens had difficulty paying for the maintenance and upkeep of their areas. In 1892, the City of Hamilton agreed to assume responsibility for all the grounds, which were renamed "Hamilton Cemetery".
