Duffin Meadows Cemetery

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CEMETERY GATE HOURS:

From April 1 to October 31, Cemetery Gates will be open daily from 8 AM - 8 PM.



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Duffin Meadows Cemetery

Opened in 1993, Duffin Meadows has a heritage and location linking back to the late 1800s. Originally a farm, the site features a natural landscape of valleys, ponds, rolling meadows and mature trees. The original farmhouse has been renovated and serves as the cemetery office. Future plans will give priority to respecting the historic setting and incorporating the natural rural character of the property.

Ground Burial Options

There are a variety of options available to you when you choose ground burial, including:

  • A single grave that can accommodate a flat marker and maximum of two (2) caskets and four (4) cremated remains may be buried in each grave unless otherwise specified on the document for the purchase of the interment rights
  • A single grave that permits upright monuments and a maximum of two (2) caskets and four (4) cremated remains may be buried in each grave unless otherwise specified on the document for the purchase of the interment rights
  • A larger lot of two or more graves that permits an upright monument.
  • Cremation Burial Plots for the burial of cremated remains

Cremation Options

  • Granite-fronted urn niches in an outdoor columbarium

  • Cremation Burial Plots in a feature area

  • Natural boulder memorial urn spaces

  • Granite curb Cremation Burial Plots bordering a tree

  • Burial in a grave or family lot

  • Cremorial granite bench

  • Niche inscriptions designed according to your wishes

  • The Garden of Remembrance: a stunning cemetery within a cemetery, offering a variety of cremation interment rights types in an exquisite pond setting

Natural Burial Options

Duffin Meadows’ Natural Burial section offers families a more natural environment to return remains to the earth as naturally as possible:

  • Each grave can accommodate up to one casket plus one cremated remains, or two cremated remains

  • Surface scattering is not permitted

  • Embalming is only permitted when biodegradable solutions are used

  • Burial vaults or outer containers are not permitted

  • Caskets, shrouds and urns must be biodegradable; lacquer or varnished finishes are not permitted

  • Markers, monuments, or memorials are not permitted on individual graves. Instead, memorialization is limited to an inscription of on one of the four central feature monolithic rocks

  • Tokens of remembrance, artificial flowers and/or live plant materials may not be placed on these graves

  • Grasses covering the grave-sites will not be mowed.

Adapting to Diversity

We strive to serve all communities, faiths and cultures in the local areas where we operate, and in 2002, we added a section designed specifically to meet the needs of the growing Chinese community.

Veterans’ Section

Duffin Meadows also has a lovely section for Canadian and Allied veterans and their spouses. In recognition of veterans’ service to their country, the costs of interment rights in this section are reduced.


Location Map

Cemetery Office Hours:

8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday
We are closed on Sundays and public holidays.

Cemetery Gate Hours:

April 1 to October 31         
 8:00 PM
November 1 to March 31  5:30 PM




2505 Brock Road North,
Pickering, ON L1X 0K3
Tel: 905-427-3385
Fax: 905-427-3447

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