Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill, Ontario
Holy Cross Cemetery Plaque
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| Established | 1954 |
| Location | Thornhill, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Type | Roman Catholic |
| Owned by | Archdiocese of Toronto |
| Size | 145 acres |
| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Holy Cross Cemetery |
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a 145 acres (58 hectares) cemetery in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada north of Toronto.
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.
Notables buried here include:
Major properties in the GTA include:
There are a list of smaller cemeteries as well:
Other burial sites not within cemeteries include:
Coordinates: 43°49′54″N 79°25′21″W / 43.8317°N 79.4226°W
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