Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries

The Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries is a non-profit statutory public trust that owns and operates 10 cemeteries, 9 funeral centres, 4 crematoria and 14 mausoleums across the Greater Toronto Area. It was founded in 1855 as the Toronto General Burying Grounds Trust and later became Toronto Trust Cemeteries, and then Commemorative Services of Ontario before adopting its current name of the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries in 1998. By 2023, the Trust owned 1,400 acres of land and had assets of nearly $1.3 billion including a $581-million perpetual trust fund designated for the long-term maintenance of its cemeteries.

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