Photo Credits

Photo Acknowledgements

To mark our 200th anniversary, large vinyl banners featuring beautiful photography will be displayed across our sites. We are pleased to acknowledge and credit the following contributors for the images used:

Funeral procession along muddy road, Earlscourt

Funeral procession along muddy road, Earlscourt, 1908-1909. 

A burial casket is being carried because the horse got stuck in the mud. 

Attribution: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 39 A
 

Aerial Shot of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 1956

Aerial Shot of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 1956

Attribution: Northway/Photomap/Remote Sensing Ltd.
705.730.6694     www.northway-photomap.com
 

stone pathway in green cemetery

Pathway at Toronto Necropolis, 2025

A serene mossy pathway through the historic Toronto Necropolis, surrounded by lush greenery and tombstones

Attribution: ID 383486330 © John Twynam | Dreamstime.com

cemetery with fall leaves

Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a 202-acre graveyard opened in 1876. 

Photo Credit: Tanya Mok
 

Gravestones at Toronto Necropolis

Toronto Necropolis

Photo credit: Marius Dumitrache, Mount Pleasant Group

Cemetery lawn with memorial markers, trees, and city skyline in the background.

York Cemetery

Appearing at: York Cemetery, Thornton Cemetery, Elgin Mills Cemetery

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group 

Historic funeral procession with horses and carriages on a city street.

P Bick Funeral at MP in 1918

Attribution: www.veterans.gc.ca

Man carefully working inside a coffin in an early funeral workshop.

A coffin in progress in Ebbutt Funeral Services’ workshop in Croydon, 1937 

Taken at TH Ebbutt in West Croydon in 1937, this image shows a hole being drilled into a coffin rim to secure the lid after sealing.

Appearing at: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto Necropolis, Beechwood Cemetery, Pine Hills Cemetery, Thornton Cemetery, Duffin Meadows Cemetery, Elgin Mills Cemetery 

Attribution: From the Brian Parsons Collection 

Historic city scene with streetcar and dense pedestrian traffic.

Yonge Street Crowd, 1902

Historic image from the Toronto Archives showing crowds on Yonge Street in the 1900s celebrating the end of the Boer War.

Appearing at: Beechwood Cemetery, Pine Hills Cemetery, Duffin Meadows Cemetery, Elgin Mills Cemetery 

Attribution: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 897

Historic map layout of a cemetery and surrounding plots.

Goad's insurance plan, plate 119 - area bordered by Grace Terrace, Balliol Street, East York Avenue and St. Clair Avenue

Atlas page showing streets, lots and buildings between Grace Terrace, Balliol Street, East York Avenue and St. Clair Avenue.

Appearing at Mount Pleasant Cemetery 

Attribution: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 2, Series 2421, File 17, Item 21

Historic cemetery with stone monuments and mausoleum in the background.

Mount Pleasant Mausoleum with Monuments, c1930s 

Appearing at: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Pine Hills Cemetery

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

 

 

Groundskeepers tending landscaped greenery in a park‑like cemetery.

Mount Pleasant Property Team

Appearing at Mount Pleasant Cemetery 

Photo Credit: Colin Clark

Historic aerial photograph of York Cemetery and surrounding city blocks.

Aerial Shot of York Cemetery, March 1992

Appearing at York Cemetery 

Attribution: The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Corporate Services Department

Contemporary memorial monuments with city skyline in the background.

Veteran Memorial at York Cemetery, c1930s

York’s dedicated veterans’ section honours Canadian and Allied veterans and their spouses. In recognition of their service and sacrifice, interment rights in this section are offered at a reduced cost. 

Appearing at York Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Black‑and‑white image of a truck loaded with trees and workers on site.

Tree Planting at York Cemetery, 1940s 

Appearing at York Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Large graveside service with uniformed mourners gathered in a cemetery.

Burial of Colonel John A. Currie, July 10, 1931 

Published in The Globe on July 10, 1931, this image shows the military funeral of Colonel John A. Currie, with a formal procession and graveside service held at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Appearing at Prospect Cemetery 

Attribution: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1266, Item 24641

Horse‑drawn hearse traveling through a cemetery.

Horses pulling a hearse along muddy St. Clair Avenue West, 1908 / 1909 

Appearing at Prospect Cemetery 

Attribution: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 39

 

Gravel road through a cemetery with stone monuments on a hillside.

Toronto Necropolis Monuments, c1930s

Appearing at: Toronto Necropolis, Prospect Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

 

 

Historic streetcar scene with automobiles on a city street.

Streetcar on Mount Pleasant Road, c1951

Appearing at Prospect Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

 

 

Gothic‑style cemetery chapel surrounded by trees and greenery.

Victorian gothic architecture at Toronto Necropolis Chapel

Appearing at Toronto Necropolis 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

 

Modern granite memorial sculpture set in landscaped park grounds.

Meadowvale War Memorial 

At the centre of this memorial landscape is Conflict, an interpretive sculpture by Toronto artist Kari Myllymaki. Its abstract granite forms and polished globe honour veterans without glorifying war, creating a contemplative space shaped in collaboration with arborist Jack Radecki.

Appearing at Meadowvale Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Stone sculpture of a resting dog on a memorial base.

Dog and Cat sculpture at Thornton Cemetery

The dog and cat sculpture in the pet and family section at Thornton Cemetery.

Appearing at: Meadowvale Cemetery, Thornton Cemetery 

Attribution: Ziyan Hossain

Stone memorial markers arranged in a landscaped garden setting.

Meadowvale Natural Burial obelisks 

Appearing at Meadowvale Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Aerial photograph showing ponds, memorial areas, and tree‑lined paths.

Meadowvale Aerial

Appearing at Meadowvale Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Curving paved path beside a pond with fountains and trees.

Meadowvale Cemetery

Appearing at Meadowvale Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Aerial view of a large modern cemetery building surrounded by greenery.

Mausoleum Aerial Shot 

Appearing at Beechwood Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Butterflies released into the air during a memorial ceremony.

Butterfly Release

Appearing at: Pine Hills Cemetery, Thornton Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Canadian flag flying above a memorial monument in a landscaped park.

Pine Hills Cenotaph

Appearing at Pine Hills Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Historic graves marked with white crosses beneath a flagpole.

Pine Hills Vets Section c1928

Appearing at Pine Hills Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Historic aerial map showing a dense urban street grid.

Aerial Photographs 1992 

Aerial photographs document Toronto’s changing landscape from 1947 to 1992. Taken from aircraft, these photographs show rivers, forests, parks, buildings, roads and other features of the urban environment. 

Appearing at Pine Hills Cemetery

Attribution: Northway/Photomap/Remote Sensing Ltd. 

Tall upright stone slabs arranged along a paved garden path with trees and greenery.

Duffin Meadows, Natural Burial Area

Natural Burial Area at the Duffin Meadows Cemetery in Pickering. It features large natural stone obelisks for inscriptions overlooking a meadow of wildflowers and naturalized plants.  

Appearing at: Duffin Meadows Cemetery

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Black and white photo of a large wooden barn overlooking a landscaped field with young trees.

Duffin Meadows Old Barn

Appearing at: Duffin Meadows Cemetery 

Photo courtesy of Mount Pleasant Group

Winding river flowing through a leafless forested valley at dusk, with a small bridge in the distance.

Rouge river creek view on top of one of the parks bluffs 

A winding river cuts through a quiet, leafless forest, its pale green water reflecting a soft, fading sky. The eroded banks and bare trees evoke a sense of stillness, transition and time slowly reshaping the landscape. 

Appearing at: Elgin Mills Cemetery 

Attribution: Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0