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There are a number of cemetery providers in southern Alberta from local government to privately-owned companies and religious organizations. In keeping with our mandate to provide our members with lower cost funeral options and plans, we list only municipal cemeteries. If you are looking for an alternative location, please consult with one of our service providers. 

Calgary Municipal Cemeteries

The City of Calgary operates five cemeteries and an indoor mausoleum where families can honour and remember a loved one. Each cemetery offers a distinct experience,
Phone:403-221-3660
Email:CalgaryCemeteries@calgary.ca
Prairie Sky Cemetery ​(NEW) 12800 100 St. S.E. Calgary, AB
  • Calgary’s first option for green burials
  • east of Ralph Klein Park off 100 St. S.E. and 130 Ave. S.E,
  • is the first new cemetery built by The City since Queen’s Park opened in 1940
  • features in-ground and cremation plots
Queen’s Park Cemetery 3219 4th St. NW. 
This cemetery is located at 3219 - 4 Street in the north west quadrant of Calgary. Queen's Park Cemetery has been in operation since 1940 and is 54 hectares in size. This is Calgary's largest cemetery operation, and is where the Central Administration Office is located.
Queen's Park Mausoleum 3219 4th St. NW. 
The City of Calgary’s magnificent Queen’s Park Mausoleum is located in Queen’s Park Cemetery, a five-minute drive from downtown Calgary. The City of Calgary built this magnificent facility in the fall of 1997 in response to an increasing demand for this service. The Mausoleum also helps defer future need for cemetery land.
Union Cemetery 27th Ave & Spiller Rd. SE.
The oldest burial ground is located at 28th Avenue and Spiller Road S.E. This cemetery is bordered by Macleod Trail on the west side and Spiller Road on the east side. That part of Macleod Trail which passes Union Cemetery has been known for many years as Cemetery Hill. Many of the founders and early pioneers of Calgary and district are buried here. In the spring of 1891, Council had this section of land surveyed into burial plots for immediate use. Prior to that date, the site known as Shaganappi Point, which is the current site of the Shaganappi Golf Course, was used for burials. However, poor soil conditions forced The City to seek an alternate site. 
St. Mary's Cemetery Erlton St. & 32nd Ave. SW.
Calgary, Alberta. Calgary's first cemetery was established by the Roman Catholic mission in 1876. Later abandoned, the graves were moved to St. Mary's Cemetery, located at 30th Avenue and Erlton Street S. W. The City took over the operation of the cemetery in 1935. St. Mary's Cemetery consists of 7.1 hectares of land. 
Burnsland Cemetery 27th Ave & Spiller Rd. SE.
Located next to Union Cemetery, Burnsland Cemetery was established in 1923 out of the need for more burial space. This 13 ha (32-acre) land soon sold out of plots and by 1940, Calgary officials were required to search for more burial grounds. Burnsland Cemetery is characterized as the burial grounds for the majority of Calgary’s World War I veterans.
Chinese Cemetery Erlton St. & MacLeod Trail SW.
At about 1.4 ha (3.5 acres) of land, Chinese Cemetery is Calgary’s smallest burial grounds. Found next door to Burnsland Cemetery and just off Macleod Trail, this cemetery is the final burial place of many of Calgary’s Chinese pioneers who contributed to the development of the west. 
Although filled to capacity long ago, the cemetery stands as a reminder of their contributions, as well as the hardships and racial discriminations they faced. A concrete and granite memorial, which was erected in the year 2000, also stands as acknowledgement to the important role they played in the past. 
City of Calgary Cemetery Administration Office
Queen's Park Cemetery
3219 4 St. N.W. Calgary, AB
Monday to Friday
8 a.m - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 403-221-3660
CalgaryCemeteries@calgary.ca

Cochrane Municipal Cemetery

The Town of Cochrane maintains and operates three cemeteries. The main cemetery office is located in the Parks and Facilities Section at 124 Griffin Road, East, Cochrane. ​Phone: 403-851-2590. Email parks@cochrane.ca.

Cochrane Cemetery 408 Centre Ave, Cochrane, AB
  • sells interdenominational grave plots and includes  a Veteran's Field of Honour 

St. Mary's and St. Andrew's Cemeteries
  • no longer sell grave plots
  • St. Andrew's Cemetery: 401 Centre Avenue in Cochrane, 
  • St. Mary's Cemetery, 405 Centre Avenue, Cochrane, AB

Airdrie Cemetery

The Airdrie Cemetery 33 Big Hill Way, Airdrie, AB
  • newly constructed Arbor surrounding the Columbaria .
  • The City of Airdrie offers single depth burial lots which accommodate one interment. Up to eight cremation urns may be added depending on the size of the lot as well as the size of the urn(s). Only one interment is permitted in a single traditional grave, with the exception of a parent and infant child in one casket.
  • The Parks department requires 72 hours notice before the scheduled burial service is to take place.
  • (403) 948-8400 parks@airdrie.ca  

Okotoks Municipal Cemetery

The Okotoks Cemetery is located at the West central edge of town fronting on Big Rock Trail on its North side and Westland Street and agricultural land beyond that on the west side. It abuts residential properties on it’s south and east boundaries.

The cemetery occupies an area of approximately 10.6 acres (including lands now associated with Westland Street (as per the Town’s Legal Base Map). Approximately 8.2 acres of these 10.6 acres have been developed to date specifically for cemetery use.

The cemetery is effectively flat land, predominantly open (unwooded) with the exception of some tree plantings along cemetery roads and scattered throughout the site.

For information call  403-938-8958 or email openspaces@okotoks.ca.

Rocky View County Municipal Cemeteries

Bottrel Cemetery, ½ mile south of the Bottrel General Store
  • serving Rocky View County
  • originally named the Westbrook Cemetery, developed at the turn of the century.
  • was transferred to the Municipality in 1963, from the Estate of the late John T. Boucher.
  • holds many family members of the early settlers from the area. 
  • 403-285-0660.
Dalemead Cemetery
  • established in the 1920’s
  • cairn in the centre of the grounds memorializing many early settlers buried on grounds
  • plots are available for sale to residents of Rocky View County through the Rocky View Municipal Office
  • 403-285-0660.
Rocky View Garden of Peace Cemetery, two kilometres east of the Calgary city limits on corner of Highway #1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and Garden Road NE (100 Street NE). (View map) 
  • owned and operated by Rocky View County 

Town of Strathmore Cemetery

Strathmore Cemetery (west side of Strathmore along Highway #1)
  • cemetery office is located at 680 Westchester Road in Strathmore.
  • (403) 934-3133. 
  • The Town of Strathmore maintains a Field of Honour Section for the Burial of service and ex-service men and women of the Armed Forces. A spouse may be interred in a veteran’s plot in a double depth grave.
Cooperative Memorial Society (CMS)
Suite 204A, 223-12th Ave. S.W. Calgary, Ab. T2R 0G9 Canada (Appointments required)
1-403-248-2044 
​Toll free: 1-800-566-9959
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