Pape Avenue Cemetery , officially known as Holy Blossom Cemetery , is the first Jewish cemetery in the city of Toronto , Canada . The small cemetery is now closed to new burials, and is mostly hidden within the residential neighbourhood of Leslieville .
19-456: Mount Pleasant Cemetery may refer to: Canada [ edit ] Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto , Ontario Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Melfort , Saskatchewan United States [ edit ] Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Pine Rock, Illinois) , one of Ogle County's cemeteries Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Bangor, Maine) , Bangor, Maine Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Taunton, Massachusetts) , listed on
38-641: A corporation subject to the Corporations Act of Ontario and that it was no longer a trust. Community activist Margot Boyd and others argued that its status as a public trust remained unchanged. With donations from the community, Boyd engaged the McCarthy Tetrault law firm in 2009 to review the statutes pertaining to Mount Pleasant Group. An 18-page letter sent to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty stated: “Legally, this trust might be characterized in several ways, but an accurate description of
57-621: A new crematorium. The siting of the facility was a mere 16.5 metres from neighbouring houses, and contrary to Toronto City By-laws. Ward 13 City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam sought leave to appeal against the Ontario Ministry of the Environment decision to allow the crematorium. Also in 2013, Boyd and Taylor, together with historian and environmental consultant Lorraine Tinsley, founded the not-for-profit association Friends of Toronto Public Cemeteries and brought an Application to
76-455: A public asset. In 2012, Mount Pleasant Group commenced a public relations campaign against Boyd and others in an attempt to deflect criticism, and to discredit its detractors by labelling them NIMBYs. In December 2012, Boyd and lawyer and community activist Pamela Taylor organized a public trustee election in accordance with the requirements of the 1849 Special Act. In 2013, over the objections of local residents, Mount Pleasant Group installed
95-641: Is a cemetery located in Toronto , Ontario , Canada, and is part of the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. It was opened in November 1876 and is located north of Moore Park , a neighbourhood of Toronto. The cemetery has kilometres of drives and walking paths interspersed with fountains, statues and botanical gardens, as well as rare and distinct trees. It was originally laid out by German-born landscape architect Henry Adolph Engelhardt, inspired by
114-710: The City of Toronto government , local funeral homes, and the Ontario Municipal Board all delayed the project. Changes were made as a result of this process, most notably vehicle access is now through the cemetery grounds only (near the cemetery offices), not directly from Moore Avenue. Despite the cemetery having been created as a public trust by Special Act of the Ontario legislature in 1826 (Toronto General Burying Grounds Act), Mount Pleasant Group began to assert publicly that it had been converted in 1871 into
133-553: The Superior Court of Ontario to interpret the cemetery statutes. Pape Avenue Cemetery It was established in 1849 by two prominent local businessmen Judah G. Joseph and Abraham Nordheimer (it is uncertain if Joseph is buried here, while Nordheimer died during his trip to Germany in 1862 and is buried at Bamberg Jewish Cemetery ). At the time the nearest Jewish cemeteries were in Montreal or Buffalo , and Joseph
152-517: The Canadian, and 43 the British, armed forces. In the autumn of 2009, the cemetery opened Mount Pleasant Visitation Centre. The new building is approximately 2,200 square metres (24,000 sq ft) and is built on the property grounds. It was built with the intention to provide visitation space and chapel services. The cemetery began planning the building as early as 2004, but disputes with
171-523: The European and American garden cemeteries of the 19th century, and with influences from Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston. As the final resting place of more than 168,000 persons, Mount Pleasant Cemetery contains remarkable architecture amongst its many monuments. The cemetery was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2000. In the early 19th century, the only authorized cemeteries within
190-641: The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey) , NRHP-listed Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Seattle) Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) , location of NRHP-listed Josephine Martin Glidden Memorial Chapel Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mount Pleasant Cemetery . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
209-710: The centre of the cemetery and is named after it. The cemetery also has remains and a number of stone markers that were moved from the Potter's Field. The urban expansion of Toronto eventually led to Mount Pleasant Cemetery being situated in the centre of the city. A number of Canadian servicemen who died during the World Wars were interred at the cemetery. It contains 231 Commonwealth War Graves , comprising 126 burials in World War I and 105 in World War II . 188 are of
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#1732779957613228-401: The city's first synagogue . When Toronto Hebrew Congregation, the predecessor to Holy Blossom Temple , was established in 1856, it took over management of the cemetery, and continues to run it today. Over the next decades almost all the early founders of Toronto's Jewish community would be buried there. The small Pape Avenue Cemetery quickly ran out of room, and it was closed to new burials in
247-422: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Pleasant_Cemetery&oldid=1244919510 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto Mount Pleasant Cemetery
266-501: The purpose therein mentioned was passed and received Royal Assent in 1826: Acts of U.C. 7 Geo. IV, c. 21 . The land that came to be known as the "Potters Field" was acquired and started operation as a cemetery soon afterwards. Over time, additional cemetery lands were added to what became the Toronto General Burying Ground . In 1873, a new cemetery available to all citizens was established. The new cemetery
285-568: The town of York (predecessor to present-day Toronto) were limited to members of either the Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church . Deceased citizens who did not belong to either of these Christian denominations had no choice but to find burial arrangements outside of the city. Notably, those of Jewish faith who wanted a Jewish burial had to resort to cemeteries beyond Ontario (Montreal and Buffalo) until Pape Avenue Cemetery
304-406: The trust in question is a ‘public trust.’ ” Local politicians Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray and Ward 12 Toronto City Councillor Josh Matlow both agreed at the time. As early as 2006, Mount Pleasant Group began describing itself as a commercial privately owned entity, and refused to disclose its financial records, giving rise to allegations that it was engaged in the stealth privatization of
323-537: Was concerned for his fatally ill son Samuel, who eventually became the first burial in the new cemetery. The location near the corner of Pape (then called Centre Road) and Gerrard was then in still rural areas to the east of the city. It was not close to much of the Jewish community, but was a convenient location to purchase. It was one of the first Jewish institutions established in Toronto, being opened some years before
342-625: Was opened outside of Toronto in 1849. In response to a petition to the Legislative Council of Upper Canada , which included "it has become desirable that a Plot be obtained for the purpose of a General Burying Ground , as well for Strangers as for the Inhabitants of the Town, of whatever sect or denomination they may be", a statute named An act to authorize certain persons therein named, and their successors, to hold certain lands for
361-484: Was situated on an 81-hectare (200-acre) farm on Lot 19 Concession 3 (also referred to as Yonge Street Farm) that was once owned by the Cawthra family (and likely by William Cawthra ) at the far outskirts of the city. Mount Pleasant Cemetery formally opened on 4 November 1876, with more than 19 kilometres (12 miles) of carriage drives along rolling hills and ponds. Mount Pleasant Road was later constructed to pass through
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