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There are many ways to memorialize a lost loved one at a County of Brant Cemetery. View memorial options below and learn how the County of Brant takes care of Cemetery lots and Memorials.
The County of Brant is pleased to offer a Memorial Tree and Bench program to allow residents to purchase in honour of a lost relative or friend.
To purchase a Memorial Tree or Bench, complete the online Memorial Tree and Bench Program form.
Commemorative trees can be purchased and placed in the cemetery or Brant park to honour a relative or friend.
A list of approved trees types is listed below:
Price:
Memorial benches can be purchased and placed in a cemetery or a Brant park to honour a relative or friend.
There are three (3) types of benches available for placement:
Price:
Monuments and Markers can be purchased at local monument dealers. Please review options and installation requirements below.
One flat marker may be placed at the grave in addition to an upright monument. Markers and footstones of granite or bronze are permitted with size and quantity restrictions according to cemetery bylaws and the placement of such memorials shall not interfere with future interments.
The minimum thickness for flat markers including footstones is 4 in or 10 cm.
Markers are placed at the centre of the head end of the lot, except where alignment with existing nearby monuments justifies another location.
A single lot allows one upright monument unless designated as a flat marker area only:
A double lot can have a maximum monument size of:
Monuments are placed at the centre of the head end of the lot, except where alignment with existing nearby monuments justifies another location.
Care and maintenance (formerly known as perpetual care) contributions became mandatory in Ontario in 1955. Forty percent of the price of each lot or columbarium niche that is purchased is put into the Care and Maintenance Trust Fund. The cemetery can use the interest off this fund to help maintain the cemetery.
Regular care and maintenance activities include:
Family members generally care for their loved one's monuments while they are able to. If a monument becomes unsafe in the cemetery, the monument is placed on the ground until restoration can occur. The County allocates a specific amount of resources for the restoration of monuments in the 35 County operated cemeteries. Monument repairs are completed in priority sequence, but it may take several years before monuments are repaired due to limited funding. There are over 6,500 monuments located in the 10 active cemeteries in the County of Brant.
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