About

View of cemetery grounds covered in snow. The main focus is on a tree, its branches covered in snow. Headstones are visible in the background out of focus.

People Have Visited Our Cemeteries For Over 150 Years

A beautiful resting place for all faiths and cultures.

As a nonprofit cemetery, we prioritize serving your family’s needs over maximizing profits.

Our commitment lies in honouring Windsor’s diverse cultural heritage by providing spaces that respect various faiths and traditions from across the globe. Dedicated sections within our grounds represent a range of religious practices, nationalities, and cultures.

Windsor Grove and Windsor Memorial Gardens cemeteries are operated by The Trustees of The Windsor Grove Cemetery. We operate under the following Cemetery licences:

Windsor Grove – Licence # CM-00684

Windsor Memorial Gardens – Licence # CM-00686

For a current copy of our By-Laws and Regulations, click here.

View map of all cemeteries in Windsor-Essex County,

courtesy of the Ontario Genealogical Society (Essex County Branch)

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“You folks are doing a fabulous job of taking care of your cemetery.
Keep up the great work in all that you people do.
Your level of dedication and commitment is recognized and acknowledged.”

Did You Know…?

  • While funeral homes arrange your funeral service, we take care of all your cemetery arrangements
  • We are an independent nonprofit
    • This means we do not discriminate and our prices reflect the cost of maintaining the cemetery
  • We choose to be audited every year
  • Location represents only the ownership of interment rights, not ownership of physical property/land
  • Pre-planned arrangements are protected against future price increases
    • This means the earlier you plan, the more you save
Front entrance to cemetery featuring stone pillar. Metal plaque reads "WINDSOR MEMORIAL GARDENS EST. 1968"
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Gallery

Front entrance to cemetery featuring stone pillar. Metal plaque reads "WINDSOR MEMORIAL GARDENS EST. 1968"
Stained glass through doorway in Windsor Grove Cemetery mausoleum
View of cross-shaped headstone with other headstones and floral arrangements in the cemetery out of focus in the background.
View of crypt from inside cemetery mausoleum featuring various flower arrangements.
View of LED lit cremation niches from inside cemetery mausoleum containing urns and flowers. Chairs and plants are along the wall on the left.
Closeup of headstone, featuring birds made of stone. Other headstones in the cemetery are visible in the background out of focus.
Inside view of cemetery mausoleum, showcasing chairs, flowers, plants, and wall art.
Inside view of cemetery mausoleum, showcasing chairs, flowers, plants, and wall art.
Inside view of cemetery mausoleum featuring a large window and crypts along the sides, covered in flowers.
Outside view of cemetery mausoleum.
Inside view of cemetery mausoleum featuring a stained glass window and crypts along the sides, covered in flowers.
Inside view of cemetery mausoleum featuring a chandelier in front of a wall of windows. Crypts are along the sides, covered in flowers.
Close up view of crypt faces inside cemetery mausoleum, showing flowers.
Close up view of cemetery headstone featuring a prayer.
Stained glass above door in Windsor Grove Cemetery mausoleum

Resources

Bereavement Authority of Ontario (The BAO)

Website: https://thebao.ca/

Phone:  647-483-2645

Toll Free: 1 844-493-6356

Email: Info@TheBAO.ca

The BAO regulates, ensures compliance with the law, provides resources and services to licensed: 

  • Funeral establishment operators, directors and preplanners 
  • Cemetery, crematorium and alternative disposition operators 
  • Transfer service operators
  • Bereavement sector sales representatives across Ontario

Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare 24-hour crisis line: 519-973-4435

Canadian Mental Health Association -Windsor Essex County Branch

Website: https://windsoressex.cmha.ca

Phone: 519-255-7440

Email: info-referral@cmha-wecb.on.ca

Adult Bereavement

  • Bereavement Support
  • Grief Counselling
  • Trauma Related Deaths

Children’s Bereavement (Griefworks)

  • Caregiver Education, Community/Public Education
  • Clinical Assessment of Child’s Needs
  • Short Term Clinical Intervention Based on Developmental Stage of Child/Youth
  • Consultation and Collaboration with other Professionals Involved with Child/Youth
  • Classroom/School Education Regarding the Death of a Peer

Youth Wellness Hub Windsor-Essex

Website: https://youthhubyqg.com/

Email: info@youthhubyqg.com

Phone: 519-800-8640

  • The Youth Wellness Hub Windsor-Essex offers services to youth ages 12 to 25 without a wait list or referral

Kids Help Phone

Phone: 1-800-668-6868

  • Canada’s toll-free, 24-hour, bilingual and anonymous phone counselling, referral and Internet service for children and youth
  • Addresses a range of topics (grief, sadness, stress, anxiety, depression, suicide, etc.) and questions that children frequently ask

Ontario Works (Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services)

Website: https://www.ontario.ca

Phone (Toll Free): 1-888-465-4478

Hours: Monday (8:30AM-6PM)

Tues-Fri: (8:30AM-5PM)

  • Ontario Works helps people who are in financial need (assistance with burial)

The Compassionate Friends of Canada

Website: http://tcfcanada.net/

Phone (Toll Free): 1-866-823-0141

Email: nationaloffice@tcfcanada.net

  • The Compassionate Friends is an international, nonprofit, nondenominational, self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, grief education and HOPE to families who have experienced the death of a child, at any age from any cause