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A Friendly Reminder about the Placing of Decorations, ornaments, and Plantings
To maintain safe and respectful grounds, please review our Cemetery Bylaws for what may or may not be permitted regarding items and plantings.
Important Reminders:
- The Cemetery is open to the public but is private property.
- While we strive to maintain a safe and respectful environment, the cemetery is not liable for unattended items on cemetery grounds that may be lost or stolen.
- The Cemetery may remove without notice and discard any non-compliant, unsafe, or neglected items as well as any item deemed by the operator to be a nuisance the appearance and or maintenance of the cemetery
- The Cemetery Operator shall not be liable to replace or compensate for such discarded items.
Prohibited Items Include:
- Shepherd hooks, trellises, benches, pots, vases, hanging baskets, hanging lights;
- Any breakable or loose items (glass, ceramic, plastic, stones, beads);
- Mylar/foil decorations, unattended flames, hazardous materials;
- Items affixed to monuments without permission
- Items with metal wire; and
- Unauthorized or poorly maintained plantings
Seasonal Rules:
- Artificial flowers/wreaths:
- Permitted Nov 1 – Apr 30.
- Prohibited May 1 – Oct 31
- Permitted Nov 1 – Apr 30.
- Starting May 1st of each year - any items when found on cemetery grounds may be removed and discarded without notice.
- Some items (e.g., solar lights) are permitted but only within approved flowerbeds. ( See bylaws for regulations regarding flower beds)
Plantings and Flowerbeds:
- Must comply with cemetery bylaws and guidelines and be pre-approved by the cemetery office for placement and appropriateness.
- Non-compliant plantings or flowerbeds will be removed with out notice and discarded.
Please contact the office during business hours regarding any questions, advice, and approvals before planting or placing items.
Thank you for your cooperation in preserving the dignity of Cataraqui Cemetery's reverent and historic grounds .
Notice Of A.G.M. And Nominations
Published November 14, 2024. The Cataraqui Cemetery Company respectfully provides the following notice to is interment rights holders in accordance with the Corporation's Act of Incorporation and the member approved by-laws.
Day of Remembrance - November 8, 2024
October 9, 2024. A statement from Dave Donovan, Chairman, Day of Remembrance Veterans Committee. The Day of Remembrance Veterans Committee regrets to announce that due to circumstances beyond our control, the placing of flags in the cemetery proper will not occur this year, however the Service of Remembrance will be held with students placing flags on the gravesites within the military section. This Services will be held on Friday, November 8, 2024. All are welcome and should be in place no later than 10:30am.
Reminder About Winter Conditions And Notices Of Entry.
January 25, 2024. The Cataraqui Cemetery Company offers a friendly reminder to all visitors about winter or high wind conditions. Roadways, avenues, walkways, and the cemetery grounds in general may be slippery due to ice, snow, rain, or freezing rain, After or during periods of ice rain, heavy snow, and or high wind, branches and limbs may fall which could cause injury or damage. All plot holders and cemetery visitors are responsible to review all signage and postings upon entry to the cemetery grounds. Please note that when the cemetery's gates are closed, these are closed for reasons of public safety and for only a short time. All vehicles and pedestrians are prohibited from entry when the gates are closed. The following notice is posted at each of the cemetery's entrances:.
"All persons coming onto these premises must take care for their own safety and that of other persons accompanying them for whom they are responsible or over whom they exercise authority and must supervise and control such persons accordingly. All persons accept and acknowledge, that by coming onto these premises, they do hereby release and forever discharge THE CATARAQUI CEMETERY COMPANY, including its officers, directors, employees, heirs, successors and assigns from all manner of actions, causes of actions, claims and demands, for damages, loss or injury, including all claims and possible claims arising out of coming onto these premises."
Notice Of A.G.M. And Nominations. Updated November 10, 2023 ( Originally published Nov 2, 2023). The Cataraqui Cemetery Company respectfully provides the following notice to is interment rights holders in accordance with the Corporation's Act of Incorporation and the member approved by-laws.
Update... with regrets to our interment rights holders, it has come to our attention that Postmedia, for inexplicable reasons beyond our control, had printed the wrong notices in both the Kingston Whig Standard and the Gananoque Reporter. Postmedia had printed archived notices of our 2021/2022 AGM and not the the notice we prepared and approved with Postmedia for our 2023/2024 AGM. Yet, the notice that was run in Kingston this Week (also a Postmedia newspaper and booked at the same time) was correct. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience that Postmedia's publication error has caused . The proper notices are expected to be reprinted in the the Whig and the Reporter on Nov. 16 and again on Nov. 23. Accordingly , we have extended the nomination deadline by an additional two weeks.
Reminder About Winter Conditions And Notices Of Entry.
November 6, 2023. The Cataraqui Cemetery Company offers a friendly reminder to visitors about winter or high wind conditions. Roadways, avenues, walkways and the cemetery grounds may be slippery due to ice and snow conditions, During high wind conditions, branches and limbs may fall which could cause injury or damage. All visitors are responsible to review signage and postings before entering the cemetery grounds. Please note that when the cemetery gates are closed, they are usually closed for reasons of public safety and for only a short time. All vehicles and pedestrians are prohibited from entering the grounds when the gates are closed. The following is posted at each of the cemetery's entrances:.
"All persons coming onto these premises must take care for their own safety and that of other persons accompanying them for whom they are responsible or over whom they exercise authority and must supervise and control such persons accordingly. All persons accept and acknowledge, that by coming onto these premises, they do hereby release and forever discharge THE CATARAQUI CEMETERY COMPANY, including its officers, directors, employees, heirs, successors and assigns from all manner of actions, causes of actions, claims and demands, for damages, loss or injury, including all claims and possible claims arising out of coming onto these premises."
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Day Of Remembrance Service Cancelled
November 2, 2023. It is with regret that we announce on behalf of the The Day of Remembrance Committee that the Service, originally scheduled for November 10, 2023 at Cataraqui Cemetery's Field of Honour (Military Section), has been cancelled for this year as a result of a scheduling conflict with school boards. The Day of Remembrance Committee expects the annual service to return in 2024
January 19, 2023
Reminder About winter conditions and Notices of Entry.
The Cataraqui Cemetery Company offers a friendly reminder to visitors about winter or high wind conditions. Roadways, avenues, walkways and the cemetery grounds may be slippery due to ice and snow conditions and during high wind conditions, branches and limbs may fall which could cause injury or damage. All plot holders and visitors are responsible to review all signage and posting upon entry to the cemetery grounds. Please note that when the cemetery gates are closed, they are usually closed for reasons of public safety and for only a short time. All vehicles and pedestrians are prohibited from entry when the gates are closed. The following is posted at all cemetery entrances:.
"All persons coming onto these premises must take care for their own safety and that of other persons accompanying them for whom they are responsible or over whom they exercise authority and must supervise and control such persons accordingly. All persons accept and acknowledge, that by coming onto these premises, they do hereby release and forever discharge THE CATARAQUI CEMETERY COMPANY, including its officers, directors, employees, heirs, successors and assigns from all manner of actions, causes of actions, claims and demands, for damages, loss or injury, including all claims and possible claims arising out of coming onto these premises."
August 12, 2022
April 27, 2022
Reminder about the removal of Grave decorations
The Cataraqui Cemetery Company offers a friendly reminder to all plot holders and visitors that grave articles such as artificial flowers, monument toppers, Christmas decorations, and winter wreaths are to be removed by April 30th. This is a longstanding regulation and yearly occurrence. Notice in the form of signage has been posted at the cemetery entrances and on this website since April 1st as a further reminder. In past years, such items, if found on-site, were removed and held for 30 days for pickup. The Cemetery's Board of Trustees, the Interment Rights Holders, and the Bereavement Authority of Ontario have approved recent updates to the cemetery's by-law which now calls for the immediate removal and disposal, without notification, if found on site between May 1st and October 31st. The cemetery will be allowing a short grace period for families to remove or collect wanted items that were left on site before staff dispose of such. Concerns or questions can be directed to the cemetery office during business hours.
NOTE: The following items are not permitted at any time on graves or burial sites.
- No breakable items;
- No vases, planters or pots
- No articles made of hazardous material such as non-heat resistant glass (excludes glass attached to monuments),
- No ceramics, or pottery;
- No loose stones, stone chips, beads, or sharp objects;
- No foil or Mylar type decorations (balloons, confetti, glitter. streamers, ribbons, etc.);
- No trellises, arches, benches, chairs, shepherd hooks, hangers, or hanging baskets;
- No garden edging/borders containing or made of, PVC, plastic, metal, or coated wire; and
- No items with open flame.
April 27, 2022
The Cataraqui Cemetery Company has amended it cemetery by-law. The amended bylaw law was approved by the Cemetery's Board of Trustees on November 9, 2021 and was made available for review for 30 days during the month of December 2021 for public review pursuant to published public notice and additional signage posted at the cemetery. The by-law was presented to and confirmed by the cemetery's plot holders at the A.G.M. held January 7, 2022 and finally approved by the Bereavement Authority of Ontario on April 20th, 2022. The by-law is effective as of April 20th, 2022 and is now in force. Copy of the by-law is available for review or download here. Printed copies are available for in person pick up at the cemetery office during business hours.
April 1, 2022.
A reminder to Interment Rights Holders and visitors that pursuant to the bylaws of the Cataraqui Cemetery, all artificial flowers arrangements, flower saddles (toppers), winter/seasonal wreaths, ornaments, and other decorative articles (pots, planters, shepherd hooks and other breakable decorations) are to be removed by May 1, 2022 and are not permitted during the growing season. Items remaining onsite or placed on site after May 1st, will be removed and discarded without further notice. Flower beds are permitted in front of upright monuments. Please contact the Cemetery office during business hours for flower bed size and planting restrictions or for any other questions about articles on grave sites.