Cemetery #175654
Mount Royal Cemetery / Cimetière Mont-Royal
Also known as Cimetière du Mont-Royal · Mount Royal Cemetery · Cimetière Mont-Royal / Mount Royal Cemetery
0
documented records
≈ 13k–26k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.655 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Mount Royal Cemetery is a 165-acre terraced cemetery on the north slope of Mount Royal in Montreal. It was founded in 1852 by the city's Protestant community and was the first cemetery on Mount Royal, on the site of old farms. It is described as one of the oldest rural cemeteries in North America. Its phone number is +1 514-279-7358, and more can be read on mountroyalcem.com.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 45.507979° N, 73.597395° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery 480 m away · Montreal
- Cimetière Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 1.0 km away · Montreal
- Baron de Hirsch Cemetery 4.6 km away · Montreal
- Jardins Urgel Bourgie Montréal 5.2 km away · Montreal
- Saint Laurent Cemetery 6.0 km away · Vieux-Saint-Laurent
- Saint-Lambert Cemetery 6.3 km away · Saint-Lambert
- Back River Memorial Gardens Cemetery 6.5 km away · Montreal
- Sault-au-Récollet Cemetery (Montréal) 8.2 km away · Montreal
- Cemetery Saint-Antoine-De-Padoue 8.2 km away · Longueuil
- Laval Cemetery 8.6 km away · Laval
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How big is Mount Royal Cemetery / Cimetière Mont-Royal?
Mount Royal Cemetery / Cimetière Mont-Royal covers about 65.5 hectares (655,000 m²), about the same size as Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the 3rd largest of the 1,306 cemeteries we list in Quebec.