St. James Cemetery and Castle Frank

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In the photo above from the Toronto Public Library archive is an old St. James receipt from the mid 1800s.

Prior to 1844, the lands east of Parliament Street were known as the Garrison East for military purposes. York, and then Toronto was restricted to the land south of Queen Street or Lot Street from Parliament to Peter Street and Fort York to the west. With the population starting to rise, space was needed for a new cemetery out on the country, as space was limited at the original cemetery at St. James Church downtown on Church Street.

In July 1844 St. James opened for the burial of people professing the Anglican faith. Most of the city's population of 18,000 lived south of Lot Street or today's Queen Street, and the cemetery was regarded to be outside the city limits. The cemetery was necessary as the church burial ground itself was filling up fast. It was in use since 1797.

A crematorium was added in 1948, and 95,000 interments and 114,000 cremations have taken place at St. James. An historic land in the heart of the city.

In many ways a walk through St. James is a walk through history. Like opening a book on our past!

This walking tour is for all levels and walkers. The tour begins outside the Castle Frank Subway Station, and ends at the gates of the cemetery after the tour.

This tour has a ticket price of $15.00 per person.

** Please note: Please e-transfer the ticket amount when booking your space for this tour! You can e-transfer to the following email at:
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