Necropolis
The Toronto Necropolis (Greek for City of the Dead) was established in 1850. It was built to replace the overcrowded Potter’s Field (known at various times as the York - and then Toronto - General Burying Ground or Strangers’ Burying Ground), a non-denominational cemetery, in Yorkville.
The Necropolis Chapel (and porte-cochère and residence, now the office) was built by the architect Henry Langley in 1872 in the Gothic Revival style.
Find a map of the Toronto Necropolis HERE.
Abbott
Anderson Ruffin Abbott,
First Canadian Black Doctor
Blackburn
Thornton and Lucie Blackburn,
Former Slaves and Early Toronto Entrepreneurs
Brown
Arthur Roy Brown,
WWI Flying Ace
George Brown,
Founder of the Globe and Mail
Christie
Kay Christie,
Nursing Sister
de Pédery-Hunt
Dora de Pédery-Hunt,
Hungarian-Canadian Sculptor and Medallist
Dyer
Corporal Ainsworth Dyer,
Soldier, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Killed in Afghanistan
Early Settlers
Early Settlers,
Remains of York/Toronto's Early Settlers Moved to the Necropolis
Eastwood
Alice Eastwood,
Renowned Canadian-American Botanist
Eloul
Kosso Eloul,
Canadian Sculptor
Engel
Marian Engel,
Canadian Novelist
Ewart
John Ewart,
Canadian Architect, Builder, and Businessman
Hanlan
Ned Hanlan,
Champion Oarsman
Hubbard
William Peyton Hubbard,
First Black City of Toronto Alderman
Jackson
Albert Jackson,
First Black Letter Carrier in Toronto
Kent
Darrell Kent,
Real Estate Agent and Philanthropist Who Started the Gentrification of Cabbagetown
Kotulsky
Ivaan Kotulsky,
Sculptor, Jeweller, Photographer
Langley
Henry Langley,
Prolific Canadian Architect
Layton
Jack Layton,
Canadian Politician
Letendre
Rita Letendre,
Canadian Artist, Muralist, Printmaker
Letheren
Carol Anne Letheren,
Canadian Olympian
Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie,
First Mayor of Toronto and Leader of the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837
Neilson
Hugh Neilson,
Telephone Pioneer
Janet Hamilton Neilson,
Pioneering Nurse Who Took Care of Tuberculosis Patients
Porteous
Andrew Porteous,
Businessman, Postmaster, First Person Buried in the Necropolis
Ridgeway Nine - Heroes of the Battle of Ridgeway
The Ridgeway Nine – Heroes of the Battle of Ridgeway,
A Defining Canadian Moment
Robertson
John Ross Robertson,
Newspaper publisher, politician, historian, and philanthropist
Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews
Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews,
Hanged Following the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837
Škvorecký
Josef Škvorecký,
Czech-Canadian Literary Giant
Stapleton
Bill Stapleton,
Artist, Activist, Teacher
Tyrrell
Joseph Burr Tyrrell,
Surveyor and Geologist, Explorer of the Canadian North, and Discoverer of Dinosaur Bones in Alberta
Ward Family
The Tragedy of the Ward Children,
Five sisters perish in Lake Ontario
Workman
Joseph Workman,
Mental Health Pioneer
Yen
J. L. (Allen) Yen,
A Leading Figure in Canadian Radio Astronomy