Timmins cemetery (City of Timmins)

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Phone: (705) 360-2615
Email: cemetery@timmins.ca


Cemetery Facts



The cemeteries found in Timmins and Porcupine are rich with history. Below are some historical facts about cemeteries in Timmins.

Reverend Father Theriault used the churchyard on Fifth Avenue, Timmins, as a burial ground for his parishioners from 1912 to 1917.
In 1917, space was a problem, and a cemetery beyond the town limits was chosen. Today, that site is the old Roman Catholic section of the Timmins memorial cemetery. The 72 graves in the churchyard were moved to the present site.
J. Easton, a local undertaker started to bury non-Catholic on the neighbouring land. Previously, non-Catholics were buried in the South Porcupine cemetery, which had served the entire Porcupine Camp until that time.
The town of Timmins later surveyed off the land and fenced the two areas.
In 1937, the Canadian Legion formed the legion plot, and the efforts made by them were instrumental in arousing public interest in the cemetery.
In 1911, victims of the Porcupine Fire were buried at Dead Man's Point, now Whitney Cemetery. In 1912, a new site was chosen for the cemetery, on what is now Hwy. 101.
A monument to 9 of the victims of the Hollinger disaster of 1928 is located in the Timmins Cemetery.