Cemetery

Cemetery Location 
King Street & Highway #9
Phone: (306) 786-1756
Office Location
City Hall -37 3rd Avenue North
Office Hours - Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CST
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CST
Phone: (306) 786-1750
Fax: (306) 786-6880
Email:

General Information

• A minimum 24 hours notice is required for all interments during summer months (April 16 to October 14) and 48 hours notice is required for all interments during the winter months (October 15 to April 15) exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and Public and Statutory Holidays
• Each plot allows for one casket interment and two cremated remains interments, or three cremated remains interments.
• All casket interments require the use of an approved burial vault. 
• In accordance with the provisions of the City of Yorkton Cemetery Bylaw No. 14/2009, The Cemeteries Act 1999 and the Cemeteries Regulations, the City of Yorkton will provide long-term care for the cemetery grounds, interment plots and infrastructure-such as buildings, roads, trees and lighting. The City does not provide maintenance for private memorials or the memorialization on the memorials.

Recovery of Unused Prearranged Burial Lots

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Fees

Flowers and Other Memorial Items

• All items placed in the cemetery by the public will be at their own risk. The City of Yorkton accepts no responsibility for any damaged or missing items. 
• Cut flowers, including artificial flowers, and/or fraternal emblems shall be permitted, provided that the flower container and/or emblem is permanently secured to the base or marker. 
• All flower arrangements not permanently secured shall be removed no later than November 1 of each year. The Caretaker will remove from any grave any funeral design or floral piece which has become wilted, or after a period of ten (10) days, whichever is sooner, or any other article or thing which is in his opinion unsightly. 
• Monuments - All monuments must be constructed of granite, marble and/or bronze and must conform to Section VIII. Monument Size Restrictions of the City of Yorkton Bylaw No. 1/2004. All contractors installing monuments in the City of Yorkton Cemetery must possess a Yorkton Business License. No monuments or markers shall be installed in the City of Yorkton Cemetery without first obtaining a permit for installation from the office at City Hall.

Cemetery Walking Tour

A self-guided walking tour of the City of Yorkton Cemetery gives visitors a chance to experience the unique history of the area. To guide you along the pathways of this beautifully treed 10.5 acres, a book containing 28 sites has been prepared and can be purchased for $3.00. The complete tour will take about one hour and a half, but can be shortened. Stroll at your leisure, as you follow the trail outlines on the book's map. There are benches at various locations in the cemetery where a visitor can rest. On the tour you will meet many of the early pioneers, and some of the more contemporary figures of Yorkton and area; all interesting and colourful personalities. In the process, much of the region's history will be revealed. A millennium project, this cemetery tour book has been compiled by the City of Yorkton Municipal Heritage Advisory Sub-Commission.

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