Mountain View Cemetery - Vancouver

11/06/2024

The Remembrance Day service this year will take place in the Horne2 Field of Honour between 33rd and 31st Avenues. Main entry north from 33rd Avenue between Fraser and Prince Edward Streets.

At Mountain View Cemetery, musica intima and the Vancouver Bach Choir join forces with local brass players to perform a Phrase of Remembrance

10/14/2023

The 19th annual All Souls at Mountain View Cemetery . A gentle opening at sundown on October 25.

08/11/2023

Long held lore has it that the 1919 Section was acquired to accommodate victims of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic.

Nope!.... the first grave sold in the Jones 1919 Addition (as it was called then) was on February 2, 1920. James Gordon HURREN, only 9 and a half years old from Francis, SK died in Vancouver on January 31, 1920 and was the first interment on February 3, 1920 in the 1919 Section, Block B, PLot 27, Lot 4.

His grave is not marked.

03/12/2023

Bringing new Canadian music out of the concert hall and into the 21st century.

03/01/2023

Carnegie Community Centre will be hosting four (4) Community Memorial Services this year. These Services are a legacy of the Community Death Care Project, produced by VPL Carnegie Branch and Carnegie Community Centre in 2022.

Please join us:
Tuesday, March 7
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
In the Theatre, Carnegie Community Centre 410 Main St. Vancouver BC V6A 2T7

This is a time to come together and remember cherished people that are no longer with us. All are welcome to come and reflect privately or share memories of a person or people they are holding dear. There will be a short service followed by refreshments and a chance to connect with each other over shared losses and love.

02/24/2023

Do you have a loved one buried in Mountain View Cemetery (MVC)? The cemetery is planning changes to its entrances, fences, and hedges that will ensure public access while protecting existing graves. Your input is needed to make these changes successful. Please provide your feedback by March 17 and help us preserve this important part of Vancouver's cultural heritage. Learn more about the project here:

What is this project about? Mountain View Cemetery (MVC) is developing a plan for changes and improvements to its entrances, hedges and fences over the next several years. The objective of this initiative is to preserve the culture of Vancouver’s only cemetery while

02/20/2023

11/25/2022

Before you fill out any end-of-life planning documents, you need to attend this workshop!

There are 3 chances to catch it in the next 5 days!

Join Willow EOL Educator™, Jacqui Williams virtually on
November 25 and 28

Register here: https://www.willoweol.com/events -1666348743861

Or Join Willow Co-Founder Reena Lazar and Willow EOL Educator™, Christa Ovenell on November 28 for a free, in-person evening workshop at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver. (You get to come for free thanks to the generous sponsorship of Mountain View Cemetery)

Details and registration here: https://www.willoweol.com/events -1666965578663

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Either consciously or unconsciously, our past informs our present. Your previous experiences with illness, dying, death, grief, and how someone was cared for after they died—including any planning that was or wasn’t in place—have undoubtedly shaped your personal desires and informed your sense of what’s possible and what’s not.

In this workshop we'll explore all this and more so that your end-of-life plans reflect what matters most to you.

11/14/2022

MVC is hosting this FREE workshop on November 20, 2022.

Details below including how to register
(https://www.willoweol.com/events -1666965992277)

11/11/2022

A very special "Thank you" to the many family members visiting veteran graves in our Horne 2 Section - while it is in the midst of major renovations.

The understanding and appreciation you all shared about the work underway was very uplifting.

Your enthusiastic support will be shared with the cemetery staff and contractors involved in this work, Veterans Affairs Canada who is funding the restoration as well as the Last Post Fund - Fonds du Souvenir for providing the final 833 markers for those veterans whose graves were unmarked.

It is an honour for us to do this work. Lest We Forget.