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Busy + ness, 'serious occupation or work, as opposed to recreation or pleasure' (15th c.)
Which companies might I be dealing with?
​In Halifax (without Dartmouth, Bedford, etc.) there are 14 active funerary businesses: 4 funeral homes, 2 crematoria, and 8 cemeteries. Most of the funeral homes and crematoria are owned by two corporations, while most of the cemeteries are owned by religious organizations.
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Like funeral homes and crematoria, cemeteries are businesses that sell services and charge fees. You purchase perpetual burial rights to a cemetery plot. At the time of purchase, you also pay a perpetual care fee that goes into a fund from which the owner pays for ongoing cemetery maintenance. Like any business, a cemetery can be bought and sold. If the owner wishes to abandon a cemetery, the municipal government may agree to acquire it.
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Unlike funeral homes and crematoria, however, cemeteries are not just businesses, but also perpetual abodes for ancestors, emotional abodes for descendants, and landscapes for the rest of us to ponder. ​​
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The largest funerary corporation here is Dignity Memorial, a branch of Service Corporation International, which is based in Houston and owns 1,500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries in the United States and Canada. Four are in HRM, including three in Halifax.
The second largest corporation is Arbor Memorial, which is based in Toronto and owns 92 funeral homes, 27 crematoria, and 41 cemeteries across Canada. Six are in HRM, including one in Halifax.
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Funeral Homes
Atlantic Funeral Home - Halifax
6552 Bayers Road
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open to all
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owned by Arbor Memorial
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affiliated with Oakridge Memorial Gardens, a cemetery in Middle Sackville
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prices are not published
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Cruikshank's Halifax Funeral Home
2666 Windsor Street
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open to all
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owned by Dignity Memorial
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price lists: services, burial merchandise, cremation merchandise
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339 Lacewood Drive
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open to all
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owned by Dignity Memorial
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price lists: services, burial merchandise, cremation merchandise
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149 Herring Cove Road
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open to all
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independently owned
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prices are not published
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Crematoria
Harbourside Regional Crematorium
2632 King Street
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open to all
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owned by Dignity Memorial
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T. J. Tracey Cremation and Burial Specialists
71 McQuade Lake Crescent
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open to all
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independently owned
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prices are not published
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Cemeteries
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3720 Windsor Street
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opened in 1893
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owned by Halifax Regional Municipality
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open to all
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burial lots and cremation lots available​
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allows green burials
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St. John's Cemetery and Columbarium
6 Bedford Highway
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opened in 1839
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owned by St. John's Anglican Church, 2187 Larry Uteck Blvd.
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open to all
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burial lots and cremation lots available
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allows green burials
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price list for burial lots; price list for columbarium niches
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7076 Mumford Road
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opened in 1896
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owned by Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
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originally Catholic, but now open to all
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burial lots and cremation lots available
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prices are not published
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opened in 1893
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owned by Beth Israel Synagogue, 1480 Oxford Street
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Jewish only
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burial lots available
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prices are not published
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opened in 1953
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owned by Shaar Shalom Congregation, 1981 Oxford Street
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Jewish only
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burial lots available
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Notable Cemeteries Near Halifax
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owned by Nova Scotia Islamic Community Centre, 2141 Larry Uteck Blvd., Bedford
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Muslim only
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Sunrise Park Inter-Faith Cemetery
2025 Prospect Road, Hatchet Lake
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opened in 1995
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includes a section for green burials, certified by the Green Burial Society of Canada
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open to all
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independently owned
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prices are not published
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Cremation Lots or Columbarium Only
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1600 Summer Street
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opened in 1844
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owned by Halifax Regional Municipality
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open to all
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cremation lots available
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columbarium is planned
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1259 South Park Street
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opened in 1843
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owned by Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
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originally Catholic, but now open to all
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cremation lots and columbarium niches available
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prices are not published
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Cathedral Church of All Saints - Columbarium in St. Alban's Chapel
1340 Cathedral Lane
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Anglican only
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columbarium niches available
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Monuments
205 Victoria Rd., Lunenberg
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local showroom: Unit 6, 1180 Bedford Highway, Bedford
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independently owned
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prices are not published
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75 Tregothic Dr., Windsor, NS
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local showroom: 1143 Bedford Highway, Bedford
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independently owned
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prices are not published
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23 Western St., Sussex, NB
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local showroom: 752 Bedford Highway, Halifax
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independently owned
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prices are not published
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Related Businesses
230 Chain Lake Drive
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sells and ships caskets
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​Epilog
201 - 6436 Quinpool Road
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arranges green burials and other services
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independently owned
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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makes and ships eco-friendly casket kits, flat-pack and ready to assemble
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40 Old South River Road, Antigonish, NS
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makes and ships woven willow caskets
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Eirene is an online direct cremation company that launched in 2022 and is based in Canada. It status is uncertain, as its website is incomplete (but still has useful information) and its Bedford office has closed.
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