Pre-Planning Services Kingston Ontario

Our Vision

To be a cemetery that is recognized and embraced by the community as a place of tribute and a setting where the living may celebrate life, nature's beauty and the memory of those who have gone before us.

Our Mission

We will, as a not for profit organization, be a leader in providing our community with quality burial options, cremation services and commemoration products. We guarantee to our Interment Rights Holders the responsible care and maintenance of Cataraqui Cemetery as a place of collective remembrance and scenic beauty. We will preserve Cataraqui Cemetery's heritage and historical significance to honour the community we serve.

Pre-Planning

Cataraqui Cemetery has been helping families pre-arrange their cemetery needs since 1850. Many will agree that pre-planning and securing their choices in advance of the inevitable is a sound decision. Cataraqui Cemetery is able to provide prearranging programs for interment rights, interment services, monuments and memorialization as well as cremation and urns. Pre-need arranging offers peace of mind in knowing that the arrangements for your final wishes or those of a loved one are in place and guaranteed for when they are needed. An incredible financial and emotional burden to the surviving family can be relieved by simply speaking with our trained professionals. At Cataraqui Cemetery, our licensed Family Services Representatives are trained and experienced professionals who are available to assist families with the decisions that can be made in advance of the inevitable. Whether you opt for a tour of our historic garden cemetery or request that a Family Services Representative meet with you in the comfort of your own home, we are confident that all your questions will be answered respectfully, professionally, honestly and without pressure. Cataraqui Cemetery is a not for profit organization. It is our intention to present families with the necessary information to make informed decisions so that all the final wishes are in place to be honoured. Contact us to schedule a private tour or a home visit.

Pre-need planning at Cataraqui Cemetery...

You may secure in advance your ideal location of your final resting place.
You get to decide what you really want. The decision is not left to someone else.
You can save your family from the myriad of decisions they must make within hours of the loss of a loved one.
Pre-need planning while in a positive frame of mind without the pressure of completing arrangements has financial advantages. Families will avoid emotional overspending at a vulnerable time and can stay with in the budget.
By pre-arranging cemetery or crematorium services with us, you avoid costly inflationary surprises. The price you pay today at Cataraqui Cemetery is guaranteed. You or your family will never be expected to pay for the inflationary costs associated with the services you pre-arranged.
There will be no additional surprises for your estate and no last second emotional arrangements to make.
Only Cataraqui Cemetery's licensed Family Services Representatives are able to provide the answers to many of your Cataraqui Cemetery related questions.
When Interment Rights are arranged in advance, families are offered the opportunity to set or pre-arrange a monument in the colour, size and style of their choice. Again, doing so avoids inflationary costs.
Often enough, it is important for a loved one to have a sense of closure. Survivors find solace in the opportunity to focus on an ideal and perpetual location for a celebration of life and remembrance.
At Cataraqui Cemetery, a Certificate of Interment Rights not only permits the named individual authority to request an interment but they as a Rights Holder becomes a member of an historic not for profit organization with privileges that include the right to vote at our Annual General Meeting or hold a Trustee position on the Board. Our Interment Rights Holders have a collective say in how the Cemetery is operated - as it should be. We answer to our members who have a genuine interest in the community.