Cemeteries

The City of Dawson Creek maintains three cemeteries in the Dawson Creek area.

Buying a plot

Purchase a plot at one of the local cemeteries by contacting our Accounts Payable Clerk by email or call 250-784-3607.

The cemeteries are managed according to:

The three city-owned and maintained cemeteries are the:

Our Fees and Charges Bylaw is updated each year through Council. It lists the amount of every City fee. Costs increase on January 1st every year.

Additional fees

Type	Cost
Weekday after hours interment	$367.12
Weekend interment	$734.25
Deeper Depth (9’)	$318.36
Oversize urn (larger than 12”)	$81.50

Exhumation fees - summer

Type	Cost
Adult-sized grave	$1,348.58
Child-sized grave	$1,200.23
Infant-sized grave	$1,051.89
Cremated remains-sized grave	$768.70
Columbarium niche	$318.36

Exhumation fees - winter

Type	Cost
Adult-sized grave	$2,231.08
Child-sized grave	$1,985.67
Infant-sized grave	$1,740.25
Cremated remains-sized grave	$1,271.72
Columbarium niche	$318.36

Interment Permits - Summer

Summer fees apply from May 1st to September 30th.

Type	Cost
Adult-sized grave	$1,123.82
Child-sized grave	$1,000.20
Infant-sized grave	$876.58
Cremated remains-sized grave	$640.58
Columbarium niche	$265.30
Scatter Garden Services	$53.06

Interment Permits - Winter

Winter fees apply from October 1st to April 30th

Type	Cost
Adult-sized grave	$1,859.24
Child-sized grave	$1,654.72
Infant-sized grave	$1,450.20
Cremated remains-sized grave	$1,059.76
Columbarium niche	$265.30
Scatter Garden Services	$53.06

Memorials and other installations

Type	Cost
Burial vault or grave liner handling	$31.94
Lawn beam section memorial installation or removal	$217.55
Flat/Pillow memorial installation or removal*, does not apply to lawn beam	$293.76
Upright memorial installation or removal*, does not apply to lawn beam section	$770.97
Columbarium niche/Scatter garden memorial wall plaque installation or removal	$31.94
Grave cover installation	$318.36
Grave cover removal/re-installation	$636.72

Rights of Interment

Non-Resident fees + 25%

Type	Cost
Adult-sized grave*	$727.78
Adult-sized grave in a lawn beam section*	$1,059.40
Adult-sized grave in the Upright Area (Brookside Cemetery)*	$587.38
Child-sized grave*	$500.84
Infant-sized grave*	$350.62
Cremated remains-sized grave*	$273.90
Cremated remains sized grave in a lawn beam section*	$480.83
Columbarium niche*	$587.38
Scatter Garden*	$159.18
Cancellation administration fee	$14.35
Transfer administration fee	$14.35

*includes 25% care fund fee