St. Peter’s Cemetery has marked the final resting place for most parishioners since the 1870s, when the site was purchased from the Roman Catholic Diocese. At the front of the Cemetery, a few headstones identify the graves of members of the Roman Catholic Diocese who were buried before the land was sold. St. Peter’s Cemetery is a peaceful and restful place that contains the graves of many prominent Islanders.

The Cemetery Committee is responsible for the use, care and maintenance of St. Peter’s Cemetery. To this end, the following regulations have been developed by the Committee. They shall be administered by the Committee as stated, unless directed otherwise by the Property Committee and Vestry. The regulations shall be reviewed periodically by the Cemetery Committee in consultation with the Property Committee and Vestry.

General Regulations

1. Normally, all burials in St. Peter’s Cemetery shall be conducted according to the rites of the Anglican Church of Canada. The Rector of St. Peter’s Cathedral must be consulted when other forms of service are requested.

2. No remains shall be exhumed without the consent of the Cemetery Committee.

3. All cemetery services, including the care and maintenance of the grounds, digging and backfilling graves, and installing and repairing monuments shall be provided by one caretaker. Parishioners should contact the Cathedral Office for information on these services.

4. Parishioners requiring a plot, or who had previously reserved a plot, for a recently deceased relative or friend, must meet with a representative of the Cemetery Committee to determine the location of the plot and to identify its boundaries.

5. Parishioners wishing to reserve a plot(s) must meet with a representative of the Cemetery Committee to identify the location of the plot (s). Payment in full for the plot(s) must be made at the Cathedral Office at the time the reservation is made.

6. The cost of a single plot for parishioners is $400. ($800. for a double). The cost of a single plot for non- parishioners is $600. ($1,200.for a double) . Requests by non- parishioners for a burial plot(s) shall be addressed by the Cemetery Committee, in consultation with the Rector. Parishioners and non-parishioners who wish to have their remains cremated and buried in the cemetery will be required to pay for a single plot. Each single plot can accommodate at least 6 urns.

7. The charge for opening and closing a full - size grave is $400. The charge for interring a cremation urn is $100.

8. Snow removal for winter burials is the responsibility of the family of the deceased. In such cases, the family must contact a representative of the Cemetery Committee to make the arrangements.

Grave Sites and Monuments

1. The dimensions of a single plot(s) will be 4ft by 8 ft. Each plot must be left uncluttered except for markers and/flowers. Families are responsible for the care of plants and flowers planted by them. Flowers and flowering plants should be placed in front of the grave stone and should not extend beyond 18 inches from the face of the stone, or beyond its length. Each autumn, plants in containers should be removed by the first of October. Plastic flowers are not permitted. Funeral flowers taken to the cemetery must be removed within 2 weeks of the burial.

2. Each grave must be marked by the family with a headstone or marker set in the ground within 12 months of the burial.

3. The use of boxes, fences, hedges, as boundaries around graves is not permitted because they impede grass cutting and other maintenance activities. Families are responsible for cutting and trimming the grass around existing boundary markers. Boundary markers that are neglected will be removed.

4. Bushes, trees and shrubs shall only be planted at the discretion of the Cemetery Committee. Existing ornamental shrubs must be maintained and trimmed to a maximum height of 1metre (3.3 feet).

5. New monuments must be installed by the caretaker on a floating concrete slab (base) resting on a gravel bed. The cost for the monument foundation and installation shall be borne by the family.

6. The repair, straightening and cleaning of existing monuments shall be carried out by the caretaker unless the monument company from which the monument was purchased has a guarantee programme. In such cases, the company must inform the caretaker and Cemetery Committee of its restoration plan. The Cemetery Committee reserves the right to prohibit restoration plans that are not in keeping with the maintenance standards of the cemetery.

7. Monuments including the base must be no wider than the width of the plot(s) and situated no closer than 7.6 cm (3 inches) from the head margin of the plot. The height of monuments must not exceed 1.2 metres (4 feet).

8. Markers placed at the foot of a plot must be flat and level with the surrounding ground.