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COVID-19 Updates

 

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DEPARTMENTS & OPERATIONS

Cemetery

The Capilano View Cemetery is open. Physical distancing is required. 

Reminder—by order of the Provincial Health Officer:

  • No gatherings of more than 50 people
  • Maintain physical distancing of 2 metres (6 feet) from other people

Making arrangements

  • Capilano View Cemetery arrangements are now by appointment only.
  • If you need to arrange a burial, please contact 604-925-7007 for an appointment, which will be arranged as quickly as possible.
  • Walk-in appointments will not be accepted.

Visiting the Cemetery

  • Please visit in small family groups and keep at least 2 meters away from others at all times.

    Thank you for doing your part.

    COVID-19 Updates


    Capilano View offers a variety of interment options including full casket burial, burial of cremated remains and above-ground columbaria niches.

    Since 1926, the Capilano View Cemetery has offered the residents of West Vancouver a tranquil place of beauty and history to remember and reflect.

    A seating area including an ornamental water basin and table for preparing flowers and holding small gatherings is now open for use on the north-west corner of the Birch Area of the cemetery. We hope you will enjoy the view!

    Residency & Rates

    Plots for West Vancouver residents are sold at a lower rate than for non-residents. Residency is based on where the person for whom the lot is being purchased lives at the time of purchase. More Information

    In-ground Interment Options

    An interment is the burial of a deceased person in a full casket, or the burial of cremated remains in an in-ground plot. More Information

    Above Ground Columbaria Niche

    Inurnment is the setting of cremated remains in an above-ground structure called a columbaria niche. It takes approximately 7-10 days for a columbaria niche front to be engraved and delivered. More Information

    Memorial Markers

    All markers (headstone) require a permit. Most memorial marker companies will apply for the setting permit and add the fee to the cost of the marker and bill the client directly. More Information

    Flowers

    Cut flowers or potted plants that fit into a supplied 4” container may be placed on a grave or a columbaria niche. Artificial flowers may be placed in the 4” flower containers from November 1 to March 31. More Information

    Contact

    1490 3rd Street, West Vancouver, BC V7S 2Y2

    The cemetery is open daily, from dawn to dusk.

    Office hours by appointment only due to COVID-19.

    Monday–Friday
    8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. & 2–4:30 p.m.

    Closed weekends and statutory holidays.

    Please call to make an appointment

    604-925-7007

    Maps

    Directions

    Cemetery Plan

    Cemetery Bus

    A bus leaves 25th Street & Marine on the second Sunday of each month at 3 p.m. and picks up at all regular stops to Park Royal.

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