Cemetery

Please contact Capilano View Cemetery at 604-925-7007 between 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday to arrange a burial. Arrangements can be made by appointment over the phone. 

Please have the following information available to help us arrange an interment:

• your name, address, and phone number
• your relationship to the deceased person
• the full legal name of the deceased person
• the last address of the deceased person
• date and place of birth of the deceased person
• date and place of death of the deceased person
• the name of the funeral home you have chosen
• date and time you would like for the service 

Interment services are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Having more than one date option will help with finding a time to suit your preferences.

If you have any questions, please contact Capilano View Cemetery at 604-925-7007.

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. Residency of the purchaser is not a consideration.

For example, a person who lived in West Vancouver for 40 years, then sold their West Vancouver property and moved to White Rock six months ago is a non-resident.

However, if that person who moved to White Rock six months ago still owns a home in West Vancouver, they are a resident.

To determine your specific needs and their associated costs please call to make an appointment.

604-925-7007

Cemetery Fees & Charges Summary - effective January 1, 2023 (PDF)

The above document is a summary of cemetery fees and charges. In case of discrepancy, the Fees and Charges Bylaw takes precedent.

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

Single casket lots are for the interment of a full casket interment and up to four cremation interments or up to four “In Memoriam”(s).

Double depth casket lots are for the interment of two full casket interments and up to four cremation interments or up to four ”In Memoriam”(s).

Scheduling an Interment

A minimum notice of 48 working hours, calculated from the time of attendance in the Cemetery Clerk’s office, is needed to schedule an interment.

Interments are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday. For interments scheduled after hours, on weekends or statutory holidays, additional fees apply.

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

Scheduling and Inurnment

A minimum of 48 working hours' notice calculated from the time of attendance in the Cemetery Clerk’s office is needed to schedule an inurnment.

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. However, there are some companies who request clients pay the District for the permit directly ($308 plus GST).

Capilano View Cemetery does not make or sell markers except for single cremation plots and columbaria niches. You may order memorial markers for full interment or single and double cremation lots from any memorial marker company, provided that the marker meets the Cemetery Regulation Bylaw’s size and material requirements.

A supplier list can be obtained at the office and examples of markers can be seen on the cemetery grounds. Markers can take up to two months for delivery. Cemetery staff install the markers.

Materials

Markers can be made of granite, or bronze on a cement or granite base, with a minimum thickness of 3 inches.

Costs

Markers vary depending on size and material; $700 or more is normal.

For costs to install or remove markers, please refer to Cemetery Fees & Charges Summary - effective January 1, 2023 (PDF).

Sizes

• Single Full Casket Lot:
  12”x20”x3” or
  16”x28”x3” or
  18”x30”x3”
• Double Cremation Lot
  12”x20”x3” or
  16”x28”x3”.
• Adjoining Lots - installed in between two full casket lots, or in between two double cremation lots
  16”x28”x3” or
  18”x30”x3”.
• Double Depth Lot
  16”x28”x3” or
  18”x30”x3”.

Government Links

Assistance with funeral costs

• Ministry Assistance With Funeral Costs brochure
• Funeral Costs program webpage
• BC Government – After a Death: What to Do When Someone Dies
• Service Canada – Death Benefit and other CPP benefits through the Government of Canada

Grief Support Links

• British Columbia Bereavement Helpline
• Lower Mainland Grief Recovery Society
• The Compassionate Friends of Canada

Consumer Protection

All cemeteries are governed and regulated by Consumer Protection BC.

• Funeral Rights
• Cemeteries and Crematoriums
• Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act
• Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Regulations