A City of Cambridge municipal cemetery in the Hespeler area. MUSLIM SECTION CONFIRMED: the Islamic Centre of Cambridge states it has acquired several graves here and that 'a section has been allocated for Muslim burials', and ICC arranges grave opening and burial here for the Muslim communities of Waterloo Region, Wellington County, Brant County, Milton and Stratford. The City of Cambridge is a licensed municipal cemetery operator (Bereavement Authority of Ontario licence #3307633). The City's own cemetery page does not publish individual cemetery addresses or list faith-designated sections, so the street address is left empty - the Muslim section is sourced from ICC, not from the City. The phone given is the City's cemetery administration line; ask for extension 4299.
At a glance
Mosques that bury here
These organisations name this cemetery on their own funeral pages. That is confirmation from the masjid, not from the cemetery.
Arranging a burial here
- Contact the masjid handling the janazah first — most cemeteries deal with the funeral provider rather than the family directly.
- Ask what the plot costs and, separately, what opening and closing the grave costs. They are almost always billed apart, and the second surprises people.
- Ask whether the section faces qiblah and what markers are permitted.
- See what a Muslim burial costs across Canada before you commit — plot prices vary more than fourfold between cities.
What we haven’t confirmed
We could not establish: size, whether plots are available. Those are published as gaps rather than filled with a plausible guess. If you know the answer — especially if you are from this organisation — tell us and we will verify and update the listing.
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Sources for this listing
Every factual claim on this page traces to one of the references below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position.
- Islamic Centre of Cambridge - Funeral and Burial (confirms a Muslim section at New Hope Cemetery) — iccambridge.com
- Islamic Centre of Cambridge (names New Hope Cemetery) — cambridgemuslimsociety.org