A cemetery on the grounds of Masjid Al-Hussain on Kennedy Road in north Markham, owned and operated by the Al-Hussain Foundation - "a non-profit organization established under Canadian Federal Law in 1989 and ... managed by a Board of Trustees" (its own About page). Its own site names the burial ground "Jan'att Wadi Salam Cemetery" on the home page and "Janatt Wadi Al-Salaam Cemetery" on the About page; its published price list heads the document "Al Hussain Foundation / Jannat-Wadi-elSalam Cemetary, 10992 Kennedy Road, Markham, Ontario L0H 1G0 - Tel: 416-898-6967". The mosque and cemetery sit on a 5-acre parcel. It is a licensed Ontario cemetery: the price list carries the Care & Maintenance Fund disclosure required under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002 and O. Reg. 30/11, with 40% of the price of interment rights set aside in perpetuity. The Foundation separately holds a BAO transfer service operator licence, Class 2 Restricted, number TSR-1541. PRICES (effective 1 January 2026, before HST unless stated): interment rights $1,000; opening and closing of the grave $1,500; facilities $2,500; transportation within the GTA $900; documentation $300; casket (maple plywood) $600; shrouding $150; sodding $650; administration $1,100; granite marker 24x18 black $2,600; total for a burial $11,500; cold storage $250/night. Burial contacts: Ajaz Sadiq 416-898-6967 and lead volunteer Hussein Somji 416-871-5568. Named as a cemetery they bury at on the funeral pages of two Shia centres already in this directory: the Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of Toronto (Jaffari Community Centre, Thornhill) and Masumeen Islamic Centre (Brampton). NOT STATED anywhere consulted, and therefore left null: whether burial is restricted to Muslims (the grounds are owned by an Islamic foundation and adjoin its masjid, but no source says so in terms), whether it is a section inside a wider cemetery (it is not - it is a standalone ground, but no source states this either), the cemetery's acreage as distinct from the 5-acre whole site, and whether graves face qiblah. plots_available is recorded true on the strength of a current 2026 price list actively selling interment rights.
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: whether the grounds are entirely Muslim, whether there is a designated Muslim section, size. 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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Where to go next
Sources for this listing
Every factual claim on this page traces to a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position.
- Burial Services - Al Hussain Foundation — alhussainfoundation.ca
- Al Hussain Foundation - Burial Services Price List, effective 1 January 2026 (PDF) — alhussainfoundation.ca
- About - Al Hussain Foundation — alhussainfoundation.ca
- Jaffari Funeral Services - ISIJ of Toronto — jaffari.org