Listed on the Jaffari Funeral Services page of the Islamic Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat (ISIJ) of Toronto as one of the four cemeteries families may choose for burial, given there as 'North York Cemetery (101 Senlac Rd)'. Address is exactly as published by ISIJ; no postal code, phone, website, operator or Muslim-section detail could be confirmed in this research pass, and this cemetery is NOT part of the Mount Pleasant Group (whose North York property is York Cemetery on Beecroft Rd). Needs a human check before any contact details are published. The same ISIJ page also names 'Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens', 'Al Hussain Foundation Cemetery' and 'Meadowvale Cemetery (Brampton)'; Al Hussain Foundation Cemetery could not be located at all and has deliberately been left out of this dataset rather than guessed at.
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.
Facilities & community services
At the site
- on-site funeral centre for visitations, funerals, memorials and receptions
- the historic Michael Shepard House, an 1850s heritage landmark
Services the community can ask for
Listed from the organisation’s own material. A service not listed here isn’t necessarily unavailable — call the office and ask.
About North York Cemetery
The cemetery at 101 Senlac Road in North York is York Cemetery, operated by the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries, a non-profit statutory public trust. It was established in 1948 and its grounds include the Michael Shepard House, a heritage building dating from the early 1850s and recognised by the North York Historical Board. The cemetery states a commitment to serving Toronto's multicultural communities with multilingual staff, and a one-storey columbarium was approved for the site by Toronto City Council in 2021 under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act.
From the organisation’s own pages, checked 13 Aug 2026 — see the sources below.
What we haven’t confirmed
We could not establish: whether the grounds are entirely Muslim, whether there is a designated Muslim section, 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.
Planning ahead, rather than in a crisis?
The two things a funeral coordinator asks a family for are the burial wishes and the will. Recording where your will is kept and working out the inheritance shares now spares your family both questions at the worst possible moment.
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.
- Mount Pleasant Group — York Cemetery and Funeral Centre, North York (established 1948; Michael Shepard House; multilingual staff; contact numbers) — mountpleasantgroup.com
- Jaffari Funeral Services - ISIJ of Toronto — jaffari.org
- City of Toronto — Report for Action: 101 Senlac Road, Application under Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002 and Site Plan Control, North York Community Council, 25 October 2021 (confirms 101 Senlac Road is York Cemetery) — toronto.ca