The oldest Muslim burial ground in Nova Scotia and, for many years, the closest Muslim cemetery to Prince Edward Island. The Islamic Association of Nova Scotia's own page states: "Since 1971, the IANS has been maintaining the Truro masjid and cemetery. The cemetery was already in existence prior to the establishment of the masjid. There was already a small Syrian Muslim cemetery, established in May 1944, located on Bible Hill Road in Truro, Nova Scotia. The cemetery was owned and maintained by the Muslim settlers who had immigrated from Syria and Lebanon, settled around the Truro, New Glasgow, and Pictou areas in the early part of the twentieth century." Between 1968 and 1970 the association bought additional land around the existing cemetery, "which was just about to run out of space", and in 1971 built a masjid on the newly acquired land "which was contiguous to the existing cemetery, so the funeral prayers and other religious activities could be undertaken there." Operator: the Islamic Association of Nova Scotia (IANS), a community association, not a municipality or commercial operator. Recorded as an all-Muslim ground and not a section within a wider cemetery, on the strength of IANS's own description of it as a Muslim cemetery founded and maintained by the Muslim community; no source states an explicit admission policy. IANS's Dartmouth masjid names "Islamic Cemetery, Truro, NS" on its own funeral page as where it buries, and IANS handles burial arrangements through a Janazah Registration Form rather than a cemetery office line - the phone and address recorded here are the Truro Masjid's, published by IANS. NOT SOURCED: the cemetery's own street address as distinct from the masjid's, its acreage, current plot availability (it had run out of space once before, in the late 1960s), headstone or qiblah orientation rules. IANS does publish headstone options through DeMone Monuments (20x10 in grey; 24x12 in grey, HST and shipping included). Rank: high priority for a human phone call, because capacity has been a live issue at this site historically.
At a glance
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 a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position.
- Truro - Islamic Association of Nova Scotia — islamnovascotia.ca
- Funeral Services - Islamic Association of Nova Scotia — islamnovascotia.ca