Hamilton is unusual in that the Muslim Association of Hamilton publishes a single all-in package price rather than an itemised list. A full burial is $5,500 for MAH members, $6,000 for non-members and $7,000 where the deceased is non-local. Burial is at Mount Hamilton Cemetery in a section called Muslim Gardens. The simplicity is helpful for families, but it means none of the underlying components - plot, interment, ghusl, kafan, casket, permit - is broken out.
These are the Muslim Association of Hamilton's own published package prices, stated as all-in figures: MAH members $5,500 CAD, non-members $6,000 CAD, non-local $7,000 CAD. MAH does not state what is or is not included, so treat these as the provider's quoted totals rather than a computed sum. Excludes headstone or marker (not published) and excludes repatriation.
What each part costs
Every line below is either a published price with its source, or marked not published. We do not average across the gap.
Cost of a Muslim burial in Hamilton
The same figures, as a table
| Item | Cost | Notes & source |
|---|---|---|
| Complete Muslim funeral and burial package - MAH member | $5,500 | Muslim Association of Hamilton published package price: 'MAH Members (Deceased): $5500 CAD'. Services referenced across the page include funeral pre-planning, cemetery allotment, b |
| Complete Muslim funeral and burial package - non-member | $6,000 | Muslim Association of Hamilton: 'Non-Members (Deceased): $6000 CAD'. The $500 difference from the member rate is effectively the cost of not being a member. |
| Complete Muslim funeral and burial package - non-local deceased | $7,000 | Muslim Association of Hamilton: 'Non-Local: $7000 CAD'. Applies where the deceased is from outside the Hamilton area. |
| Cemetery plot / interment rights - adult | $0 | NOT SEPARATELY PUBLISHED. Burial takes place at Mount Hamilton Cemetery in the 'Muslim Gardens' section, and 'cemetery allotment' is listed among MAH's services, but no plot price |
| Grave opening and closing (interment fee) | $0 | NOT SEPARATELY PUBLISHED. Presumed to sit inside the MAH package price, but this is not stated. Confirm with MAH. |
| Perpetual care / care and maintenance fund contribution | $0 | NOT PUBLISHED. Ontario law requires a care and maintenance contribution to be taken from the interment rights price, but Mount Hamilton Cemetery's split was not obtained. |
| Ghusl, kafan and casket | $0 | NOT SEPARATELY PRICED. MAH lists 'Ghusl Services' among its offerings and the packages appear to include preparation of the body, but no individual figures are published for ghusl, |
| Municipal burial permit and death registration | $0 | NOT CONFIRMED for the City of Hamilton. Set municipally. For scale, GTA providers quote $55-$100. The $30 BAO Consumer Protection Fee applies province-wide. |
| Headstone / grave marker | $0 | NOT PUBLISHED. Marker restrictions in the Muslim Gardens section of Mount Hamilton Cemetery are also unknown - ask for the cemetery by-laws, which Ontario cemeteries must provide b |
| Repatriation of the body abroad | $0 | NOT RELIABLY SOURCED. MAH's $7,000 'Non-Local' rate covers a deceased from outside the Hamilton area, not international repatriation. No number stated. |
Compared with a conventional funeral
Muslim burial vs a conventional funeral
NOT CONFIRMED for the City of Hamilton. The burial permit is issued by the municipal clerk when the death is registered and the fee is municipal. The $30 BAO Consumer Protection Fee applies province-wide per interment and per death registration. Ontario's family-led death care rules apply: a family member may provide transport, death registration and body care without a licence provided it is at n
Who provides this locally
- Muslim Association of Hamilton (Hamilton Mountain Mosque) — 1545 Stone Church Rd E, Hamilton, ON L8W 3P8. Phone +1 905-929-1526. Publishes all-in package pricing: members $5,500, non-members $6,000, non-local $7,000. Offers funeral pre-planning, cemetery allot
- Mount Hamilton Cemetery - Muslim Gardens — The Muslim burial section used by the Muslim Association of Hamilton. A City of Hamilton municipal cemetery, so its filed price list should be available from the City. Prices were not obtained for thi
What we could not confirm
Published so you know where the numbers stop:
- No effective date on the MAH package prices - staleness cannot be assessed.
- MAH does not state what the package includes or excludes. Whether the cemetery plot and grave opening and closing are inside the $5,500-$7,000 is the key unanswered question.
- Mount Hamilton Cemetery's own filed price list for the Muslim Gardens section was not obtained. As a City of Hamilton municipal cemetery this should be publicly available.
- No itemised ghusl, kafan, casket, transport or storage figures.
- City of Hamilton burial permit fee not confirmed.
- No marker pricing or marker restrictions for Muslim Gardens.
- Other Hamilton mosques and the Islamic Society of Hamilton were not checked for alternative janazah arrangements.
- Repatriation costs unsourced.
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Citations & sources
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.