London and southwestern Ontario are served by the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario, which publishes a detailed cemetery fee schedule reviewed annually. An adult plot is $2,500 and standard-depth interment is $1,200, with a concrete vault required at $1,000 and a standard pine casket at $350. Adding the $200 interment authorization fee and the $30 BAO fee brings the burial subtotal to about $5,280 before HST, or roughly $5,900 with it. The centre states that no Muslim shall be denied an Islamic burial due to inability to pay.
Subtotal of the required items = adult plot $2,500 + adult standard depth interment $1,200 + concrete vault (required) $1,000 + standard pine casket $350 + interment authorization fee $200 + BAO Consumer Protection Fee $30 = $5,280 before HST. ICSWO states all prices are subject to HST, which brings it to roughly $5,966. A weekend ($400) or holiday ($400-$450) surcharge takes it to about $6,400. Excludes the optional granite marker ($1,530) and excludes repatriation. Note that a separate mosque janazah service fee, if any, is not published - see gaps.
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 London
The same figures, as a table
| Item | Cost | Notes & source |
|---|---|---|
| Cemetery plot - adult | $2,500 | Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario (ICSWO) Islamic Cemetery. Adult plot $2,500; child plot $750. Prices as of February 27, 2025 and reviewed annually. All prices subject to HST. |
| Interment (opening and closing) - adult standard depth | $1,200 | ICSWO: adult standard depth interment $1,200; child $700; child interment for miscarriages $350. Surcharges: weekend $400, holiday on a weekday $400, holiday on a weekend $450. Sub |
| Concrete vault (required) | $1,000 | ICSWO lists the concrete vault as REQUIRED at $1,000. This is a significant difference from the GTA and Ottawa, where no vault or liner is required for Muslim burial and the BAO gu |
| Standard pine casket | $350 | ICSWO: standard pine casket $350. Subject to HST. |
| Headstone / granite marker | $1,530 | ICSWO: granite marker $1,530; flower vase $640. Subject to HST. This is the ONLY published Muslim-cemetery marker price found anywhere in Ontario during this research, which makes |
| Administrative and authorization fees | $150–$200 | ICSWO: authorization fee for interment $200; ownership transfer fee $200; contract cancellation fee $150; certificate replacement fee $150. Subject to HST. The $200 interment autho |
| Bereavement Authority of Ontario Consumer Protection Fee | $30 | ICSWO lists 'Bereavement Authority Consumer Protection Fee $30'. |
| Perpetual care / care and maintenance fund contribution | $0 | NOT SEPARATELY PUBLISHED by ICSWO. Ontario law requires part of the interment rights price to go to a care and maintenance fund, so it is presumably embedded in the $2,500 plot pri |
| Mosque janazah service fee (ghusl, kafan, transport) | $0 | NOT PUBLISHED. The ICSWO cemetery fee schedule covers plot, interment, vault, casket and markers, but does not list a separate charge for ghusl, kafan or transfer of the deceased. |
| Municipal burial permit and death registration | $0 | NOT CONFIRMED for the City of London. Set municipally. For scale, GTA providers quote $55-$100. |
| Repatriation of the body abroad | $0 | NOT RELIABLY SOURCED. No number stated. |
Compared with a conventional funeral
Muslim burial vs a conventional funeral
NOT CONFIRMED for the City of London. The burial permit is issued by the municipal clerk when the death is registered and the fee is set municipally. The $30 BAO Consumer Protection Fee applies province-wide per interment and per death registration, and ICSWO charges it. Ontario family-led death care rules apply: a family member may transport the body and register the death without a licence if do
Who provides this locally
- Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario (ICSWO) — London area. Operates an Islamic cemetery and publishes the most detailed Muslim cemetery fee schedule in Ontario after Ottawa's, including surcharges, transfer fees and marker prices. Prices as of Fe
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What we could not confirm
Published so you know where the numbers stop:
- No mosque janazah service fee is published for London - it is unclear whether ghusl, kafan and transport are free, donation-based or billed. This is the biggest gap in the region and needs a phone call to ICSWO.
- No care and maintenance fund breakdown.
- City of London burial permit fee not confirmed.
- The February 27, 2025 price date is over a year old at retrieval and ICSWO says prices are reviewed annually - treat as possibly stale.
- Marker restrictions (flat versus upright) in the ICSWO Muslim cemetery are not stated, only the granite marker price.
- Repatriation costs unsourced.
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Citations & sources
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