December 2022
On 14 June 2022, World Pet Memorial Day, the Midland Branch of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Midland, Ontario, officially unveiled a memorial garden at the site of a disused, but still maintained pet cemetery on their property.
The revitalization of this pet cemetery includes a variety of plants and shrubbery, with wooden benches for visitors to sit and remember the furry friends who have been laid to rest here.
A collection of small tombstones with names like Buddy, Pixie, Skipper and Sunny can be found in the cemetery, which has been closed to new burials for over a decade.
While the Midland Pet Cemetery is closed to new burials, there are other pet cemeteries still operating across the province:
- Ancaster Pet Cemetery (Ancaster, Ontario)
- Lakeview Pet Cemetery (Brockville, Ontario)
- Brockville (Oakland) Pet Cemetery (Brockville, Ontario)
- Wassenaar Pet Cemetery (Hamilton / Lynden, Ontario)
- Muskoka Woodlands Pet Cemetery (Huntsville, Ontario)
- Sandy Ridge Pet Cemetery (London / Eden, Ontario)
- Havelberg Pet Cemetery (Orono, Ontario)
- Resting Paws Pet Cemetery (Ottawa, Ontario)
- William Wright Memorial Pet Cemetery (St. Joseph Island, Ontario)
- Thistledown Pet Memorial (Uxbridge, Ontario)
- Welland & District SPCA (Welland, Ontario)
Sources: https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/10656810-midland-ospca-unveils-memorial-garden-at-site-of-former-pet-cemetery, https://ontariospca.ca/blog/ontario-spca-unveils-memorial-garden-in-midland-on-world-pet-memorial-day.
