Cemeteries

Please contact the Wetaskiwin Genealogical Society at 780.361.0366 regarding all genealogy requests. 

The City of Wetaskiwin required three (3) full business days for burial requests.

Call the Operations Facility office at 780.361.4436 to schedule.

Yes! We allow up to four (4) urns (cremations) to be interred with an already occupied lot. The only exception is if the person who is already buried in a plot is a veteran. Spouses are the only ones allowed to be buried in a veteran plot.

No! As outlined in the City's Cemetery Bylaw, for any cremation burials, please contact the Operations Facility office at 780.361.4436.

A licensed funeral home must perform full body burials, as per the Province of Alberta's Cemeteries Act.

The Wetaskiwin Cemetery (north of the water tower) only has mausoleum vaults available for sale.

The Wetaskiwin Memorial Cemetery (south of the hospital) has full body and cremation plots, and columbarium niches available for purchase.

Yes! Contact the Operations Facility office at 780.361.4436 and you can arrange to have a member from Public Works show you what is available.

You will need a burial permit or a cremation certificate. The funeral home should provide that for you at no cost.

You will have to contact a monument company as the City of Wetaskiwin does not install monuments. There is a monument permit required for all new monuments and inscription changes.

If you have already purchased a full body plot but you have changed your plans to include a cremation rather than a full body burial, you may still use your plot for a cremation interment. However, you can only have up to two (2) urns interred on the plot.

Call the Operations Facility office at 780.361.4436 for more information.

Basic engraving on the door of the niche is included, as well as opening and closing of the niche door.

Perpetual care will be an additional cost.

A stonewriter can be contacted at 780.387.5185.

Perpetual care is a one-time fee that is charged per interment to help cover the cost of maintenance and care of the cemeteries (mowing, snow removal, etc.).

Yes, however, as per the Cemeteries Act, municipalities are only required to pay back 85 per cent of the current market value of the plot and all other pre-paid fees will be forfeited.

The City of Wetaskiwin will require a letter in writing of your intention to sell your plot back to the City of Wetaskiwin and proof of ownership before proceeding with any reimbursement (deed, proof of executor of the estate, etc.).