How to start a Green Burial Cemetery

Starting a green burial is starting a cemetery. Even one burial requires the site to be legally designated as a cemetery.

Cemeteries are governed by strict provincial and territorial legislation. A green burial cemetery must follow all the jurisdictional laws and regulations. It is neither easier nor harder to start a green burial cemetery than a conventional cemetery, but it is important to understand what this means.

Once your land is established as a cemetery, then you can apply to the Green Burial Society of Canada to become a GBSC Certified Green Burial Cemetery.

Please read about your provinces laws and regulations on cemeteries below:

Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/cemeteries-registration

British Columbia: https://www.consumerprotectionbc.ca & https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/

Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/funeraldirectorsboard & https://web2.gov.mb.ca/

New Brunswick: http://www.fcnb.ca/consumer-affairs.html & https://www.associationofnbcemeteries.com/membership-cemeteries

Newfoundland & Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/dgsnl/.

Northwest Territories: https://www.gov.nl.ca/dgsnl/ & https://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/sites/hss/files/resources/

Nova Scotia: https://beta.novascotia.ca/

https://nslegislature.ca/

Nunavut: https://www.nunavutlegislation.ca

Ontario: https://thebao.ca/ &

https://www.ontario.ca/laws