When a pet passes away, a lot of grieving pet owners wonder if cemeteries allow humans to be buried with their pet. So, I decided to do a little research.
Because many cemeteries are associated with churches, most of them do not allow the burial of a pet with a human. However, there are some that allow it.
From the research that I completed, every cemetery is different and each has their own rules and regulations.
I’ve compiled a list of a few cemeteries in the United States and Canada that allows it.
However, this information is not often publicly available. Your best recourse to know if your local cemetery allows the burial of pet with a human is to contact them and ask them directly.
Here’s an interactive map of where they are all located. You can move the map, zoom in and out. If you click on a cemetery it will give you the name and GPS coordinates. You can also find out more information about each cemetery below on this page.
You can also use the links below to jump to the cemetery information below on this page.
- Masters and Companions (Laval, Québec, Canada)
- Lakeside Cemetery (Hamburg , New York, USA)
- Saint Matthew’s Cemetery (West Seneca, New York, USA)
- Williamsville Cemetery (Williamsville, New York, USA)
- Gethsemane Cemetery (Williamsville, New York, USA)
- Mount Olivet Cemetery (Kenmore, New York, USA)
- Holy Cross Cemetery (Lackawanna, New York, USA)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Cheektowaga, New York, USA)
- Gate Of Heaven Cemetery (Lewiston, New York, USA)
- Assumption Cemetery (Grand Island, New York, USA)
- Queen Of Heaven Cemetery (Lockport, New York, USA)
- St. Adalbert Cemetery (Lancaster, New York, USA)
Canada
Masters and Companions
Masters and Companions is the only cemetery that allows the co-burial of pet and human. A pet’s ashes or animal remains can be buried with the remains of their owner in the same plot.
Address
5505 Rang du Bas-Saint-François, Laval (Québec) H7E 4P2
GPS Coordinates
45.6431201, -73.6594582
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Contact Information
Phone: 450-661-7017
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United States
Forest Lawn Cemeteries
All of the Forest Lawn Group cemeteries allow the burial of a cremated alongside their owner in their cemeteries. Not all plots allow this, so it is best to contact them to get more information.
Lakeside Cemetery
Address
4973 Rogers Road, Hamburg , New York, 14075
GPS Coordinates
42.7573297, -78.8712271
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-649-5507
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Saint Matthew’s Cemetery
Address
180 French Road, West Seneca, New York, 14224
GPS Coordinates
42.8707708, -78.7750136
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-822-1960
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Williamsville Cemetery
Address
5402 Main Street, Williamsville, New York, 14221
GPS Coordinates
42.9627516, -78.7524735
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-885-1600
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Gethsemane Cemetery
Address
201 Reist Street, Williamsville, New York, 14221
GPS Coordinates
42.9683434, -78.7499443
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-332-2236
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Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Buffalo
All of the cemeteries in the Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Buffalo allow the burial of a cremated alongside their owner in their cemeteries. A pet burial is secondary. Meaning that the human burial must take place at the same time or before the burial of a any pet.
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Address
4000 Elmwood Avenue, Kenmore, New York, 14217
GPS Coordinates
42.991786, -78.8759502
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-873-6500
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Holy Cross Cemetery
Address
2900 South Park Avenue, Lackawanna, New York, 14218
GPS Coordinates
42.8259558, -78.8180872
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-823-1197
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Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Address
3063 Harlem Road, Cheektowaga, New York, 14225
GPS Coordinates
42.9269008, -78.7767814
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-892-3063
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Gate Of Heaven Cemetery
Address
500 Riverdale Avenue, Lewiston, New York, 14092
GPS Coordinates
43.1472122, -79.030657
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-282-5084
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Assumption Cemetery
Address
2950 Whitehaven Road, Grand Island, New York, 14072
GPS Coordinates
43.0200713, -78.9988146
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-873-6500
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Queen Of Heaven Cemetery
Address
6843 Tonawanda Creek Road, Lockport, New York, 14094
GPS Coordinates
43.0852318, -78.649884
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-433-0941
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St. Adalbert Cemetery
Address
6200 Broadway, Lancaster, New York, 14086
GPS Coordinates
42.8929672, -78.6089412
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Contact Information
Phone: 716-681-3090
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These are all the cemeteries I could find that allows the burial of a pet’s remains with that of a human. If you are aware of another cemetery that isn’t on this list, please let me know and I will add it.