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National Parks Cemetery Regulations

Version of section 2 from 2010-02-02 to 2024-11-26:


 In these Regulations,

ashes

ashes means cremated human remains; (cendres)

available

available, in respect of a grave, means that a certificate has not been issued with respect to that grave; (disponible)

Banff Cemetery

Banff Cemetery[Revoked, SOR/90-235]

Cape Breton Highlands Cemetery

Cape Breton Highlands Cemetery[Revoked, SOR/90-32, s. 1]

Cavendish Cemetery

Cavendish Cemetery[Revoked, SOR/90-32, s. 1]

cemetery

cemetery means a cemetery to which these Regulations apply; (cimetière)

certificate

certificate means a certificate issued pursuant to section 8; (certificat)

Field Cemetery

Field Cemetery means that part of Yoho National Park so designated and shown on a plan of survey of record in the Canada Lands Surveys Records of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, as number 20590; (cimetière de Field)

grave

grave means an excavation in a cemetery plot for the burial of human remains or ashes; (tombe)

holder of a certificate

holder of a certificate means a person to whom a certificate is issued and, where that person is deceased, means the estate of that person; (titulaire d’un certificat)

immediate next of kin

immediate next of kin[Revoked, SOR/90-32, s. 1(E)]

indigent

indigent means a person who

  • (a) before his death was a permanent resident of one or more parks for a period of at least 25 years in the aggregate and at some time lived in the park where the burial is to take place, or

  • (b) at the time of his death was a permanent resident of the park where the burial is to take place and whose financial means are not sufficient to cover the fees for burial; (personne indigente)

Jasper Park Cemetery

Jasper Park Cemetery[Repealed, SOR/2010-23, s. 7]

marker

marker means a memorial of metal, stone or other similar material placed at the level of the surrounding ground at the foot of a grave; (dalle tombale)

monument

monument means a memorial of stone, marble or other similar material placed above the level of the surrounding ground at the head of a grave or plot; (monument)

Mountain View Cemetery

Mountain View Cemetery[Revoked, SOR/90-235]

next of kin

next of kin means the spouse and children of a deceased person; (plus proche parent)

park

park[Repealed, SOR/96-477, s. 1]

perpetual care

perpetual care means the preservation, improvement, embellishment and maintenance in perpetuity of a grave in a cemetery; (entretien permanent)

plot

plot means a numbered lot shown on the plan of survey of a cemetery, containing one or more graves; (terrain)

Superintendent

Superintendent[Revoked, SOR/90-32, s. 1]

tablet

tablet means a memorial of metal, stone or other similar material placed at the level of the surrounding ground at the head of a grave; (plaque)

Waterton Cemetery

Waterton Cemetery means that part of Waterton Lakes National Park so designated and shown on a plan of survey of record in the Canada Lands Surveys Records of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa, as number 42297. (cimetière de Waterton)

Waterton Park Cemetery

Waterton Park Cemetery[Revoked, SOR/90-32, s. 1]

  • SOR/90-32, s. 1
  • SOR/90-235
  • SOR/96-477, s. 1
  • SOR/2010-23, s. 7

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