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Woodlawn Cemetery (Saskatoon)
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Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in the cemetery is the Next of Kin Memorial Avenue, a National Historic Site of Canada, that is dedicated to all those who served with Canada's armed forces.
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Established | 1905 |
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Coordinates | 52°9′0″N 106°39′20″W |
Owned by | City of Saskatoon |
Size | 94 acres (0.38 km2) |
No. of interments | 63,000+ |
Website | Official website |
Find a Grave | Woodlawn Cemetery |
The cemetery was established in 1905 as St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cemetery, with the city taking over responsibility in 1918.[1] Prior to that point in time either the Nutana Pioneer Cemetery in Nutana or the Summerdale Cemetery in the town of Smithville (now annexed into the Blairmore SDA) was used.[1]
The cemetery has been divided into the following sections to specific customs and religious traditions or special affiliations:[2]
- Children
- Infants
- Cremated Remains
- University of Saskatchewan
- Field of Honour (Military)
- Flat Marker
- Upright Monument
- Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'i
- Catholic
- Chinese
- Greek
- Orthodox
- Islamic Ismalian
- Jewish
- Non-Denominational
Block 55 contains the war graves of 107 Commonwealth service personnel of the First and Second World Wars.[3]