St.Michael’s Cemetery Toronto

On My Thanksgiving Walk: Eugene O’Keefe – Brewer, Benefactor, Builder of ChurchesSt. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery, Deer Park, Toronto On my Thanksgiving walk through the peaceful Deer Park neighbourhood in midtown Toronto, I discovered a hidden gem rarely open to the public: St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery, quietly nestled off Yonge Street. Open only on statutory holidays, […]

On my walk through the Deer Park neighbourhood near Yonge and St. Clair, I stumbled upon a small, tucked-away cemetery at the end of a narrow laneway between two buildings—St. Michael’s Cemetery. Established in 1855, the Catholic Church purchased this land out of urgent necessity. Toronto was facing a crisis: waves of Irish immigrants fleeing […]