St. Peter's Cemetery (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

St. Peter’s Cemetery
St. Peter’s Cemetery, to left of basilica under parking lot
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Established1784
Location
CountryCanada
Coordinates44°38′39″N 63°34′25″W / 44.64417°N 63.57361°W / 44.64417; -63.57361
TypeClosed
Owned byRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth
No. of graves3,000

St. Peter's Cemetery, later St. Mary's Cemetery, is the oldest Catholic cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, containing an estimated 3,000 graves dating from 1784 until 1843. It is located in Downtown Halifax at the corner of Spring Garden Road and Grafton Street under a parking lot beside the St. Mary's Basilica and owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth.