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Pape Avenue Cemetery

Pape Avenue Cemetery, officially known as Holy Blossom Cemetery, is the first Jewish cemetery in the city of Toronto, Canada. The small cemetery is now closed to new burials, and is mostly hidden within the residential neighbourhood of Leslieville.

Holy Blossom Memorial Park
To replace the Pape cemetery, Holy Blossom opened a new cemetery further east at 66 Brimley Road in the Cliffcrest area of Scarborough, Ontario. Notable burials at Holy Blossom Memorial Park: • Frank Shuster (1916–2002) and Johnny Wayne (1918–1990), comedians • Bora Laskin (1912–1984), 14th Chief Justice of CanadaSaul Laskin (1918–2008), 1st Mayor of Thunder BayNathan Phillips (1892–1976), 52nd Mayor of TorontoAlex Levinsky (1910–1990), NHL hockey player • Murray Koffler (1924–2017), pharmacist, businessman, founder of Shoppers Drug Mart The cemetery is not full and still has plots available for sale to both members and non-members of Holy Blossom synagogue. Unlike some other Jewish cemeteries in Toronto, Holy Blossom Memorial Park offers cremation plots as well as regular burial plots. ==References==
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