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What’s New?
Effective September 8, 2022, all Westbank Cemetery sales and client services will be handled at the new office location in West Kelowna City Hall at 2760 Cameron Rd.
Please see below for further details on booking an appointment with our cemetery sales and client services office.
With beautiful lake and mountain views, grassy meadows, pine groves and meandering pathways the Westbank Cemetery provides a place of perfect tranquility. The Westbank Cemetery provides:
- Interment sites (cremation & burial)
- Columbaria and Mausolea
- In memoriam benches and trees
- Memorial marker installations
- Memorial wall
- Ossuary
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About the Cemetery – General Information |
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With beautiful lake and mountain views, grassy meadows, pine groves and meandering pathways, the Westbank Cemetery provides a place of perfect tranquility with a variety of arrangement options. The 8.2-acre cemetery is located at 3200 Elliott Road and is the traditional resting place for community families and pioneers since 1925. Hours The cemetery gates (pedestrian only) are open every day, from dawn to dusk. The cemetery office is located at 2760 Cameron Rd., West Kelowna. Office hours are by appointment only, Monday-Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Making Your Arrangements Please contact our cemetery office at 778-797-8875 or via email at cemetery@westkelownacity.ca to schedule a private meeting to discuss your pre-need or at-time-of-need options. |
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Burial and Memorial Options |
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For questions about fees please call 778-797-8875 or refer to the Westbank Cemetery Bylaw No. 0166 Please note, additional service charges apply to the below noted fees. Non-residents pay an additional 18% on all products and services. Cremation - In Ground Plots
Garden Area A
Garden Area B 
Cremation - In Ground Ossuary and Memorial Wall
Our Ossuary provides patrons the option to place cremated remains in a co-mingled container that has been placed deep within the ground. Names of those interred in the Ossuary can be placed on the Memorial Wall.
Cremation - Above Ground PlotsColumbaria & Family Estates: The City has two columbaria buildings and two family estates for the inurnment of cremated remains. Each columbaria niche can accommodate two urns and the family estates can accommodate six urns. Columbaria
Family Estate
Each columbaria has two sides (mountainside and lakeside) with five levels each (level 5 is the bottom row). Columbaria Plot Fees
Traditional Burial Plots - In Ground
Traditional burial plots are available in the new Phase III section of the cemetery. One plot can accommodate two caskets and two urns or one casket and three urns or four urns. Cemetery office staff would be happy to discuss these options with you.
Mausolea - Above Ground Casket PlotsThe Westbank Cemetery has two mausolea's. Each mausolea has six, single casket chambers.
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Cemetery Map |
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Phased Improvements |
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Since 2013, the City of West Kelowna has invested approximately $1.3 million to expand and transform the Westbank Cemetery into a memorial garden, capture the surrounding natural beauty and create a place of serenity that honors the memory of loved ones. The cemetery facility has been expanded along the eastern slope to include:
The eastern viewpoint has been enhanced to include:
The cemetery was transformed from a barren sand and rock landscape to a memorial garden with meandering pathways lined with thousands of trees, shrubs and perennials, with irrigation and fencing. |
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