Headstones in Belleville, Quinte West & Prince Edward County

The Bay of Quinte region — Belleville, Quinte West (Trenton), Prince Edward County and the surrounding townships — combines city cemeteries, historic Loyalist burial grounds and quiet rural churchyards.

Military families

With CFB Trenton in Quinte West, many local families include service details: rank, branch, unit and years. Our military inscriptions guide explains common formats, and veteran headstones covers government markers vs private monuments.

Prince Edward County churchyards

The County has many small church and community cemeteries. Ask the parish or cemetery board for its rules, who pours foundations and when installations happen. Older Loyalist-era stones may be marble or limestone; grey granite usually matches them best.

How Ontario regulates cemeteries

In Ontario, cemeteries operate under the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002, administered by the Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO). A few practical consequences for families:

• Every cemetery has by-laws. They cover memorial sizes, materials, foundations and installation, and the cemetery must make them available to you. Ask for them before you choose a design.
• You can buy from an independent supplier. Families may buy a monument from the cemetery or from an independent retailer or manufacturer; either way, it has to meet the cemetery's by-laws.
• Care and maintenance contributions. Ontario cemeteries collect a regulated contribution to their care and maintenance fund when larger markers and monuments are installed. Ask for the amount in writing alongside foundation and installation fees.

Our cemetery headstone rules guide has a checklist of questions to bring.

Lakeside weather

Lake Ontario wind and winter freeze-thaw call for dense, polished granite and deep lettering. See best granite for cold climates.

Factory-direct to Hastings

Marwaa Memorials manufactures in our own factory and keeps finished monuments at our Pickering warehouse (visits by appointment). We deliver door-to-door across Ontario under DAP terms, with freight, customs and duties included. Plan the design in our Design Studio, request a quote, or call our Canada team via the contact page.

See the Hastings service-area page, the Prince Edward County service-area page, our Kingston guide and all Ontario service areas.