10/23/2025
It has been almost a week since the vandalism incident occurred at our beautiful cemetery. When we came in last Friday morning, we were devastated to find that we had around 40 headstones down. Some had been standing for over 150 years. Our crew has been hard at work all week, and many of these have been put up. They will continue to put up as many as they can. For some of the larger stones, we will need assistance from a monument company; however, it is a very busy time of year for monument companies to finish any orders they have at the end of their season, and they may not be able to do this until the middle of November.
We at Elmwood Cemetery will do everything we can to fix any monuments that are still down before the snow falls. Our official closing date of the year is October 31, 2025, and we reopen the first full week in May.
We would also like to take this time to thank the outpouring of generosity and well-wishes from the Greater Moncton Community, as well as many people we have heard from across Canada. As a not-for-profit organization, we do everything we can to keep our cemetery well-kept, and your assistance with this is greatly appreciated.
If you have any questions regarding this or anything else at the cemetery, please feel free to give us a call Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, at (506) 856-6990 until we close officially on October 31st. Once we close, we will still be checking emails at least a couple of times a week at [email protected] , or you can call and leave a message at the phone number above. We usually try and answer voice mails once a week during our off-season.
Please watch this page for any updates on the vandalism situation. Thank you, and take care.
The Staff and Board of Directors of Elmwood Cemetery