 In response to a petition to the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, which included “...it has become desirable that a Plot be obtained for the purpose of a General Burying Ground, as well for Strangers as for the Inhabitants of the Town, of whatever sect or denomination they may be”, a statute named "An act to authorize certain persons therein named, and their successors, to hold certain lands for the purpose therein mentioned" was passed and received Royal Assent in 1826