Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Almost the entire 80 ha of land now comprising Mount Pleasant Cemetery extending from Yonge Street to Bayview Avenue was purchased in 1873 in what was then the Village of Deer Park. Following three years of development the first interment took place on March 13th, 1876. At that time the City of Toronto had a population of about 68,000 people with its northern boundary at Bloor Street. A toll gate stood on Gallows Hill on Yonge Street, just south of St. Clair Avenue. Much is owed to the prudence and foresight of the trustees of the Toronto General Burying Grounds of that time. By December 31st, 1965, 117,705 interments had been made in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Toronto Plaques. Full page here.