[1] With the first interment taking place in 1878, it is one of the oldest cemeteries in Winnipeg.

[1] The Brookside Cemetery houses a municipal Military "Field of Honour," which was opened in 1915 and is one of Canada's largest and oldest.

The Field of Honour houses the only Stone of Remembrance in Canada, unveiled in 1960 by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to honour "sailors, soldiers and airmen of the Commonwealth who lie buried in Canada," having served in either of the world wars.

[1][3] Since 1915, Brookside Cemetery has interred 11,000 veterans, servicemen, and women, and includes 470 war graves.

[1] Brookside also includes a section dedicated to those who donated their bodies to medical research and teaching at the University of Manitoba.