[1] In 1883, the cemetery was established by a committee for the Town of Niagara Falls and 23 acres of land was purchased for this purpose.
[2] In 2017, Willow's Rest, a green burial site, opened near the west end of Stanley Avenue.
It is named after a weeping willow that is within the two acre burial site, and is an open field bordered by 100 trees.
[3] In September 2019, a restored stone and granite cenotaph was moved to Fairview Cemetery.
The cenotaph honours veterans who served in World War I and was originally constructed in 1950.