It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto.

St. Michael's Cemetery opened in 1855 as a larger and stand alone burial grounds.

[4] Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery was opened to relieve St. Michael's in 1900 and was the last to be located within Toronto.

Holy Cross is responsible for St. Luke's Roman Catholic Cemetery c. 1846.

The cemetery is the resting place of the more recent and former Archbishop of Toronto: