Purchasing a Columbarium For Your Municipality Cemetery: What You Need to Know
As cremation rates in Canada approach 70%, columbariums for municipality cemeteries has become a critical investment priority. However, Nelson Granite warns that many municipality cemetery columbarium purchases result in premature failures due to inferior materials. While most units feature granite exteriors, cores made from aluminum, concrete, fibreglass, or plywood deteriorate under Canadian freeze-thaw cycles, causing doors to jam, panels to fall off, and structures to sag. These failures leave municipalities facing costly replacements, devastated families, and potential lawsuits—all because the initial municipality cemetery columbarium purchase prioritized low cost over longevity.
Before making a columbarium purchase for your municipality cemetery you should ask critical questions:
- Who manufactured it and where?
- What warranty covers the core materials (not just the exterior)?
- Is the manufacturer's name displayed on the unit?
- Most importantly, what is the entire structure made of?
Nelson Granite advocates for 100% granite construction as the only truly perpetual solution for municipality cemetery columbarium needs. When municipalities think in centuries rather than decades, all-granite units offer comparable pricing to inferior products while eliminating future replacement costs and protecting the permanent resting places families expect.
