Questions & Answers

A flat granite grave marker starts at $699, a pillow marker at $2,200 and an upright monument at $2,400. Those prices include the granite, the engraving and two designs, and any amount of lettering on the front is included as long as it fits — in any language, at no extra cost. On-site engraving on an existing memorial starts at $280 and restoration at $300. Installation and cemetery fees are not included and are quoted separately.

Alberta prices track Edmonton prices closely, because most of the province's monument work is fabricated in Edmonton or Calgary. Our own prices start at $699 for a flat marker, $2,200 for a pillow marker and $2,400 for an upright monument, with engraving and two designs included. Rural cemeteries often charge less in permit fees than the city does. Installation is quoted separately, and the further out the cemetery, the more that costs.

In practice, nothing. Headstone, gravestone, tombstone, marker and monument all describe a memorial that identifies a grave, and people in Edmonton use them interchangeably. If there is a distinction worth making, it is between a flat marker set level with the lawn and an upright monument that stands above it — and that difference is set by your cemetery's rules, not by what the memorial is called.

Installation is quoted separately from the memorial, because what it costs depends on the cemetery, the section, the access and the size of the stone. On top of that the cemetery charges its own fees: nearly every Edmonton-area cemetery requires a memorial permit, and an upright needs a poured concrete foundation the cemetery usually installs itself. We set all of it out line by line on the quote so you can see what is ours and what is the cemetery's.

Six to ten weeks for a flat marker and ten to sixteen weeks for an upright, measured from the day you approve the proof. Winter extends that: Edmonton ground is frozen from around late October into April, so a memorial finished in the cold months is stored in our shop at no charge and set in spring.

Yes, and it matters more than most families expect. Every cemetery sets its own limits on size, thickness, material and finish, and several Edmonton sections are lawn-level only, which rules out uprights entirely. We submit the permit paperwork and get the approval before fabrication starts, because a memorial the cemetery refuses is not a fixable mistake.

Yes, and it is done at the grave. We bring a portable compressor and blast pot to the cemetery, mask the area and cut the new lettering to match the original font and depth. The memorial is never lifted off its foundation. On-site engraving starts at $280 and usually takes most of a morning.

Yes. We deliver and install across Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Leduc, Fort Saskatchewan, Beaumont, Devon, Morinville and the surrounding county cemeteries. Installation is quoted separately from the memorial, and we tell you that figure up front rather than leaving it to appear at the end.