Ont. couple denied $24K refund for cemetery plot in city they no longer live in

An Ontario couple has a warning for those choosing their final resting place after being denied a refund of over $24,000 for a cemetery plot in a city they no longer live in.

An Ontario couple has a warning for those choosing their final resting place after being denied a refund of over $24,000 for a cemetery plot in a city they no longer live in.

In 2020, Brian Dupuis and Krystyna Hojka-Dupuis purchased a plot in the Assumption Catholic Cemetery in Mississauga, Ont. in 2020, but have since moved to the small town of Hagersville, Ont. over an hour away.

“Unfortunately we have changed our mind,” Dupuis told CTV News Toronto. “You never really know what’s going to happen in the future.”

The couple initially purchased the plot to be buried near Hojka-Dupuis' parents, but now, the drive from Hagersville to Mississauga can sometimes take as long as three hours round trip.

“As we get older, I can’t see either my wife or I making the trip,” Dupuis said.

The Dupuis’ paid $24,200 for the cemetery plot and monument. The gravestone does not have their information inscribed yet, they said.

When the couple asked the cemetery for a refund, they said they were told it wasn’t possible.