Nutana Pioneer Cemetery, Pioneer cemetery in Saskatoon, Canada

Nutana Pioneer Cemetery is a burial ground established in 1884 along the South Saskatchewan River with some 162 documented graves scattered across tree-dotted terrain. Tombstones of varying sizes stand among grass and vegetation, connected by simple walking paths.

Nutana Pioneer Cemetery was established in 1884, and many of Saskatoon's earliest settlers are buried there. The Nutana Cemetery Company owned it from 1905 until 1910, when it passed to the City of Saskatoon. Because of the unstable riverbank, burials were then restricted to plot owners and their families, and the last burial took place in 1948.

The cemetery is a designated Provincial heritage site, recognized by the Saskatoon Heritage Society. Its name comes from Nutana, the settlement on the east bank of the South Saskatchewan River that preceded the city of Saskatoon. The grounds lie in the Diefenbaker Management Area along the riverbank.

The cemetery lies on the bank of the South Saskatchewan River within the Diefenbaker Management Area. Burials stopped in 1948, so the grounds are a closed burial site rather than an active cemetery; access is by walking paths among the graves.

The grounds hold graves of about 51 infants and 14 children under age 16, showing the harsh conditions settlers faced. These numbers tell the story of the roughest challenges the first inhabitants endured.