Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
File No. 333-09523
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
30,082 SHARES
THE LOEWEN GROUP INC.
COMMON SHARES WITHOUT PAR VALUE
This Prospectus Supplement is a supplement to that certain
Prospectus dated January 17, 1997, contained in the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-09523) filed by The Loewen
Group Inc. ("Loewen"), relating to 5,000,000 Common shares
without par value of Loewen ("Common Shares").
This Prospectus Supplement relates to 30,082 Common Shares
(the "Subject Shares") issued by Loewen on October 22, 1997 (the
"Issue Date"), pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement, dated
as of October 22, 1997 (the "Agreement"), by and among Loewen,
Birchlawn Burial Park, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the
"Acquired Company"), Birchlawn Acquisitions, Inc., a Virginia
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Loewen, Walter
Gillispie, Jr., and Norma T. Gillispie pursuant to which Loewen
acquired all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Acquired Company (the "Acquired Shares").
The Subject Shares were issued by Loewen to the holders of
the Acquired Shares as payment of a portion of the purchase price
for the Acquired Shares, based on the weighted average price of
the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange over the five
trading days immediately preceding the Closing Date (as defined
in the Agreement), approximately $26.55 per share.
All of the Subject Shares have been approved for listing on
the New York Stock Exchange, The Toronto Stock Exchange and The
Montreal Exchange. However, the Subject Shares may not be resold
in Canada or to a Canadian resident within a period of 40 days
after the Issue Date.
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS OCTOBER 22, 1997.
