Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa)

Notre-Dame Cemetery

Notre-Dame Cemetery in winter.
Details
Year established	1872
Country	Canada
Location	Ottawa, Ontario
Number of graves	114,000

Wilfrid Laurier's grave, sculpted by Alfred Laliberté, in Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa) Ontario Canada

Notre Dame Cemetery, located at 455 Montreal Rd., in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, opened in 1872. It is the most prominent Catholic cemetery in Ottawa. The cemetery is located between residential area of Rockcliffe, Ontario and just south of Beechwood Cemetery on St. Laurent Boulevard in the east end of the city. The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 114,000 persons.

Notable interments

• Alex Connell (1902–1958), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
• Aurel Joliat (1901–1986), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
• Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), renowned portrait photographer
• Filip Konowal (1886–1959), World War I hero, awarded the Victoria Cross
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), Prime Minister of Canada
• Louis-Félix Pinault (1852–1906), statesman
• Tommy Smith (1885–1966), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
• Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977), Ojibwa artist

References

• Jennifer McKendry `Into the silent land : historic cemeteries & graveyards in Ontario` Kingston, Ont. : , c2003.

Coordinates: 45°26′33″N 75°39′07″W / 45.442459°N 75.651941°W / 45.442459; -75.651941