Notre Dame Cemetery, is a Catholic cemetery in

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, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1872, it is the most prominent Catholic cemetery in Ottawa. The cemetery's western edge is located in Vanier, just south of

Beechwood Cemetery Beechwood Cemetery, located in the former city of Vanier in Ottawa, Ontario, is the National Cemetery of Canada. It is the final resting place for over 82,000 Canadians from all walks of life, such as important politicians like Governor Genera ...

. Its eastern limit is St. Laurent Boulevard. The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 114,000 people.

Notable interments

* Janis Babson (1950–1961), Corneal transplant donor *

E. A. Bourque Edouard Adeceus "Eddy" Bourque (July 26, 1886 – May 2, 1962) was Mayor of Ottawa in 1949 and 1950. Bourque was born in Ottawa's Lower Town on St. Patrick Street, the son of Francis Bourque and Rachel Langevin. He was a longtime city councilo ...

(1887–1962), Mayor of Ottawa * Ernie Calcutt (1932–1984), Ottawa Rough Riders announcer and Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee * Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977), Ojibwa artist * Alex Connell (1902–1958), Hockey Hall of Fame player *

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(1901–1986), Hockey Hall of Fame player * Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), Portrait photographer *

Filip Konowal Filip Konowal VC ( uk, Пили́п Миронович Конова́л; ''Pylyp Myronovych Konoval''; 25 March 1887 – 3 June 1959) was a highly decorated Ukrainian Canadian soldier. He is the first Canadian Corps member not born in the Briti ...

(1886–1959), World War I hero, awarded the Victoria Cross * Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), Prime Minister of Canada *

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(1920–2010), Photographer *

Louis-Félix Pinault Louis-Félix Pinault (November 9, 1852 – December 10, 1906) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Matane in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and from 1892 to 1898 as a Liberal. He was born in Rimou ...

(1852–1906), Statesman *

Silver Quilty Sylvester Patrick "Silver" Quilty (February 8, 1891 – December 2, 1976) was a Canadian football player, referee, coach and sport administrator. As a player, he won the Yates Cup in 1907 with the Ottawa Gee-Gees football team, and was credited ...

(1891–1976), Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee *

Eldon Rathburn Eldon Davis Rathburn (21 April 1916 – 31 August 2008) was a Canadian film composer who scored over 250 films during his thirty-year tenure as a staff composer at the National Film Board of Canada. Known as "the dean of Canadian film composers",< ...

(1916–2008), Canadian film composer * Anna T. Sadlier (1854-1932), writer * Tommy Smith (1886–1966), Hockey Hall of Fame player

War Graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 115 Commonwealth service personnel, 40 from World War I and 75 from World War II.
CWGC Cemetery Report.

References

;Bibliography * * *

External links

* Roman Catholic cemeteries in Canada Tourist attractions in Ottawa Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Canada Cemeteries in Ottawa {{Ottawa-stub