Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (french: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) is a

rural cemetery A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-nineteenth century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries. They were typically built one to five ...

located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce,

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, Canada which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of

Côte-des-Neiges Road Côte-des-Neiges Road (officially in french: chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges) is a street in Montreal, home to Plaza Côte-des-Neiges. It is served by Métro Côte-des-Neiges and two bus lanes. BIXI bike rental is also available. It extends from the ...

and up the slopes of

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. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is the largest cemetery in

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and the third-largest in

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History and description

Created on property purchased from Dr. Pierre Beaubien, the new cemetery was a response to growing demand at a time when the old Saint-Antoine Cemetery (near present-day

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) had become too small to serve Montreal's rapidly increasing population. Founded in 1854 as a garden cemetery in the French style, it was designed by landscape architect Henri-Maurice Perreault, who studied rural cemeteries in Boston and New York. On May 29, 1855, thirty-five-year-old Jane Gilroy McCready, wife of Thomas McCready, then a Montreal municipal councillor, was the first person to be buried in the new cemetery. Notre Dame des Neiges is the largest cemetery in Canada with more than 55 kilometres of lanes and one million people interred.''ArcUser Magazine'', "Navigating Canada's Largest Cemetery", Summer 2009, p. 27 The Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery site has more than 65,000 monuments and 71 family vaults. The cemetery originally served Roman Catholics and rural French Canadians. Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Orthodox Greek, Polish, Ukrainian and Huron are also represented, indicated in many instances by ethnic motifs on gravestones. The cemetery is adjacent to the

Mount Royal Cemetery Opened in 1852, Mount Royal Cemetery is a terraced cemetery on the north slope of Mount Royal in the borough of Outremont in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Temple Emanu-El Cemetery, a Reform Judaism burial ground, is within the Mount Royal grounds. Th ...

, a predominantly English-speaking and originally

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adjacent burial ground, the Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, an

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burial ground and

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burial ground. These four abutting cemeteries on the slopes of

contain a total of 1.5 million burials. "La Pietà Mausoleum" contains a life-sized marble reproduction of Michelangelo's Pietà sculpture (original located in

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at the

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). Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery was designated a

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in 1998 and plaqued in 2004. No

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s or

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s took place between May 16, 2007, and September 11, 2007, because of a labour strike. The interments of more than 300 bodies were affected. In addition, its uncut, unkempt grass became a symbol of the labour dispute. Due to its vast size, locating a specific grave can be difficult. As a result, the cemetery now offers a computerized mapping service that allows visitors to quickly and accurately locate graves. It can be accessed at the cemetery using a touch screen display or via the Internet.

War graves

The only opening in the fence between the Notre Dame des Neiges and

cemeteries is where two adjoining military sections are. Shortly after

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, to emphasize the comradeship and uniformity of sacrifice of Protestant and Catholic soldiers, the

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insisted on an open passage between the two plots and the

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was erected. There are 445 identified Commonwealth service war grave burials commemorated here, 252 from World War I and 215 from World War II. Those whose graves could not be individually marked are named on bronze plaques attached to the Cross of Sacrifice. The Quebec Memorial on the

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lists 24 servicemen buried here, whose graves could no longer be marked or maintained, as alternative commemorations.

New mausoleums

Every

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in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery contains multiple

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s, clearly identified, as well as

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with glass or marble

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s for one or more

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s. The first mausoleum, Notre Dame, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, was built in 1978. The others were added gradually in the years that followed: John-Paul II (1980), Saint-Francis (1982), Marguerite-Bourgeoys (1983), The Pietà (1985), Saints Peter and Paul (1989), Sainte Clare of Assisi (1994), the two-storey Saint Marguerite d’Youville (1996) and most recently, Esther-Blondin (2007). Opened in November 2007, the Esther Blondin Mausoleum, named after the founder of the Sisters of

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, houses 6,000 burial crypts and niches.

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

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Notable interments

The cemetery is the final resting place for a number of former mayors of the city of Montreal plus other prominent persons including: *

René Angélil René Angélil (; January 16, 1942 – January 14, 2016) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the manager and husband of singer Celine Dion. Early life Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of ...

(1942–2016), manager, husband of Canadian singer Céline Dion * William H. Atherton MBE (1867–1950), writer, historian, academic and scholar *

Raoul Barré Vital Achille Raoul Barré (January 29, 1874 – May 21, 1932) was a Canadian and American cartoonist, animator of the silent film era, and painter. Initially known as a political cartoonist, he originated the French Canadian comic strip, then cro ...

(1874–1932), cartoonist * Jean-Louis Beaudry (1809–1886), entrepreneur, politician * Joseph Béland (1843–1929), politician *

Trefflé Berthiaume Trefflé Berthiaume (August 4, 1848 – January 2, 1915) was a Canadian typographer, newspaperman and politician. He was born in Saint-Hugues, Lower Canada as one of the five children of Gédéon Berthiaume and Éléonore Normandin. Berthiau ...

(1848–1915), politician * Bernard Bissonnette (1898–1964), politician *

Richard Blass Richard Blass (October 24, 1945 – January 24, 1975) was an infamous Canadian gangster and a multiple murderer. Born in Montreal, he was nicknamed ''Le Chat'', French for ''The Cat'', because of his luck in evading death after surviving at least ...

(1945–1975), criminal * Charlotte Boisjoli (1923–2001), writer, actress * Tancrède Boucher de Grosbois (1846–1926), physician and politician *

Henri Bourassa Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (; September 1, 1868 – August 31, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a militia to fight fo ...

(1868–1952), politician, publisher *

Robert Bourassa Robert Bourassa (; July 14, 1933 – October 2, 1996) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd premier of Quebec from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Liberal Party of Quebec, he served a total of just un ...

(1933–1996), Premier of Quebec *

Pierre Bourgault Pierre Bourgault (January 23, 1934 – June 16, 2003) was a politician and essayist, as well as an actor and journalist, from Quebec, Canada. He is most famous as a public speaker who advocated Quebec sovereignty movement, sovereignty for Quebec ...

(1943–2003), politician, intellectual * Romuald Bourque (1889–1974), businessman and politician * Arthur Boyer (1851–1922), politician * François-Philippe Brais (1894–1972), lawyer, politician *

Dino Bravo Adolfo Bresciano (; August 6, 1948 – March 10, 1993) was an Italian-Canadian professional wrestler and promoter, better known by the ring name Dino Bravo (). After training under Gino Brito, he started his career in Montreal in the 1970s, wo ...

(1948–1993), WWF wrestler *

Donald Brittain Donald Code Brittain, (June 10, 1928 – July 21, 1989) was a film director and producer with the National Film Board of Canada. Career ''Fields of Sacrifice'' (1964) is considered Brittain's first major film as director. His other notable ...

(1928–1989), film director *

Gilles Carle Gilles Carle, (July 31, 1928As fully funny, Carle had pleasure to always give himself one year less, and to let people think wrongly that he was born in 1929, "The Year of the Big World Crash": see on the Quebec French newspapers that many writer ...

(1928–2009), film director *

Ken Carter Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in t ...

(1938–1983), stuntman * Thérèse Forget Casgrain (1896–1981), feminist, reformer and stateswoman *

Joseph Cattarinich Joseph Jean Étienne Stanislas Cattarinich (November 13, 1881 – December 7, 1938), was a Canadian professional Ice hockey player, and co-owner of horse racing tracks in Canada and the United States as well as a co-owner of the Montreal Canadien ...

(1881–1938), hockey player and businessman *

Lorne Chabot Laurent Edward Chabot (October 5, 1900 – October 10, 1946) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Chabot played in the National Hockey League from 1926 to 1937. He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams, the New York Rangers ...

(1900–1946),

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ice-hockey goalie *

Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (November 9, 1840 – June 13, 1898), born in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 7th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1892 to 1898. Life As a lawyer, he defen ...

(1840–1898), lawyer, publisher, politician *

Ernest Cormier Ernest Cormier OC (December 5, 1885 – January 1, 1980) was a Canadian engineer and architect. He spent much of his career in the Montreal area, designing notable examples of Art Deco architecture, including the Université de Montré ...

(1885–1980), architect *

Vincenzo Cotroni Vincenzo "Vic" Cotroni (; born Vincenzo Cotrone; ; 1911 – 16 September 1984), also known as "The Egg", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Cotroni crime family in Montreal, Quebec. Cotroni was born in 1911, in Mammola, Calabria, Italy. I ...

(1911–1984), mobster * Léo Dandurand (1889–1964), businessman and hockey coach *

Alexandre-Maurice Delisle Alexandre-Maurice Delisle (April 20, 1810 – February 13, 1880) was a Montreal businessman and political figure. Trained as a lawyer, he held several public service positions in the governments of Lower Canada and the Province of Canada ...

(1810–1880), businessman, statesman * Jérémie-Louis Décarie (1870–1927), politician * Alphonse Desjardins (1854–1920), founder of the Desjardins financial coops *

Bernard Devlin Bernard Devlin, (December 15, 1824 – February 7, 1880) was an Irish-born lawyer, counsel to the Abraham Lincoln administration of the United States Government during the most northerly engagement of the United States Civil War, Quebec-b ...

(1824–1880), politician *General

Jacques Dextraze Jacques Alfred Dextraze (August 15, 1919 – May 9, 1993) was a Canadian military officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada from 1972–1977. Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Alfred Dextraze and Amanda (B ...

(1919–1993), Chief of Defence Staff Canada 1972–1977 * Jean Drapeau (1916–1999), Mayor of Montreal *

Lewis Thomas Drummond Lewis Thomas Drummond (May 28, 1813 – November 24, 1882) was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure. He was born in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland in 1813. His father, an attorney, died while he was young and he came to Lower ...

(1813–1882), jurist, politician *

Charles Duquette Charles Duquette (25 July 1869 – 30 December 1937) was a Canadian politician. He was the mayor of Montreal, Quebec, from 1924 to 1926. Born in Montreal, he studied commercial studies at the Collège de Saint-Henri. He worked for the mutual in ...

(1869–1937), mayor of Montreal (1924–1926) *

Ludger Duvernay Ludger Duvernay (January 22, 1799 – November 28, 1852), born in Verchères, Quebec, was a printer by profession and published a number of newspapers including the '' Gazette des Trois-Rivières,'' the first newspaper in Lower Canada outs ...

(1799–1852), founder of Quebec's Société St-Jean-Baptiste *

Edmond Dyonnet Edmond Dyonnet was a painter and photographer, born French and a naturalised Canadian. He taught numerous students in Quebec province and was an academician and secretary of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1910-1947), author of a history of t ...

(1859–1954), painter *

Pierre Falardeau Pierre Falardeau (December 28, 1946 – September 25, 2009) was a Québécois film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence. Falardeau wrote at least one book, ''Rien n'est plus précieux que la libert� ...

(1946–2009), film director, screenwriter, writer *

Marcel Faribault Marcel Faribault, (October 8, 1908 – May 26, 1972) was a Canadian notary, businessman and administrator. Background Born in Montreal, he was the son of René Faribault and Anna Pauzé and was educated at the Université de Montréal. A ...

(1908–1972), notary and legislative adviser * Claire Fauteux (1889–1988), painter *

Gérald Fauteux Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux (October 22, 1900 – September 14, 1980) was the 13th Chief Justice of Canada from 1970 to 1973. Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the son of Homère Fauteux and Héva Mercier, he studied at the Université de ...

(1900–1980), Chief Justice of Canada * Amédée-Emmanuel Forget (1847–1923), Lieutenant-Governor of the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

and

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

Louis-Joseph Forget Louis-Joseph Forget (March 11, 1853 – April 7, 1911) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Life and career Born in Terrebonne, Canada East, he was a stockbroker and then founded his own brokerage firm, ''L. J. Forget et Compagnie'', in ...

(1853–1911), financier and president of the

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. * Sir Rodolphe Forget (1861–1919), financier, statesman, president of the

. *

Joseph-Achille Francoeur Joseph-Achille Francoeur (August 28, 1882 – January 21, 1959) was a plumber and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montréal-Dorion from 1931 to 1935 and Montréal-Mercier from 1939 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as ...

(1882–1959), politician * Clarence Gagnon (1881–1942), painter, engraver, illustrator *

Jean Gascon Jean Gascon (December 21, 1920 – April 13, 1988) was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator. Career Originally bent on a career in medicine, Gascon abandoned it for the stage after considerable work with amateur groups in Mont ...

(1921–1988), stage and film actor/director *

Roger Gaudry Roger Gaudry, (December 15, 1913 – October 7, 2001) was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and rector of the Université de Montréal. Early life and education Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Scien ...

(1913–2001), chemist, businessman, and rector of the Université de Montréal * Conrad Gauthier (1886–1964), singer/songwriter * Joseph Gauthier (1877–1934), politician *

Gratien Gélinas Gratien Gélinas, (December 8, 1909 – March 16, 1999) was a Canadian writer, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator who is considered one of the founders of modern Canadian theatre and film. His major works include ''Tit ...

(1904–1999), actor, author, playwright * Sir Lomer Gouin, (1861–1929), Lieutenant-Governor and Premier of Quebec *

Robert Gravel Robert Gravel (14 September 1944 – 12 August 1996) was an actor, dramatist, theatrical director and teacher. Career Gravel was born in Montreal. He was an influential figure in the modern history of theatre in Quebec. In the middle of the 1970s ...

(1945–1996), actor *

Joseph Guibord Joseph Guibord (31 March 1809 – 18 November 1869) was a printer in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, known for the quality of his work. Guibord was acknowledged as one of the best typographers in Canada; he is thought to have introduced stereotype p ...

(1809–1869), patriot, buried through a court order in the

Guibord case ''Brown v Les Curé et Marguilliers de l'Œuvre et Fabrique de Notre Dame de Montréal'', better known as the ''Guibord case'', was a decision in 1874 by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in an early Canadian legal dispute over the rela ...

* Doug Harvey (1924–1989), ice-hockey Hall of Fame defenceman *

Louis-Philippe Hébert Louis-Philippe Hébert (1850–1917) was a Canadian sculptor. He is considered one of the best sculptors of his generation. Career Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. At ag ...

(1850–1917), sculptor *

Camillien Houde Camillien Houde (August 13, 1889 – September 11, 1958) was a Quebec politician, a Member of Parliament, and a four-time mayor of Montreal – one of the few Canadian politicians to have served at all three levels of government. Political c ...

(1889–1958), statesman, Mayor of Montreal *

Harry Hyland Harold Macarius Hyland (January 2, 1889 – August 8, 1969) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Wanderers, New Westminster Royals, and Ottawa Senators. He was a star in the early years of professional hocke ...

(1889–1969), Hall of Fame ice-hockey player *

Henri Julien Henri Julien, baptised Octave-Henri Julien (14 May 1852 – 17 September 1908), was a Québécois artist and cartoonist noted for his work for the '' Canadian Illustrated News'' and for his political cartoons in the '' Montreal Daily ...

(1852–1908), lithographer, painter, illustrator, caricaturist, reporter * Charles Laberge (1827–1874), journalist and politician *

Eugène Lafontaine Pierre Eugène Lafontaine (November 26, 1857 – April 21, 1935) was a lawyer, educator, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Napierville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal. He was born in ...

(1857–1935), politician * Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1807–1864), jurist, politician *

Alfred Laliberté Alfred Laliberté (19 May 1877 – 13 January 1953) was a French-Canadian sculptor and painter based in Montreal. His output includes more than 900 sculptures in bronze, marble, wood, and plaster. Many of his sculptures depict national figures ...

(1878–1953), sculptor *

Pierre Laporte Pierre Laporte (25 February 1921 – 17 October 1970) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician. He was deputy premier of the province of Quebec when he was kidnapped and murdered by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ ...

(1921–1970), statesman assassinated by FLQ terrorists *

Calixa Lavallée Calixa Lavallée (December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891) was a French-Canadian-American musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War. He is best known for composing the music for "O Canada," which officially became the na ...

(1842–1891), composer of "

O Canada "O Canada" (french: Ô Canada, italic=no) is the national anthem of Canada. The song was originally commissioned by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony; Calixa Lavallée composed the mus ...

" *

René Lecavalier René Lecavalier, OC, CQ (July 5, 1918 – September 6, 1999) was a Canadian French-language radio show host and sportscaster on SRC in Quebec. During his career in radio Lecavalier won several Radiomonde Trophies. He was also the first co ...

(1918–1999), sports commentator *

Marc Lépine Marc Lépine (; born October 26, 1964 – December 6, 1989) was a Canadian antifeminist mass murderer from Montreal, Quebec, who, in 1989, murdered fourteen women, and wounded ten women and four menNote: Many sources state thirteen were wounded ...

(1964-1989),

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* J. Louis Lévesque (1911–1994) stockbroker, philanthropist, horse racing builder *

Jean-Claude Malépart Jean-Claude Malépart (3 December 1938 – 16 November 1989) was a French Canadian politician. Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Charles-Auguste Malépart and Germaine Mérineau, Malépart was elected to the National Assembly of Queb ...

(1938–1989), politician *

Joséphine Marchand Joséphine Marchand-Dandurand (December 5, 1861 – March 2, 1925) was a journalist, writer and feminist activist in Quebec. Early years and education Joséphine-Hersélie-Henriette Marchand was born in Saint-Jean-d'Iberville. She was the dau ...

(1861–1925), journalist and women's rights activist *

Nick Auf der Maur Nick Erik Auf der Maur (April 10, 1942 – April 7, 1998)Downey, Donn. ''Montreal columnist chronicled cancer fight'', A1. '' The Globe and Mail'', April 9, 1998. was a Canadian journalist, politician and "man about town" boulevardier in Montre ...

(1942–1998), journalist, politician * André Mathieu (1929–1968), composer * Charles Mayer (1901–1971), journalist, sportsperson and politician * John Wait McGauvran (1827–1884), businessman and politician *

Thomas D'Arcy McGee Thomas D'Arcy McGee (13 April 18257 April 1868) was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was an Irish Catholic who opposed British rule in Ireland, and w ...

(1825–1868), journalist, statesman, Father of Confederation *

Honoré Mercier Honoré Mercier (October 15, 1840 – October 30, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician in Quebec. He was the ninth premier of Quebec from January 27, 1887, to December 21, 1891, as leader of the Parti National or Quebec Libera ...

(1840–1894), statesman *

Arthur Mignault Arthur Mignault, MD (29 September 1865 – 26 April 1937) was a French Canadian Pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical entrepreneur, physician and colonel of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, serving in the First World War. He is the founder of the ...

(1865–1937), pharmaceutical entrepreneur, colonel of the RCAMC, founder of the Royal 22^e Régiment *

Pierre-Basile Mignault Pierre-Basile Mignault (September 30, 1854 – October 15, 1945) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Pierre-Basile Mignault and Catherine O'Callaghan, he recei ...

(1878–1929) Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada * Jos Montferrand (1802–1864), strong man * Denise Morelle (1926–1984), actress * Pierre Nadeau (1936–2019), Canadian journalist, television presenter and producer *

Émile Nelligan Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a Canadian Symbolist poet from Montreal who wrote in French. Even though he stopped writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of 19, Nelligan remains an iconic figure ...

(1879–1941), poet * Robert Nelson (1794–1873), medical practitioner, statesman *

John Ostell John Ostell (7 August 1813 – 6 April 1892) architect, surveyor and manufacturer, was born in London, England and emigrated to Canada in 1834, where he apprenticed himself to a Montreal surveyor André Trudeau to learn French methods of surve ...

(1813–1892), architect *

Gédéon Ouimet Gédéon Ouimet (June 2, 1823 – April 23, 1905) was a French-Canadian politician. Born in what is today part of the city of Laval, Quebec Canada, Ouimet served as the second premier of Quebec from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He ...

(1823–1905), lawyer, politician, Premier of the Province of Quebec * Philippe Panneton (1895–1960), writer, physician, diplomat *

Denis-Émery Papineau Denis-Émery Papineau (December 26, 1819 – January 6, 1899) was a Quebec notary and political figure. Papineau was born in 1819 in Montreal, he was the son of Denis-Benjamin Papineau, who was the joint-premier of the Province of Canada for ...

(1819–1899), politician *

Jean Papineau-Couture Jean Papineau-Couture, (November 12, 1916August 11, 2000) was a Canadians, Canadian composer and academic. Born in Montreal, Papineau-Couture is the grandson of conductor and composer Guillaume Couture (musician), Guillaume Couture. As a child ...

(1916–2000), composer *

Alice Poznanska-Parizeau Alice Parizeau, OC (née Alicja Poznańska; 25 July 1930 – 30 September 1990) was a Polish-Canadian writer, essayist, journalist and criminologist. Early life Her parents were Stanislaw Poznański (1894 - 1943) and Rebeka (Bronislawa Breina) ...

(1930–1990), writer *

Damase Parizeau Damase Parizeau (1841 – October 23, 1915) was a farmer, carpenter, lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montréal division no. 3 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative. His name ...

(1841–1915), politician *

Lise Payette Lise Payette ( Ouimet; August 29, 1931 – September 5, 2018) was a Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of ...

(1931–2018), politician *

Pierre Péladeau Pierre Péladeau, (April 11, 1925 – December 24, 1997) was a French-Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media and telecommunications conglomerate in Quebec. He was the father of billionaire Pierre Karl Pé ...

(1925–1997), businessman, media mogul *

Denise Pelletier Denise Pelletier, Order of Canada, OC (May 22, 1923 – May 24, 1976) was a Canadian actress. Early life Pelletier was born in 1923 in Saint-Jovite, Quebec to Albert Pelletier, a literary critic, and Marie-Reine Vaugeois. She had a brother, Gille ...

(1923–1976), actress *

Narcisse Pérodeau Narcisse Pérodeau (March 26, 1851 – November 18, 1932) was a lawyer, financier, politician, professor and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He was born in Saint-Ours, Quebec and died in Montreal. After several years of private pr ...

(1851–1932), lawyer, law professor, politician, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec *

Maurice Perrault Maurice Perrault (12 June 1857 – 11 February 1909) was a Canadian architect, civil engineer, and politician. Born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Henri-Maurice Perrault, a surveyor and architect, and Marie-Louise-Octavie Masson. P ...

(1857–1909), architect and politician *

Maurice Richard Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard (; ; August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens. He was the first player in NHL hist ...

(1921–2000), Hall of Fame ice-hockey player *

Jean-Paul Riopelle Jean-Paul Riopelle, (October 7, 1923 – March 12, 2002) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from Quebec. He had one of the longest and most important international careers of the sixteen signatories of the ''Refus Global'', the 1948 manif ...

(1923–2002), painter and sculptor *

Yvon Robert Yvon may refer to: * Yvon (given name), a masculine given name * Yvon (surname), a surname See also * Chapelle-Yvon * Evon * Ivon * Jaille-Yvon * Pierre-Yvon * Yvan * Yvonne (disambiguation) Yvonne is a female given name. Yvonne may also ...

, (1914–1971), professional wrestler * Jean "Johnny" Rougeau (1929–1983), professional wrestler *

Jeanne Sauvé Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé (; April 26, 1922 – January 26, 1993) was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation. Sauvé was born in Prud'homme, Saskatchewan, and educate ...

(1922–1993), politician and

Governor-General of Canada The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, t ...

Idola Saint-Jean Idola Saint-Jean (May 19, 1880 – April 6, 1945) was a Quebec journalist, educator and feminist. She devoted her life to the pursuit of equal rights for women in Quebec and her efforts lead to women being given the right to vote in Quebec in ...

(1875–1945), journalist and women's rights advocate *

Lhasa de Sela Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first al ...

(1972–2010), singer-songwriter * Lord Thomas George Shaughnessy (1853–1923), President of

CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore sponta ...

* Henri-Thomas Taschereau Chief justice of Quebec (1907–1909), journalist, politician, and judge; b. 6 October 1841 *

Louis-Olivier Taillon Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon (September 26, 1840 – April 25, 1923) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the eighth premier of Quebec, serving two separate terms. Political career Taillon's first term of office was just four days, from J ...

(1840–1923), Quebec Premier (1892–1896) *

Mary Travers Mary Allin Travers (November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter who was known for being in the famous 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. Travers grew up amid the burg ...

, "La Bolduc" (1894–1941), singer *

Paolo Violi Paolo Violi (; 6 February 1931 – 22 January 1978) was an Italian-Canadian mobster and ''capodecina'' in the Cotroni crime family of Montreal. Violi was born in Sinopoli, Calabria, Italy, in 1931; his father Domenico was the boss of the Violi cl ...

(1931–1978), mobster * Charles Wilson (1808–1877), businessman, mayor of Montreal *

Joseph-Marcellin Wilson Joseph-Marcellin Wilson (November 26, 1859 – September 10, 1940) was a Canadian merchant and senator. Born in Île Bizard, Canada East, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1911. A Liberal, he represented the senatorial division of Sa ...

(1859–1940), financier, philanthropist, statesman

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