Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (, ) 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-19th century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries, which tended to be churchyards. Rural cemeter ...

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 ) is a street in Montreal, home to Plaza Côte-des-Neiges. It is served by Métro Côte-des-Neiges and two bus lanes. BIXI Montréal, BIXI bike rental is also available. It extends from the intersection of She ...

and up the slopes of

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. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Canada by number of burials 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

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, 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 Temple Emanu-El Cemetery, a Reformed Jewish 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

Imperial War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...

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

National Field of Honour The National Field of Honour () is a military cemetery for Canadian and Allied Veterans and their loved ones. It is located in Pointe-Claire Pointe-Claire (, ) is a Quebec local municipality within the Urban agglomeration of Montreal on th ...

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

New mausoleums

Every

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type o ...

in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery contains multiple

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s, clearly identified, as well as

columbaria A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding Cremation, cremated remains of the dead. The term comes from the Latin ''wikt:columba, columba'' (do ...

with glass or marble niches 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 (; – ) was a Canadian musical producer, talent manager and singer. He was the husband and manager of singer Celine Dion. Early life Angélil was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father of Syrian descent and a mother 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 cartoonist, animator of the silent film era, and painter. Initially known as a political cartoonist, he originated the French Canadian comic strip, then crossed over in ...

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

Joseph Béland Joseph Béland (November 24, 1843 – February 14, 1929) was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). Early life He was born on November 24, 1843, in Montreal. He became a mason and a union a ...

(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. Berthia ...

(1848–1915), politician *

Bernard Bissonnette Bernard Bissonnette (January 15, 1898 – November 11, 1964) was a lawyer, merchant, educator, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1939 to 1944 as a Liberal. Bissonnette w ...

(1898–1964), politician *

Richard Blass Richard Blass (24 October 1945 – 24 January 1975) was a 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 three assa ...

(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 Government of the United Kingdom, British government's request for Cana ...

(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 ...

(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 sovereignty for Quebec from Canada. Biography ...

(1934–2003), politician, intellectual * Romuald Bourque (1889–1974), businessman and politician * Arthur Boyer (1851–1922), politician * François-Philippe Brais (1894–1972), lawyer, politician *

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(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 write ...

(1928–2009), film director *

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(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 (NHL) from 1926 to 1937. He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams, the New York Ra ...

(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 defe ...

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

Ernest Cormier Ernest Cormier (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 Montréal ...

(1885–1980), architect * Vincenzo Cotroni (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 Jérémie-Louis Décarie, (; August 30, 1870 – November 5, 1927) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge in the province of Quebec. Born in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Quebec, the son of Daniel-Jérémie Décarie and Philomène Leduc, D� ...

(1870–1927), politician * Alphonse Desjardins (1854–1920), founder of the Desjardins financial coops *

Bernard Devlin Bernard Devlin, (15 December 1824 – 7 February 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-bas ...

(1824–1880), politician * General

Jacques Dextraze Jacques Alfred Dextraze (August 15, 1919 – May 9, 1993) was a Canadian military officer who rose through the ranks from private to general in his career and served as Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada from 1972–1977. Early life B ...

(1919–1993), Chief of Defence Staff Canada 1972–1977 *

Jean Drapeau Jean Drapeau (; 18 February 1916 – 12 August 1999) was a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Montreal for 2 non-consecutive terms from 1954 to 1957 and from 1960 to 1986. Major accomplishments of the Drapeau Administration include ...

(1916–1999), Mayor of Montreal * Lewis Thomas Drummond (1813–1882), jurist, politician * Charles Duquette (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 outside ...

(1799–1852), founder of Quebec's Société St-Jean-Baptiste * Edmond Dyonnet (1859–1954), painter * Pierre Falardeau (1946–2009), film director, screenwriter, writer * Marcel Faribault (1908–1972), notary and legislative adviser * Claire Fauteux (1889–1988), painter * Gérald Fauteux (1900–1980), Chief Justice of Canada * Amédée-Emmanuel Forget (1847–1923), Lieutenant Governor of the

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and

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* Louis-Joseph Forget (1853–1911), financier and president of the

Montreal Stock Exchange The Montreal Exchange (MX; ), formerly the Montreal Stock Exchange (MSE), is a derivatives exchange, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that trades futures contracts and options on equities, indices, currencies, ETFs, energy and interest rates. ...

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

. * Jacob Yale Fortier (1888–1940), wealthy judge for Montreal-East, partner of Senator

Jacob Nicol Jacob Nicol, (April 25, 1876 – September 23, 1958) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. He became Senator under Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King. Early life Born in Roxton Pond, Que ...

.The Gazette
16 Sep 1940, Mon ·Page 16 *

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 (1921–1988), stage and film actor/director * Roger Gaudry (1913–2001), chemist, businessman, and rector of the Université de Montréal * Conrad Gauthier (1886–1964), singer/songwriter * Joseph Gauthier (1877–1934), politician *

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

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

Louis-Philippe Hébert Louis-Philippe Hébert (; 27 January 1850 – 13 June 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 d ...

(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. He is of the few Canadian politicians to have served at all three levels of government. During Worl ...

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

Harry Hyland Harold Macarius Hyland (January 2, 1889 – August 8, 1969) was a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward who played for the Montreal Wanderers, New Westminster Royals, and Ottawa Senators (original), Ottawa Senat ...

(1889–1969), Hall of Fame ice-hockey player * Henri Julien (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 (provincial electoral district), Napierville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from ...

(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 figure ...

(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 (FL ...

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

Calixa Lavallée Calixa Lavallée (; December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891) was a Canadians, Canadian musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War. He was born in the Province of Canada. He is best known for composing the music for "O Can ...

(1842–1891), composer of "

O Canada "O Canada" () 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 music, after which French- ...

" *

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 c ...

(1918–1999), sports commentator *

Marc Lépine Marc Lépine (; born Gamil Rodrigue Liass Gharbi; October 26, 1964 – December 6, 1989) was a Canadian mass murderer. On December 6, 1989, he murdered fourteen women and wounded another ten women and four menNote: Many sources state thirt ...

(1964–1989),

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* J. Louis Lévesque (1911–1994) stockbroker, philanthropist, horse racing builder * Jean-Claude Malépart (1938–1989), politician * Joséphine Marchand (1861–1925), journalist and women's rights activist *

Nick Auf der Maur Nikolaus 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 and politician from Montreal, Quebec. He was the fa ...

(1942–1998), journalist, politician *

André Mathieu André Mathieu (18 February 1929 – 2 June 1968) was a Canadian pianist and composer. Life Mathieu was born René André Rodolphe Mathieu on 18 February 1929 in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the parish of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur ...

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

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(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 pharmaceutical entrepreneur, physician and colonel of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, serving in the First World War. He is the founder of the Royal 22e Rég ...

(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 receiv ...

(1878–1929) Puisne Justice Supreme Court of Canada *

Jos Montferrand Joseph "Jos" Montferrand (; born Joseph Favre ; October 25, 1802 – October 4, 1864) was a French-Canadian logger, strongman, and folk hero of the working man and was the inspiration for the legendary Ottawa Valley figure Big Joe Mufferaw. L ...

(1802–1864), strong man * Denise Morelle (1926–1984), actress *

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(1939–2024), 18th prime minister of Canada *

Pierre Nadeau Pierre Nadeau (; 19 December 1936 – 3 September 2019) was a Canadian journalist, television presenter and producer. He began in journalism as a radio reporter in 1956, inspired by his father's work with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rad ...

(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 figur ...

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

John Ostell John Ostell (7 August 1813 – 6 April 1892) was a British-Canadian 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 ...

(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 civil law notary, 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 Provin ...

(1819–1899), politician * Jean Papineau-Couture (1916–2000), composer *

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

(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 *

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(1931–2018), politician *

Pierre Péladeau Pierre Péladeau (April 12, 1925 – December 24, 1997) was a Canadian businessman. He was the founder of Quebecor, Quebecor Inc., a Canadian media and telecommunications conglomerate in Quebec, Canada. He was the father of billionaire Pierre ...

(1925–1997), businessman, media mogul * Denise Pelletier (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, Canada East, and died in Montreal. After several years of priv ...

(1851–1932), lawyer, law professor, politician, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec * Maurice Perrault (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 his ...

(1921–2000), Hall of Fame ice-hockey player * Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002), painter and sculptor *

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

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(1922–1993), politician and

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

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

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* Henri-Thomas Taschereau Chief justice of Quebec (1907–1909), journalist, politician, and judge; b. 6 October 1841 * Louis-Olivier Taillon (1840–1923), Quebec Premier (1892–1896) *

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, "La Bolduc" (1894–1941), singer *

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(1931–1978), mobster * Charles Wilson (1808–1877), businessman, mayor of Montreal * Joseph-Marcellin Wilson (1859–1940), financier, philanthropist, statesman * Arthur Yale (1860–1917), politician, cofounder of Plateau-Mount Royal

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