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Notre-Dame Cemetery
Notre-Dame Cemetery in winter.
Details
Established	1872
Location	Ottawa, Ontario
Country	Canada
Coordinates	45°26′31″N 75°39′07″W / 45.442°N 75.652°W / 45.442; -75.652
Style	Roman Catholic
Owned by	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall
No. of graves	114,000
Website	Official website
Find a Grave	Notre-Dame Cemetery

Notre Dame Cemetery, is a Catholic cemetery in Ottawa, 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. 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
• Bruno Bitkowski (1929–1966), Football player
• Bobby Boucher (1899–1958), Hockey Player
• E. A. Bourque (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), Ojibwe artist
• Alex Connell (1902–1958), Hockey Hall of Fame player
• Aurèle Joliat (1901–1986), Hockey Hall of Fame player
• Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), Portrait photographer
• Ray Kinsella (1910–1996), Hockey player
• Filip Konowal (1886–1959), World War I hero, awarded the Victoria Cross
• Alan Kuntz (1919–1987), Hockey player
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), Prime Minister of Canada
• Gerry Lowrey (1906–1979), Hockey player
• Kilby MacDonald (1913–1986), Hockey player
• Jack MacKell (1896–1961), Hockey player
• Champlain Marcil (1920–2010), Photographer
• Louis-Félix Pinault (1852–1906), Statesman
• Silver Quilty (1891–1976), Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee
• Eldon Rathburn (1916–2008), Film composer
• Larry Regan (1930–2009), Hockey player
• Anna T. Sadlier (1854–1932), Writer
• Alf Smith (1873–1953), Hockey player
• 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. ^[1]

References

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa.

• Notre-Dame of Ottawa Cemetery, a.k.a. Cimetière Notre-Dame d'Ottawa at Find a Grave