Notre Dame Cemetery (Ottawa)

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Established 1872 Country Canada No. of graves 114,000 Phone +1 613-746-4175		Location Ottawa, Ontario Style Roman Catholic Founded 1872 Province Ontario

Address 455 Montreal Road Ottawa, ON K1K 0V2, Canada Hours Open today · 8AM–4PMMonday8AM–4PMTuesday8AM–4PMWednesday8AM–4PMThursday8AM–4PMFriday8AM–4PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosed Burials Robert Boucher, Billy Boucher, Jack Duggan Similar Beechwood Cemetery, Notre‑Dame Cathedral Basilica, St Patrick's Basilica - Ottawa, St Anthony of Padua, Bytown Museum

Notre Dame Cemetery, located at 455 Montreal Road, 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 persons.

Notable interments

Janis Babson (1950–1961), who drew attention to corneal transplantation as a means of restoring vision

Champlain Marcil (1920–2010), renowned photographer

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

Eldon Rathburn (1916-2008), CM, prolific Canadian film composer

War Graves

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

References

Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa) Wikipedia

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