Notre Dame Cemetery, is a

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

Ottawa Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...

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, 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. Many remains and grave markers from the old Catholic cemetery in Sandy Hill were transferred to Notre Dame when it opened in 1872.

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 Ernest George Calcutt (November 1, 1932January 10, 1984) was a Canadian sports commentator and radio news director. He worked for CFRA 580-AM in Ottawa, and was the voice for the Ottawa Rough Riders radio broadcasts from 1964 to 1983. He served ...

(1932–1984), Ottawa Rough Riders announcer and Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee *

Benjamin Chee Chee Kenneth Thomas Benjamin Chee Chee (26 March 1944 – 14 March 1977), known as Benjamin Chee Chee, was an Ojibwa Canadian artist born in Temagami, Ontario. He is best known for his modern, simplified, and graceful depictions of birds and animals ...

(1944–1977),

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artist *

Alex Connell Alexander "The Ottawa Fireman" Connell (February 8, 1902 – May 10, 1958) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Falcons, New York Americans and Montreal Maroons teams in the National Hock ...

(1902–1958), Hockey Hall of Fame player *

Aurèle Joliat Aurèle Émile "Mighty Atom, Little Giant" Joliat (August 29, 1901 – June 2, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens. Playing career Joliat was b ...

(1901–1986), Hockey Hall of Fame player *

Yousuf Karsh Yousuf Karsh FRPS (December23, 1908July13, 2002) was an Armenian–Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. An Armenian ge ...

(1908–2002), Portrait photographer * Ray Kinsella (1910–1996), Hockey player * Filip Konowal (1886–1959), World War I hero, awarded the

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* Alan Kuntz (1919–1987), Hockey player *

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and Liberal politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime min ...

(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 Champlain Marcil (19202010) was a French Canadian photojournalist best known for being the photographer of the daily newspaper ''Le Droit'' from 1948 to 1969. In addition, he was active from 1940 to 1985 in depicting the Outaouais region of weste ...

(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 (provincial electoral district), Matane in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and from 1892 to ...

(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), Film composer *

Larry Regan Lawrence Emmett Regan (August 9, 1930 – March 9, 2009), was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and hockey executive. He played for the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs after a long senior-hockey career, winning the Allan Cup in 1948 ...

(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

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of 115 Commonwealth service personnel, 40 from World War I and 75 from World War II.
CWGC Cemetery Report.

References

;Bibliography * * *

External links

* {{Authority control Roman Catholic cemeteries in Canada Tourist attractions in Ottawa Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Canada Cemeteries in Ottawa