Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa)



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.