Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa)

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Wilfrid Laurier's grave, sculpted by Alfred Laliberté, in 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.

Many remains and grave markers from the old Catholic cemetery in Sandy Hill were transferred to Notre Dame when it opened in 1872.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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
Mary Ann Seguin (1955-2025), Beloved Educator and mother.<ref>https://www.daleyffh.ca/obituary/mary-ann-seguin</ref>
Raymond Seguin (1954-2023), Respected Police Officer and father. <ref>https://www.daleyffh.ca/obituary/raymond-seguin</ref>

War graves

The cemetery contains the war graves of 115 Commonwealth service personnel, 40 from World War I and 75 from World War II.<ref name=cwgc>[1] CWGC Cemetery Report.</ref>