Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa)

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Notre-Dame Cemetery
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Notre-Dame Cemetery in winter.
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Established1872
Location
CountryCanada
Coordinates 45°26′31″N75°39′07″W / 45.442°N 75.652°W / 45.442; -75.652 Coordinates: 45°26′31″N75°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 graves114,000
Website Official website
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Wilfrid Laurier's grave, sculpted by Alfred Laliberte, in Notre-Dame Cemetery (Ottawa) Laurier monument Feb 2005.jpg
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.

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Notable interments

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]

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