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 Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841 - 1919), Prime Minister of Canada Louis-Félix Pinault (1852 - 1906), statesman E. A. Bourque (1887-1962), Mayor of Ottawa Filip Konowal (1886 - 1959), World War I hero, awarded the Victoria Cross 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 Champlain Marcil (1920–2010), renowned photographer Janis Babson (1950–1961), who drew attention to corneal transplantation as a means of restoring vision 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
