| Beechwood Cemetery | |||||||||||
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 Cross of Sacrifice erected in honour and memory of all war veterans in 1959 | |||||||||||
| Location | 280 Beechwood Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1L 8A6 | ||||||||||
| Area | 64.7 hectares (160 acres) | ||||||||||
| Architect | Moses Chamberlain Edey; Robertson Martin Architects | ||||||||||
| Architectural style(s) | Neo-Gothic | ||||||||||
| Governing body | The Beechwood Cemetery Foundation; The Beechwood Cemetery Company | ||||||||||
| Website | Beechwood Cemetery website | ||||||||||
| Designated | 2001 | ||||||||||
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Beechwood Cemetery is the national cemetery of Canada, located in Vanier, Ottawa, Ontario. Over 82,000 people are buried in the cemetery, including Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn, Prime Minister Robert Borden, and several members of Parliament, premiers, Canadian Armed Forces personnel and veterans, Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel, Canadian Security Intelligence Service intelligence officers, and Hockey Hall of Famers, alongside other notable Canadians. In addition to being Canada's national cemetery, it contains the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Armed Forces[1] and the National Memorial Cemetery of the RCMP.[2]
- ^ Hamel, Yanick (20 July 2023). "Get to Know the National Military Cemetery". Canada.ca. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "The RCMP National Memorial Cemetery at Beechwood". Beechwood Cemetery. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.