Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Front entrance, Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Map
Map
Details
Established1854 (1854)
Location
Coordinates45°30′06″N 73°36′22″W / 45.50178°N 73.60608°W / 45.50178; -73.60608
TypeOriginally Roman Catholic, open to all Christian burials
StyleRural cemetery
Size343 acres (139 ha)
No. of graves65,000+
No. of interments1 million
Websitewww.cimetierenotredamedesneiges.ca
Find a GraveNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Footnotes[1][2][3]
Official nameNotre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery
Designated1999-05-04
Reference no.1864

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is a 343-acre (139 ha) rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of Côte-des-Neiges Road and up the slopes of Mount Royal. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Canada by number of burials and the third-largest in North America.[4]

  1. ^ "Cimetière de Notre-Dame-des-Neiges". GeoNames. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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  4. ^ "Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges – Accueil". www.cimetierenotredamedesneiges.ca. Retrieved 29 October 2017.