St-Paul Cemetery

Aylmer road, (Aylmer Sector)
Established in 1840

 

  

As one of the oldest cemeteries, the St-Paul Cemetery is located on the Aylmer Road, at the corner of Samuel-Eddy Road. It dates back to 1840. As in all the villages in the Province of Quebec at that time, the cemetery of St-Paul's Parish was located behind the church. In 1875, Msgr. Joseph-Thomas Duhamel, bishop of the Diocese of Ottawa, suggested the parish authorities acquire another site for purposes of burial. He believed that the city might adopt a regulation prohibiting burials within city limits. Thus, the Roman Episcopal Corporation of Ottawa, represented by the Bishop, made the acquisition the same year of six acres of land on the Aylmer Road, which makes up the existing St-Paul Cemetery.