Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is a 160 acre (647,000 m²) cemetery designated as a National Historic Site in 2001. A woodland cemetery founded in 1873, it is the largest cemetery in the city of Ottawa. Because it is located in the nation's capital, it is the burial site for a number of statesmen as well as a large number of mayors of the city. This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Since the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, soldiers who were killed in the line of duty and veterans of war have been buried in Beechwood Cemetery. The cemetery contains two military sections owned and managed by the federal Department of National Defence including the recent addition of the "National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces" and monument that was dedicated in 2001. There is another older section for veterans managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance or the Saskatchewan Rebellion) was a brief and unsuccessful attempt by the Métis people of Saskatchewan to establish their own sovereign nation independent of the Dominion of Canada. ... The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a joint governmental organisation responsible for marking and maintaining the graves of members of the Commonwealth military forces who died in the two world wars and subsequent wars, to build memorials to those with no known grave, and to keep records of the war...

Noted for the Neo-Gothic architecture of its mausoleum, the chapel at Beechwood Cemetery is used by families for private ceremonies. A few of the notables interred here are: Neo-gothic architecture is an American branch of the Gothic revival style that was imported from England in the 1830s. ...

• Henry Crerar (1888-1965), Canadian Army General and diplomat
• Andrew McNaughton (1887-1966), Commander-in-Chief Canadian 1st Army in WW II, statesman
• Charles Foulkes (1903-1969), Canadian Army General
• Clint Benedict (1891-1976), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
• Andrew George Blair (1844-1907), statesman, Premier of New Brunswick
• John Rudolphus Booth (1827-1925), lumber tycoon
• Sir Robert Borden (1854-1937), 8th Prime Minister of Canada
• Sir John George Bourinot (1837-1902), historian, political scientist, newspaper publisher
• Harry L. 'Punch' Broadbent (1892-1971), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
• Wilfred Campbell (1858-1918), poet
• Tommy Douglas (1904-1986), politician, voted "The Greatest Canadian"
• Eddie Emerson (1892-1970), Ottawa Rough Riders football player
• Johnny Fauquier (1909-1981), Hall of Fame aviator, WWII hero, DFC, DSO
• Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), engineer, inventor
• Sir George Eulas Foster (1847-1931), politician
• Thomas Fuller (1823-98), architect, designer of the Parliament Buildings of Canada
• Eddie Gerard (1890-1937), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
• Ray Hnatyshyn (1934-2002), statesman
• Archibald Lampman (1861-1899), poet
• John Macoun (1831-1920), noted naturalist
• Thomas McKay (1792-1855), businessman, a founder of the city of Ottawa
• Marion Osborne (1871-1931), author, poet, dramatist
• Harvey Pulford (1875-1940), Hall of Fame ice hockey player
• James Wilson Robertson (1857-1930), businessman, educator
• Duncan Campbell Scott (1862-1947), poet
• Arthur L. Sifton (1858-1921), statesman, Premier of Alberta
• Charles Stewart (1868-1946), politician, Premier of Alberta
• Sir Percy A. Taverner (1875-1947), ornithologist

See also: Andrew George Latta McNaughton (February 25, 1887 - July 11, 1966) was a Canadian army officer and politician. ... Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes, C.C., C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., C.D., LL.D. (January 3, 1903 - September 12, 1969) was a Canadian soldier. ... Andrew George Blair (March 7, 1844_January 25, 1907) was a New Brunswick politician. ... John Rudolphus Booth (born April 5, 1827, died December 8, 1925) was a Canadian lumber and railway baron. ... Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854–June 10, 1937) was the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920. ... Harry L. Punch Broadbent (b. ... Thomas Clement Douglas PC,CC,SOM (October 20, 1904 - February 24, 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian Baptist minister and democratic socialist politician. ... Sir Sandford Fleming Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 - July 22, 1915) was a prolific Canadian engineer and inventor, known for the introduction of Universal Standard Time, Canadas first postage stamp, a huge body of surveying and map making, engineering much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific... Sir George Eulas Foster (September 3, 1847 - December 30, 1931) was a Canadian politician and academic. ... Thomas Fuller (March 8, 1823-September 28, 1893) was a Canadian architect. ... Ramon John Ray Hnatyshyn PC,CC (March 16, 1934 - December 18, 2002) was Canadas twenty-fourth governor general, serving from 1990 to 1995. ... Archibald Lampman ( November 17, 1861 - February 10, 1899) was a Canadian poet. ... John Macoun John Macoun ( 17 April 1831 – 18 June 1920) was an Irish-born Canadian naturalist. ... Arthur L. Sifton Arthur Lewis Sifton (October 26, 1858 _ January 21, 1921), Canadian politician, was Premier of Alberta between 1910 and 1917. ... Charles Stewart (August 26, 1868 - December 6, 1946) was a Canadian politician who was Premier of Alberta from 1917 to 1921. ...

• Just to the south is the Notre-Dame Cemetery, which is also home to a number of prominent figures.
• List of famous cemeteries