Mount Royal Cemetery

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cemetery historic cemetery non-denominational cemetery

Mount Royal Cemetery is a historic, large, and picturesque burial ground in Montreal, Canada, known for its landscaped grounds, notable monuments, and many prominent interments.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Royal Cemetery canonical	8
Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal	6
Mount Royal Cemetery (non‑denominational)	1
Mount Royal Cemetery Company	1
Mount Royal Cemetery complex	1
Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1559510 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mount Royal Cemetery
Context triple: [Mount Royal, hasPart, Mount Royal Cemetery]

A. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal is a large historic Catholic cemetery and one of Canada’s most prominent burial grounds, known as the resting place of many notable Quebec figures.
B. Errancis Cemetery
Errancis Cemetery was a former Parisian burial ground best known as the temporary resting place of many victims of the French Revolution, including Maximilien Robespierre.
C. Prazeres Cemetery
Prazeres Cemetery is a historic and monumental cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, known for its elaborate mausoleums and as the resting place of many notable Portuguese figures.
D. Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
Santa Ifigenia Cemetery is a historic necropolis in Santiago de Cuba renowned as the burial place of prominent Cuban figures, including national hero José Martí and former president Fidel Castro.
E. Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic Victorian-era burial ground in Rochester, New York, known for its notable interments, picturesque landscape, and status as one of America’s first municipal cemeteries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mount Royal Cemetery
Target entity description: Mount Royal Cemetery is a historic, large, and picturesque burial ground in Montreal, Canada, known for its landscaped grounds, notable monuments, and many prominent interments.

A. Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal is a large historic Catholic cemetery and one of Canada’s most prominent burial grounds, known as the resting place of many notable Quebec figures.
B. Errancis Cemetery
Errancis Cemetery was a former Parisian burial ground best known as the temporary resting place of many victims of the French Revolution, including Maximilien Robespierre.
C. Prazeres Cemetery
Prazeres Cemetery is a historic and monumental cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, known for its elaborate mausoleums and as the resting place of many notable Portuguese figures.
D. Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
Santa Ifigenia Cemetery is a historic necropolis in Santiago de Cuba renowned as the burial place of prominent Cuban figures, including national hero José Martí and former president Fidel Castro.
E. Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic Victorian-era burial ground in Rochester, New York, known for its notable interments, picturesque landscape, and status as one of America’s first municipal cemeteries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ non-denominational cemetery ⓘ
adjacentTo	Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery ⓘ linked to: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal
area	approximately 165 acres ⓘ
borders	Mount Royal Park ⓘ linked to: Mount Royal Park, Montreal
burialCount	over 200000 burials ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
denomination	multi-denominational ⓘ
designedAs	rural cemetery ⓘ
establishedBy	Protestant community of Montreal ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	45.507°N 73.605°W ⓘ
hasFeature	chapel ⓘ columbarium ⓘ crematorium ⓘ landscaped grounds ⓘ mature trees ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ memorials ⓘ notable monuments ⓘ panoramic views of Montreal ⓘ picturesque setting ⓘ war graves ⓘ winding paths ⓘ
hasStyle	garden cemetery ⓘ
hasUse	active burial ground ⓘ historical site ⓘ recreational walking area ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1998 ⓘ
inception	1852 ⓘ
locatedIn	Montreal ⓘ Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada
locatedOn	Mount Royal ⓘ
notableBurial	Hugh Allan ⓘ John Abbott ⓘ John Molson ⓘ Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine ⓘ linked to: Louis‑Hippolyte Lafontaine Mordecai Richler ⓘ Percival Molson ⓘ Peter Redpath ⓘ Robert Borden ⓘ linked to: Robert Laird Borden Stephen Leacock ⓘ William Cornelius Van Horne ⓘ
ownedBy	Mount Royal Cemetery Company ⓘ linked to: Mount Royal Cemetery
religiousAffiliation	non-sectarian ⓘ
separatedFrom	Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery by a fence ⓘ
website	https://www.mountroyalcem.com ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Royal → hasPart → Mount Royal Cemetery ⓘ

Arthur Currie → burialPlace → Mount Royal Cemetery ⓘ

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal → isPartOf → Mount Royal Cemetery complex ⓘ