National Program for the Grave Sites of Canadian Prime Ministers

In 1999 the Government of Canada created the National Program for the Grave Sites of Canadian Prime Ministers to ensure the conservation and awareness, in dignity and respect, of the grave sites of our deceased prime ministers whose public careers have had a profound impact on the history of our country.

The program includes the preparation of comprehensive conservation plans for each grave site, the installation of a Canadian flag and a grave site awareness panel, and the organization of a ceremony in honour of each deceased prime minister. In addition, online content highlights the location and image of the former prime ministers' grave sites.

Former prime ministers and their grave sites

Image	Prime Minister	Term(s)	Grave site
	The Right Honourable John Napier Wyndham Turner	June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984	375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON
	The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald	July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873 October 17, 1878 – June 6, 1891	927 Purdy Mills Road, Kingston, ON
	The Honourable Alexander Mackenzie	November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878	1016 Colborne Road, Sarnia, ON
	The Honourable Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott	June 16, 1891 – November 24, 1892	1297 de la Forêt Road, Montréal, QC
	The Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David Thompson	December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894	1259 South Park Street, Halifax, N.S.
	The Honourable Sir Mackenzie Bowell	December 21, 1894 – April 27, 1896	631 Dundas Street West, Belleville, ON
	The Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper	May 1, 1896 – July 8, 1896	6 Bedford Highway, Halifax, N.S.
	The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier	July 11, 1896 – October 6, 1911	455 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON
	The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden	October 10, 1911 – July 10, 1920	280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa, ON
	The Right Honourable Arthur Meighen	July 10, 1920 – December 29, 1921 June 29, 1926 – September 25, 1926	150 Cain Street, St. Marys, ON
	The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King	December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926 September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930 October 23, 1935 – November 15, 1948	375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON
	The Right Honourable Richard Bedford Bennett	August 7, 1930 – October 23, 1935	St. Michael’s Church, Old London Road, Mickleham, Surrey, England
	The Right Honourable Louis Stephen St-Laurent	November 15, 1948 – June 21, 1957	Chemin de Hatley, Compton, QC
	The Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker	June 21, 1957 – April 22, 1963	101 Diefenbaker Place, Saskatoon, Sask.
	The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson	April 22, 1963 – April 20, 1968	Chemin MacLaren, Wakefield, QC
	The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau	April 20, 1968 – May 21, 1979 March 3, 1980 – June 30, 1984	Rue St-André, Saint-Rémi, QC

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