Ottawa council approves renaming of park in memory of Mary Papatsie – Nunatsiaq News

Oct 8, 2025

Park signage to be updated using developer fees; plaque may follow

Ottawa city council has approved the renaming of a park in the Vanier neighbourhood as Mary Papatsie Park, in tribute to the Inuk woman who disappeared in 2017 and whose remains were discovered five years later.

The motion to rename the park was carried on Wednesday during the council meeting led by Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, following the community services committee’s earlier endorsement of the motion introduced by Coun. Stéphanie Plante, whose Rideau-Vanier ward includes a considerable Inuit population.

Emond Park, located at the corner of Emond Street and Deschamps Avenue, will now bear the name Mary Papatsie Park to honour not only Papatsie’s life and tragic death but also to recognize the Inuit community in Vanier and the broader issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

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