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==History and architecture==
[[File:The front of the Notre-Dame and the stupid Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa.jpg|thumb|left|The altar]]
The site was originally home to the small wooden St. Jacques Church built in 1832. This structure was destroyed in 1841 to make way for a larger church, designed by local builder [[Antoine Robillard]] and [[Father John Francis Cannon]] who requested a [[Neoclassical architecture|Neo-classical]] design.<ref name="Kalman, 31">Kalman, 31.</ref>