On June 20, 1905 the Nutana Cemetery Co was awarded a special grant at SW Section 20 Township 36 Range 5 W of the 3rd Meridian.

Among the gravestones still standing are those commemorating:Robert Clark, whose death in 1884 from exhaustion while fighting a prairie fire was the first in the community:Grace Fletcher, Saskatoon's first business woman and a campaigner for women's rights; Edward Meeres, who lost his life in 1888 in a blizzard in what is now the centre of Nutana.Members from many of Saskatoon's other notable pioneer families are buried here.

Meewasin Valley Authority.The southern portion of Diefenbaker Park has been disrupted by the development nearby of the Circle Drive freeway extension, which removed a strip of the park and now places formerly quiet areas right next to freeway traffic.

Diefenbaker park is home to Saskatoon's organized events on Canada Day, consisting of official ceremonies, live entertainment, various activities and nighttime fireworks.

There is skiing, snowboarding, tubing lanes, a terrain park, and magic carpet lifts.