Commemorative Dates

• Tamil Heritage Month
• Sir John A. MacDonald Day: January 11
• Raoul Wallenberg Day: January 17
• Lincoln Alexander Day: January 21
• World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture: January 24
• Bell Let's Talk Day: January 26
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day: January 27
• National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia: January 29

• Black History Month
• National Flag of Canada: February 15
• World Day of Social Justice: February 20
• Pink Shirt Day: February 22

April

• Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month
• Sikh Heritage Month
• Autism Awareness Day: April 2
• National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: April 6-12
• World Health Day: April 7
• Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge: April 9
• International Day of Pink (second Wednesday in April): April 12
• Administrative Professionals Day: April 19
• Last Day of Ramadan: April 20
• Earth Day: April 22
• Parental Alienation Awareness Day: April 25
• Lesbian Visibility Day: April 26
• Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day): April 27-28

May

• Asian Heritage Month
• Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
• First Responders Day: May 1
• Dutch Heritage Day: May 5
• World Red Cross Day: May 8
• International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (IDAHOT): May 17
• World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development: May 21
• Victoria Day: May 24

June

• Filipino Heritage Month
• National Indigenous History Month
• Italian Heritage Month
• Portuguese Heritage Month
• Pride Season
• Seniors Month
• Canadian Armed Forces Day: June 4
• National Indigenous Peoples Day: June 21
• Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day: June 24
• Canadian Multiculturalism Day: June 27

July

• Canada Day - July 1
• Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval: July 28
• World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: July 30

August

• Emancipation Day: August 1
• International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: August 9
• National Acadian Day: August 15
• World Humanitarian Day: August 19
• Public Service Pride Week (Third week of August): August 17-23

September

• World Suicide Prevention Day: September 10
• Mennonite Heritage Week (Second week of September): September 11-15
• World Alzheimer's Day: September 21
• Bi-visibility Day: September 23
• Gender Equality Week (Fourth week of September): September 22-26
• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: September 30

October

• Canadian Islamic History Month
• German Heritage Month
• Latin American Heritage Month
• Hispanic Heritage Month
• Islamic Heritage Month
• LGBT History Month
• Women's History Month
• World Cerebral Palsy Day: October 6
• World Mental Health Day: October 10
• World Homeless Day: October 10
• National Coming Out Day - October 11
• International Day of the Girl - October 11

November

• Albanian Heritage Month
• Hindu Heritage Month
• Indigenous Veterans Day - November 8
• Remembrance Day - November 11 
• World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims - November 19
• World Child Day / National Child Day - November 20
• Canada History Week - November 20-26
• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - November 25
• 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence - November 25 - December 10

December

• International Day of Persons with Disabilities - December 3
• National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - December 6
• Human Rights Day - December 10