CELEBRATING SPECIAL DAYS IN CANADA
Here in Canada, we celebrate lots of special days and honour many different traditions, peoples, and topics with a wide variety of activities throughout the year. This list offers ideas and resources to help you participate.
JANUARY
- JANUARY 1: New Year's Day
- JANUARY 22: Chinese New Year
- JANUARY 27: Family Literacy Day
FEBRUARY
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
- FEBRUARY 1-7: Eating Disorder Awareness Week
- FEBRUARY 2: Groundhog Day
- FEBRUARY 3-12: Carnaval de Quebec
- FEBRUARY 15: National Flag Day
- FEBRUARY 17-20: Great Backyard Bird Count
- FEBRUARY 20: Family Day
- FEBRUARY 22: Pink Shirt Day
MARCH
SPRING BREAK
- MARCH 3: World Wildlife Day
- MARCH 8: International Women's Day
- MARCH 20: French Language Day
- MARCH 21: World Poetry Day
- MARCH 25: Earth Hour
APRIL
- APRIL 8: Easter
- APRIL 15: National Art Day
- APRIL 22: Earth Day
- APRIL 23 - 29: National Volunteer Week
MAY
- MAY 13: Science Rendez-Vous
- MAY 14: Mother's Day
- MAY 18: National Museum Day
- MAY 24: Victoria Day
JUNE
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS HISTORY MONTHÂ
- JUNE 3: National Health & Fitness Day
- JUNE 16: National Garden Day
- JUNE 18: Father's Day
- JUNE 21: National Music Day
JULY
- JULY 1: Canada Day
- JULY 15: National Parks Day
- JULY 24: National Self-Care Day
AUGUST
- AUGUST 9: National Book Lover's Day
- AUGUST 12: International Youth Day
SEPTEMBER
- SEPTEMBER 8: Literacy Day
- SEPTEMBER 12: National Video Games Day
- SEPTEMBER 17: Terry Fox Run
- SEPTEMBER 17-23: National Forestry Week
- SEPTEMBER 18-24: Science Literacy Week
- SEPTEMBER 22- OCTOBER 15: Culture Days
- SEPTEMBER 30: Truth & Reconciliation Day / Orange Shirt Day
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
- NOVEMBER 11: Remembrance Day
- NOVEMBER 13: World Kindness Day
- NOVEMBER 20-26: Geography Awareness Week
- NOVEMBER 20-26: Canadian History Week
- NOVEMBER 24: Black Friday
DECEMBER
- DECEMBER 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- DECEMBER 4-10: Computer Science Education Week
- DECEMBER 25: Christmas
