Important and commemorative days

January

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

February

• Black History Month
• February 15
  National Flag of Canada Day

March

• Irish Heritage Month
• March 8
  International Women's Day
• March 14
  Commonwealth Day
• March 21
  International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• March 31
  International Transgender Day of Visibility

April

• Sikh Heritage Month
• Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month
• April 9
  Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
• Second Wednesday of April
  International Day of Pink
• April 27 - 28
  Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

May

• Asian Heritage Month
• Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
• May 5
  Dutch Heritage Day
• May 17
  International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
• May 24
  Victoria Day

June

• National Indigenous History Month
• Italian Heritage Month
• Filipino Heritage Month
• Portuguese Heritage Month
• Launch of Pride Season
• June 21
  National Indigenous Peoples Day
• June 24
  Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day
• June 27
  Canadian Multiculturalism Day

July

• July 1
  Canada Day
• July 28
  Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval

August

• August 1
  Emancipation Day
• August 15
  National Acadian Day
• Third week of August
  Public Service Pride Week

September

• Second week of September
  Mennonite Heritage Week
• Fourth week of September
  Gender Equality Week
• September 30
  National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

October

• German Heritage Month
• Canadian Islamic History Month
• Latin American Heritage Month
• Women's History Month
• October 1
  National Seniors Day
• October 11
  International Day of the Girl Child
• October 18
  Persons Day

November

• November 5 - 11
  Veterans' Week
• November 8
  Indigenous Veterans Day
• November 11
  Remembrance Day
• November 20
  National Child Day
  Transgender Day of Remembrance
• November 20 – 26
  Canada History Week
• Fourth Saturday of November
  Holodomor Memorial Day
• November 25 - December 10
  16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

December

• December 3
  International Day of Persons with Disabilities
• December 6
  National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
• December 10
  Human Rights Day
• December 11
  Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster