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 4 - 21
Winterlude - 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
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 - 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 - October 18
Persons Day
November
- November 5 - 11
Veterans' Week - 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
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