Calendar of health promotion days
The calendar features health awareness:
- days
- weeks
- months
Events marked with an asterisk (*) take place on the same day every year.
These events are either promoted by recognized health organizations or recognized in the professional health community. Not all websites and events listed are celebrated or endorsed by Health Canada.
You can submit a health promotion awareness event for 2021 on behalf of your organization. Events are removed from the calendar once the date has passed, unless you mention next year's event. If your annual event was removed, you can submit it again when the next occasion is announced.
2021
January
- Bell Let's Talk Day - January 28
February
- Psychology Month
- Recreation Therapy Month
- World Cancer Day - February 4*
- International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation - February 6*
- International Childhood Cancer Day - February 15*
- Pink Shirt Day - February 24
- Rare Disease Day - February 28
March
- 5 Days for the Homeless Month
- Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- Liver Health Month
- Music Therapy Awareness Month
- Nutrition Month
- World Obesity Day – March 4
- World Lymphedema Day - March 6*
- International Women's Day - March 8
- World Glaucoma Week - March 7 to 13
- International Conference on New Horizons in Cardiology & Cardiologists Education - March 15 to 16
- Brain Awareness Week - March 15 to 21
- World Sleep Day - March 19
- National Poison Prevention Week - March 21 to 27
- World Down Syndrome Day – March 21*
- World Water Day - March 22*
- World Tuberculosis Day - March 24*
- Purple Day - March 26*
April
- IBS Awareness Month
- National Oral Health Month
- Rosacea Awareness Month
- World Autism Awareness Day - April 2*
- Green Shirt Day - April 7
- World Health Day - April 7*
- National Dental Hygienists Week - April 4 to 10*
- National Medical Laboratory Week - April 11 to 17
- FND Awareness Day - April 13*
- World Congress on Cardiac Nursing and Cardiology - April 14 to 15
- Advance Care Planning Day – April 16
- Canadian Infertility Awareness Week - April 18 to 24
- National Organ and Tissue Awareness Week - April 18 to 24*
- World Hemophilia Day - April 17*
- National Immunization Awareness Week – April 24 to 30
- International Medical Physics Week – April 26 to 30
- National Day of Mourning - April 28*
May
- Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
- Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
- Brain Tumour Awareness Month
- Celiac Awareness Month
- GBS/CIDP Awareness Month
- Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
- Hypertension Awareness Month
- MedicAlert Month
- Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- National Physiotherapy Month
- Speech and Hearing Month
- Vision Health Month
- National Physicians' Day - May 1*
- Mental Health Week - May 3 to 9
- World Pulmonary Hypertension Day - May 5*
- National Child and Youth Mental Health Day - May 7*
- World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day - May 8*
- World Ovarian Cancer Day - May 8
- World Lupus Day - May 10*
- National Nursing Week - May 10 to 16
- International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases - May 12*
- International Nurses Day - May 12*
- Apraxia Awareness Day - May 14 *
- World Melanoma Day - May 14*
- World Hypertension Day - May 17*
- World Schizophrenia and Psychosis Day – May 24
- World Multiple Sclerosis Day (MS) - May 30
- World No Tobacco Day - May 31*
June
- Canadian Men's Health Month
- June is Thyroid Month in Canada
- Intergenerational Day Canada – June 1
- World Environment Day - June 5*
- National Health and Fitness Day - June 5
- National Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak Awareness Week - June 6 to 13
- Meditation national day – June 9
- Action Anxiety Day – June 10
- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - June 15*
- World Sickle Cell Day - June 19*
- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - June 26*
- National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day - June 26
- PTSD Awareness Day - June 27*
- Brain Injury Awareness Month - June 29*
- World Scleroderma Day – June 29*
July
- National Injury Prevention Day - July 5
- Glioblastoma Awareness Day - July 17*
- International Self-Care Day - July 24*
- World Hepatitis Day - July 28*
August
- Gastroparesis Awareness Month
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
- International Youth Day - August 12*
- World Humanitarian Day - August 19*
- International Overdose Awareness Day - August 31*
September
- Acne Awareness Month
- Arthritis Awareness Month
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Craniofacial Acceptance Month
- Duchenne Awareness Month
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Sickle Cell Awareness Month
- Syringomyelia & Chiari Malformation Month
- World Alzheimer's Month
- National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day - September 4*
- World Duchenne Day - September 7*
- World First Aid Day - September 8*
- International FASD Awareness Day – September 9*
- World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10*
- Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day - September 15
- Terry Fox Run - September 19
- Sport purple for platelets – September 24 to 25
- World Rabies Day - September 28*
October
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Canadian Cancer Society
- Lupus Awareness Month (in French only)
- Mark it Read for Dyslexia Awareness Month*
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
- World Cerebral Palsy Day – October 6
- World Mental Health Day - October 10*
- World Sight Day - October 10*
- World Arthritis Day - October 12*
- World Thrombosis Day – October 13
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - October 15*
- World Spine Day - October 16*
- Invisible Disabilities Week - October 18 to 24
- National Psoriatic Arthritis Day - October 19*
- International Stuttering Awareness Day - October 22*
- Brain Cancer Awareness Day - October 24*
- Respiratory Therapy Week – October 24 - 30
- Canadian Intensive Care Week - October 27 to 30
November
- Indigenous Disability Awareness Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Osteoporosis Month
- Movember
- Fall Prevention Month
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month
- International Day of Medical Physics - November 7
- Medical Radiation Technologist (MRT) Week - November 7 to 13
- World Pneumonia Day - November 12*
- World Diabetes Day - November 14*
- World Prematurity Day - November 17
- World Antibiotic Awareness Week - November 18 to 24*
- National Enteropathic Arthritis Awareness Day – November 19*
- National Child Day - November 20*
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - November 25*
- Digital Health Week - November 29 to December 5
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Day - November 30*
December
- World AIDS Day - December 1*
- Women's Brain Health Day - December 2 *
- National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - December 6*
- Human Rights Day - December 10*
- Anti-Bullying Day – December 17
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