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 2020 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.
2020
January
- Bell Let's Talk Day - January 29*
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 26
- Rare Disease Day - February 28
March
- Liver Health Month
- Music Therapy Awareness Month
- Nutrition Month
- Pharmacy Awareness Month
- World Lymphedema Day - March 6*
- 22nd International Conference on New Horizons in Cardiology & Cardiologists Education - March 7 to 8
- International Women's Day - March 8
- World Glaucoma Week - March 10 to 16
- National Poison Prevention Week - March 15 to 21
- Brain Awareness Week - March 16 to 22
- World Water Day - March 22*
- World Tuberculosis Day - March 24*
- Purple Day - March 26*
April
- Be a Donor Month
- IBS Awareness Month
- National Oral Health Month
- Rosacea Awareness Month
- World Autism Awareness Day - April 2*
- World Health Day - April 7*
- National Dental Hygienists Week - April 6 to 12
- FND Awareness Day - April 13*
- World Hemophilia Day - April 17*
- National Medical Laboratory Week - April 21 to 27
- National Day of Mourning - April 28*
May
- Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
- Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
- Brain Tumour Awareness Month
- Celiac Awareness Month
- Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
- Hypertension Awareness Month
- National Physiotherapy Month
- Speech and Hearing Month
- Vision Health Month
- World Pulmonary Hypertension Day - May 5*
- National Child and Youth Mental Health Day - May 7*
- Mental Health Week - May 6 to 12
- National Nursing Week - May 6 to 12
- Naturopathic Medicine Week - May 13 to 19
- World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day - May 8*
- World Lupus Day - May 10*
- 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 No Tobacco Day - May 31*
June
- June is Thyroid Month in Canada
- Canadian Men's Health Week - June 10 to 16
- World Environment Day - June 5*
- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - June 15*
- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - June 26*
- National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day - June 26
- Brain Injury Awareness Month - June 29*
July
- National Injury Prevention Day - July 6*
- Glioblastoma Awareness Day – July 17*
- International Self-Care Day - July 24*
- World Hepatitis Day - July 28*
August
- Gastroparesis Awareness Month
- International Youth Day - August 12*
- World Humanitarian Day - August 19*
- International Overdose Awareness Day - August 31*
September
- Acne Awareness Month
- Craniofacial Awareness Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- World Alzheimer's Month
- National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day - September 4*
- World First Aid Day - September 8*
- World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10*
- Terry Fox Run - September 15*
- World Rabies Day - September 28*
October
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Canadian Cancer Society
- Lupus Awareness Month (in French only)
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
- Mental Illness Awareness Week - October 6 to 12
- HPV Prevention Week* - October 1 to 7
- Brain Cancer Awareness Day – October 14
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - October 15*
- Canadian Intensive Care Week - October 27 to November 2
- World Mental Health Day - October 10
- World Sight Day - October 10*
- World Arthritis Day - October 12*
- Pharmacy Technician Day - October 15
- World Spine Day - October 16*
- National Psoriatic Arthritis Day - October 19*
- International Stuttering Awareness Day - October 22
November
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Osteoporosis Month
- Movember
- Fall Prevention Month
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month – November 1 – 30
- World Congress on Cardiac Nursing and Cardiology – November 4 -5
- Digital Health Week 2019 - November 11 - 17
- World Antibiotic Awareness Week - November 18 - 24
- World Prematurity Day – November 17
- World Pneumonia Day - November 12*
- World Diabetes Day - November 14*
- National Child Day - November 20*
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - November 25*
- 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*
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