Alzheimer's Awareness Month (Canada) 

1 - Gantan-sai (Shintoism/Japanese National Holiday) / New Year’s Day (Gregorian Calendar) 

4 – World Braille Day (United Nations)

7 – Orthodox Christmas (Christianity)  / Mahayana New Year (Buddishm) 

13 – Lohri (Sikhism)

14 – Makar Sankranti/Maghi (Hinduism, Sikhism)

16 - Martin Luther King Day (United States)

17 – World Religion Day (Baha’i)

22 - Lunar/Chinese New Year (Chinese)

24 – Sadeh (Zoroastrianism)

25 - Vasant Pachami /Saraswati Puja (Hinduism)

27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day (United Nations)

Black History Month 

1 – World Hijab Day / Imbolc (Wicca/Paganism)  

3 – Setsubun (Shintoism/Japanese Holiday)

4 - Rosa Parks Day (United States)

5 – Tu BiShvat (Judaism)

11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science (United Nations)

14 – Missing Women’s Memorial March (Canada)

15 –  Nirvana Day (Buddhism) / Lupercalia (Wicca/Paganism) 

18 – Isra’a and Miraj (Islam)  / Maha Shivratri (Hinduism) 

20 – World Day of Social Justice (United Nations) /  Family Day (Canada)

21 – International Mother Language Day (United Nations) / Losar (Tibetan New Year)

22 – Ash Wednesday (Christianity)

23 – Pink Shirt Day (Canada) 

25 – Shab-e-barat (Islam)

1 - International Wheelchair Day

6 – Māgha Pūjā (Buddhism)

7 – Purim (Judaism)

8 – International Women’s Day (United Nations)/ Holi (Sikhism, Hinduism) / Holla Mohalla (Sikhism)

14 – Chet (Sikh New Year/Punjabi Culture Day)

20 – Ostara (Wicca/Paganism) 

21 – International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination (United Nations) / Nowruz (Persian New Year) / World Down Syndrome Day (United Nations)

22 – Ramadan begins (Islam)

25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (United Nations)

31 – International Transgender Day of Visibility (United Nations)

Deaf History Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sikh Heritage Month

2 – World Autism Awareness Day (United Nations)

6 – Hanuman Jayanti (Hinduism) / International Asexuality Day 

6-13 – Pesach / Passover (Judaism)

7 – World Health Day (United Nations)/ Good Friday (Christianity)

10 – Easter Monday (Christianity)

12 – International Day of Pink (Anti-Bullying)

13 – Vaisakhi (Hinduism, Sikhism)

15 - Birth Date of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism)

18 – Laylat al-Qadr (Islam)

20 – First day of Ridvan (Baha’i)

21 – Eid-al-Fitr (Islam)

28 – National Day of Mourning (Canada)

30 – Journey to Freedom Day (Canada)

Asian Heritage Month (Canada) 

Vision Health Month (Canada)

1 – Beltane (Wicca/Paganism)

5 – National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Canada)

17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (United Nations)

18 - Global Accessibility Awareness Day

21 – World Cultural Diversity Day (United Nations)

23 – 29 – BC Anti-Racism Awareness Week 

25 – Africa Day (United Nations)

26 – Shavuot (Jewish)

29 - Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha’i)

29 – June 4 – BC Accessibility Week

Indigenous History Month (Canada)

Pride Month (Canada)

2 – Vesak Day (Buddhism)/ International Sex Worker’s Day (United Nations)

12 – World Day Against Child Labor (United Nations)

15 – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (United Nations)

16 – Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikhism)

18 – International Day for Countering Hate Speech (United Nations)

19 – Juneteenth (African-American)

19 – International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (United Nations)

20 – World Refugee Day (United Nations)

21 – National Indigenous Peoples Day (United Nations)/ Litha/Midsummer (Wicca/Paganism)

23 – National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism (Canada)

24 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist (Christianity)

27 – Multiculturalism Day (Canada)

28 – Eid al-Adha (Islam)

Disability Pride Month

3 – Guru Purnima (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism)

9 - Martyrdom of the Bá’b (Baha’i)

14 – International Non-Binary Peoples Day

19 – Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year)

26 - Tishah B’av (Judaism)

31 - Lughnasadh (Wicca/Paganism) 

1 – Emancipation Day (Canada)

9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (United Nations)

12 – International Youth day (United Nations)

13 to 15 – Obon Festival (Buddhism- Shinto)

19 – World Humanitarian Day (United Nations)/ Janmashtami (Hindu)

31 – Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu) / International Overdose Awareness Day

6 – Labor Day (Canada)

10 – World Suicide Prevention Day

12 – Paryushana (Jainism)

20 - 24 - Autumn Equinox (Wicca/Paganism) 

21 – International Day of Peace (United Nations)

23 – Celebrate Bisexuality Day

25-27 – Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)

29 – October 6 – Sukkot (Judaism)

30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / Orange Shirt Day (Canada)

Women’s History Month

Islamic History Month

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

LGBT History Month

2 – International Day of Non-Violence (United Nations)

4 – Yom Kippur (Judaism)

7 – Shemini Atzeret (Judaism)

10 – World Mental Health Day (World Health Organization)

11 – National Coming Out Day / International Day of the Girl Child (United Nations)

17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (United Nations)

18 – International Pronouns Day (United Nations)/ Persons Day (Canada)

31 - Samhain (Wicca/Paganism)

Indigenous Disability Awareness Month

4 – Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikhism)

7 – International Inuit Day / Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)

8 – National Indigenous Veterans Day (Canada)

11 – Remembrance Day (Canada)

12 – Diwali (Hinduism)

16 – Louis Riel Day (Métis)

20 – Transgender day of Remembrance

25 – International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women (United Nations)

1 – World AIDS Day

2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (United Nations)

3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations)

6 – National Day of Remembrance of Action on Violence Against Women (United Nations)

8 – Bodhi Day (Buddhism)

10 – Human Rights Day (United Nations)

18-26 – Hanukkah (Judaism)

21 - Winter Solstice/Yule (Wicca/Paganism)

25 – Christmas (Christianity)

26- Jan 1 – Kwanzaa (African-American)