Days of Significance 2025
Please click on the months below to find a list of cultural, religious, national, and international days of significance. This is, by no means, intended to be an exhaustive list, but as a starting point to learn more about the diverse days of significance that members of our communities might observe. You can click on the day of significance to learn more about it. We hope you find this list a useful resource!
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)
13 – Lohri (Sikhism) / Maghi (Sikhism)
14 – Makar Sankranti (Hinduism, Sikhism) / Mahayana New Year (Buddhism)
19 – World Religion Day (Baha’i)
25 – Tu BiShvat (Judaism)
27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day (United Nations) / Isra and Miraj (Islam)
30 – Sadeh (Zoroastrianism)
1 – World Hijab Day / Imbolc (Wicca/Paganism)
2 – Setsubun (Shintoism/Japanese Holiday) / Vasant Panchami / Saraswati Puja (Hinduism)
4 – Rosa Parks Day / World Cancer Day
11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science (United Nations)
12 – Māgha Pūjā (Buddhism)
14 – Missing Women’s Memorial March (Canada)
15 – Nirvana Day (Buddhism) / Lupercalia (Wicca/Paganism) / Shab-e-barat (Islam)
20 – World Day of Social Justice (United Nations)
21 – International Mother Language Day (United Nations)
26 – Maha Shivratri (Hinduism) / Pink Shirt Day (Canada)
28 – Losar (Tibetan New Year)
1 – International Wheelchair Day
5 – Ash Wednesday (Christianity)
8 – International Women’s Day (United Nations)
14 – Chet (Sikh New Year/Punjabi Culture Day) / Holi (Sikhism, Hinduism) / Holla Mohalla (Sikhism) / Purim (Judaism)
20 – Nowruz (Persian New Year) / Ostara (Wicca/Paganism) / Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ Celebration and Awareness Day
21 – International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination (United Nations) / World Down Syndrome Day (United Nations)
25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (United Nations)
27 – Laylat al-Qadr (Islam)
30 – Eid-al-Fitr (Islam)
31 – International Transgender Day of Visibility (United Nations)
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
2 – World Autism Awareness Day (United Nations)
6 – International Asexuality Day
7 – World Health Day (United Nations)
9 – International Day of Pink (Anti-Bullying)
12 – Hanuman Jayanti (Hinduism)
13 – Pesach / Passover (Judaism
14 – Vaisakhi (Hinduism, Sikhism)
18 – Good Friday (Christianity)
21 – Easter Monday (Christianity) / First day of Ridvan (Baha’i)
24 – Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Memorial Day
28 – National Day of Mourning (Canada)
30 – Journey to Freedom Day (Canada)
Jewish Heritage Month (Canada)
1 – Beltane (Wicca/Paganism)
5 – National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, 2-Spirit, and gender diverse people (Canada)
17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (United Nations)
21 – World Cultural Diversity Day (United Nations)
23 – Vesak Day (Buddhism)
25 – Africa Day (United Nations)
26 to June 1 – National AccessAbility Week (Canada)
27 to June 1 – Anti-Racism Awareness Week (BC)
29 – Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha’i)
30 – Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikhism)
Indigenous History Month (Canada)
3 – International Sex Worker’s Day (United Nations) / Shavuot (Jewish)
7 – Eid al-Adha (Islam)
12 – World Day Against Child Labor (United Nations)
15 – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (United Nations)
18 – International Day for Countering Hate Speech (United Nations)
19 – Juneteenth / International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (United Nations)
20 – Litha/Midsummer (Wicca/Paganism) / World Refugee Day (United Nations)
21 – National Indigenous Peoples Day (United Nations)
23 – National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism (Canada)
24 – Nativity of St. John the Baptist (Christianity)
25 – Al-Hijra (Islamic New Year)
27 – Multiculturalism Day (Canada)
9 – Martyrdom of the Bá’b (Baha’i
10 – Guru Purnima (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism)
1 – Emancipation Day / Lughnasadh (Wicca/Paganism)
3 – Tish'a B'Av (Judaism)
9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (United Nations)
12 – International Youth Day (United Nations)
13 to 16 – Obon Festival (Buddhism- Shinto)
16 – Janmashtami (Hindu)
19 – World Humanitarian Day (United Nations)
27 – Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)
21 to 28 – Paryusana (Jainism)
1 – Labour Day (Canada)
10 – World Suicide Prevention Day
22 – Mabon Autumn Equinox (Wicca/Paganism)
21 – International Day of Peace (United Nations)
23 – Celebrate Bisexuality Day
30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / Orange Shirt Day (Canada)
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
2 – International Day of Non-Violence / Yom Kippur (Judaism)
6 to 13 – Sukkot (Judaism)
11 – National Coming Out Day / International Day of the Girl Child (United Nations)
14 – Shmini Atzeret (Judaism)
15 – International Pronouns Day
17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (United Nations)
18 – Persons Day (Canada)
22 to 24 – Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)
23 – Birth of Baha’u’llah
31 – Samhain (Wicca/Paganism)
Indigenous Disability Awareness Month
Diwali (Hinduism)
Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikhism)
National Indigenous Veterans Day (Canada)
Remembrance Day (Canada)
Birth Date of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism)
Louis Riel Day (Métis)
Transgender day of Remembrance
International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women (United Nations)
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (United Nations)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations)
National Day of Remembrance of Action on Violence Against Women (United Nations)
Bodhi Day (Buddhism)
Human Rights Day (United Nations)
International day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (Red Umbrella Day)
Winter Solstice/Yule (Wicca/Paganism)
Christmas (Christianity)
Hanukkah (Judaism)
Kwanzaa (African American)