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)

20 – Martin Luther King Day

25 – Tu BiShvat (Judaism)

27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day (United Nations) / Isra and Miraj (Islam)

29 – Lunar Chinese New Year

30 – Sadeh (Zoroastrianism)

Black History Month

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)

Deaf History Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sikh Heritage 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)

Indigenous History Month (Canada)

Pride 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)

Disability Pride Month

9 – Martyrdom of the Bá’b (Baha’i

10 – Guru Purnima (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism)

14 – International Non-Binary Peoples Day

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)

31 – International Overdose Awareness Day