Holiday Calendar for Canada in FebruaryCanadian traditions, notable events, festivals, special days and national holidays in Canada Help us National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2024-2025 yearFebruary 2024Thursday 1 February - The start of Black History Month (United States and Canada); Psychology Month in Canada; Eating Disorder Awareness Week in Canada; TD Bank Day Friday 9 February - Food Freedom Day in Canada (date may vary) Thursday 15 February - National Flag of Canada Day (Canada) Saturday 17 February - Family Day in parts of Canada (celebrated on the third Monday in February) March 2024Friday 1 March - Professional Engineer's Day in Canada (Month of March); Nutrition Month in Canada and USA; Employee Appreciation Day Monday 4 March - St. Thomas Charter Day in Ontario, Canada; World Tennis Day (International Tennis Federation) Sunday 10 March - Commonwealth Day in Canada (is annually held on the second Monday of March) Saturday 16 March - Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians) Monday 18 March - Sheelah's Day (Ireland, Canada, Australia) Tuesday 19 March - Dietitians Day in Canada (Celebrated on the third Wednesday of March) Thursday 21 March - Senior Skip Day or Beach Day in the USA and Canada (The date for missing the lessons varies among different schools) Wednesday 27 March - International Myeloma Action Day (Held on the last Thursday of March) Saturday 30 March - Bank of Nova Scotia Day (We help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets) April 2024Monday 1 April - Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month in Canada (also Rosacea Awareness Month and Be a Donor Month); Fossil Fools Day in United States and Canada (For those environmentally-minded pranksters out there, Fossil Fools Day is a strange mix of April Fools' day and Earth Day and it takes place each year on April 1. It began in 2004 in the United States and Canada to hold coordinated action against the not-so-funny use of fossil fuels to derive energy); Edible Book Day (The International Edible Book Festival) Saturday 6 April - Tartan Day (Canada and the United States) Sunday 7 April - National Dental Hygienists Week in Canada (Held from Monday in the first full week of April) Wednesday 10 April - Siblings Day (International observance) Saturday 13 April - FND Awareness Day in Canada (Functional Neurological Disorder [FND]/Conversion Disorder [CD]) Wednesday 24 April - Kapyong Day (Australia, Canada, New Zealand) Thursday 25 April - Parental Alienation Awareness Day (Parental alienation is a problem that most people don't know about. It is child abuse and needs to be stopped.) Saturday 27 April - International Sculpture Day (Held on the last Saturday of April) Sunday 28 April - National Day of Mourning in Canada (Every year on April 28 we pay our respects to, and remember, the thousands of workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness as a result of work-related incidents) May 2024Wednesday 1 May - Asian Heritage Month (Canada); Vision Health Month in Canada (also Ankylosing Spondylitis; Awareness Month; Bladder Cancer Awareness Month; Brain Tumour Awareness Month; Celiac Awareness Month; Hemochromatosis Awareness Month; Hypertension Awareness Month; National Physiotherapy Month) Friday 3 May - No Pants Day (It is held on the first Friday in May) Monday 6 May - Mental Health Week in Canada (Held in the first full week of May); National Nursing Week in Canada (Held from Monday to Sunday of the same week in which the date May 12 is located); Sun Awareness Week in Canada (Held from the first Monday in May) Saturday 11 May - Nisga'a Day (celebration of the effective date of the Nisga'a Final Agreement. Nisga'a Nation); National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day in US (Held on the second Saturday of May) Sunday 12 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe) Sunday 19 May - Energy Conservation Week in Ontario, Canada (is about the power of collective action) Monday 20 May - Victoria Day in Canada (Earliest possible date of the last Monday preceding May 25); National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes (Quebec, Canada; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24); National Seal Day in Canada (In response to this, Bill S-208 was Royally Assented on May 16th, 2017, designating May 20th annually as National Seal Products Day, and to recognize the importance of the seal hunt for Canada’s Indigenous people, coastal communities and entire population) June 2024Saturday 1 June - Fei Fei Day (Vancouver - Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan has declared June 1, 2008 a day to commemorate Hong Kong comedienne Lydia Shum. Sullivan designated what would have been Shum's 63rd birthday "Ms. Fei-fei Day."); National Health and Fitness Day in Canada (the first Saturday in June); Brain Injury Awareness Month in Canada Sunday 2 June - Canada Decoration Day (is an unofficial holiday that honors the veterans of the country's military. Decoration Day began as a protest in 1890 by forgotten Canadian veterans who had fought in Canada's first modern battle, the Battle of Ridgeway, on June 2, 1866); Canadian Forces Day (celebrated on the first Sunday in June) Monday 10 June - Canadian Men's Health Week (Held from the second Monday of June) Tuesday 11 June - Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada); Men’s Mental Health Awareness Day in Canada (held annually on the Tuesday before Father's Day) Sunday 16 June - Father's Day (Ñelebrated on the third Sunday of June øò Argentina, Aruba, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Kenya, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Venezuela, United Kingdom); Father’s Day Thursday 20 June - International Slowness Day (Clémence Boucher, a Montreal community worker, got together with some friends in 2001 and picked June 21 — the longest day of the year — to kick off her movement.) Sunday 23 June - National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism in Canada; Manulife Day (We are working hard to not only change ourselves, but to reshape our industry); Bank of Montreal Day Monday 24 June - National Holiday of Quebec (St. Jean Baptiste Day); June Day or Newfoundland and Labrador Discovery Day (observed on the nearest Monday to June 24) Thursday 27 June - Canadian Multiculturalism Day (It’s about inspiring belonging in a strong integrated community); National Anthem Day in Canada July 2024Monday 1 July - International Tartan Day (Tartan Day is a celebration of Scottish heritage on 6 April, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. It originated in Canada in the mid-1980s. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora in the 1990s. In Australia the similar International Tartan Day is held on 1 July, the anniversary of the repeal of the 1747 Act of Proscription that banned the wearing of tartan. Tartan Days typically have parades of pipe bands, Highland dancing and other Scottish-themed events); Moving Day (Quebec, Canada); Newfoundland and Labrador Memorial Day; Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day); Canada Constitution Day (Also known as Fête du Canada) Friday 12 July - The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Labrador) Thursday 18 July - Hot Dog Day (United States, Canada, Great Britain and Australia. It has been celebrated since 1971, when students first proposed it. Hot Dog Day itself is usually the third Saturday in April, although many students celebrate the entire "hot dog week", running from that Wednesday to that Sunday. July 18 – based on when the North American Meat Institute hosts its annual Hot Dog Lunch on Capitol Hill.) Sunday 28 July - Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval in Canada (The Royal Proclamation of 2003 is a document issued in the name of Queen Elizabeth II acknowledging the Great Upheaval (or Great Expulsion or Grand Dérangement), Britain's expulsion of French-speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia, beginning in 1755.) August 2024Saturday 3 August - Food Day Canada (Saturday of Civic Holiday weekend - August) Monday 5 August - Civic Holiday in Canada (celebrated on the first Monday of August); Heritage Day in Alberta, Canada (the first Monday of August each year); Nova Scotia's Natal Day in Canada (the first Monday of August each year); Terry Fox Day in Manitoba, Canada Friday 9 August - National Peacekeepers' Day in Canada (celebrated on Sunday closest to the day) Monday 19 August - Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada (third Monday of August) Tuesday 20 August - MUTEK Montreal (International Festival of Digital Creativity and Electronic Music) September 2024Sunday 1 September - Acne Awareness Month in Canada (also Craniofacial Awareness Month and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month) Sunday 8 September - Grandparents Day in Canada (Second Sunday of September) Sunday 22 September - Bladder Cancer Awareness Walk in Canada (This charity event began in 2006. It takes place every year on the fourth Sunday in September) Wednesday 25 September - Maple Leaf Day in Canada (celebrated on the last Wednesday in September) Monday 30 September - Recovery Day in Canada (is an annual event, first held on September 30, 2012, which demonstrates and celebrates the ability of those with drug, alcohol and behavioral addictions to achieve long-term sobriety and live productive and healthy lives); Orange Shirt Day in Canada October 2024Tuesday 1 October - Occupational Therapy Month and Rett Syndrome Awareness Month in Canada; Mental Illness Awareness Week and Human papilloma virus Prevention Week in Canada (October 1 to 7) Monday 7 October - Fire Prevention Week in United States and Canada (observed on the second week in October) Wednesday 9 October - Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States); Leif Erikson Day (United States, Canada, Iceland and Norway) Sunday 13 October - No Bra Day (On this day women are encouraged to forgo wearing no bra as a means to encourage breast cancer awareness) Monday 14 October - Thanksgiving in Canada (observed on the second week in October) Tuesday 15 October - Memorial Day for the loss of a child during pregnancy or a newborn (noted in Ohio, USA, Canada, France, Britain and Italy); Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Canada, the United States, the UK and Italy; Pharmacy Technician Day (PTDay was first endorsed by Pharmacy Technician Educators Association, American Association of Pharmacy Technicians, Inc. – AAPT and Pharmacy Technician Certification Board in 2015. It has been observed the third Tuesday in October since 1991); National Shawarma Day in Canada Friday 18 October - Persons Day (Canada) Saturday 19 October - Sweetest Day in Great Lakes region (is celebrated on the third Saturday in October); National Psoriatic Arthritis Day in Canada Sunday 20 October - Respiratory Therapists Week in Canada (Held in the last week of October); International Mastocytosis & Mast Cell Diseases Awareness Day Wednesday 30 October - Mischief Night (United States and Canada) - Beggars Night (certain regions of the United States) November 2024Friday 1 November - Movember in Canada (also Lung Cancer Awareness Month; Osteoporosis Month; Fall Prevention Month; National Domestic Violence Awareness Month) Monday 4 November - Medical Radiation Technologist Week in Canada (November 4 to 11) Tuesday 5 November - Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada); World Romani Language Day; International Volunteer Managers Day Thursday 7 November - International Inuit Day; Men Make Dinner Day (celebrated on the first Thursday of November) Monday 11 November - Remembrance Day in United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia and Canada; Digital Health Week in Canada (date for 2024. Digital Health Week, as well as National Kinesiology Week - a discipline that studies muscle movement in all its manifestations) Monday 18 November - National Apple Cider Day (United States) December 2024Friday 13 December - Acadia Memorial Day (dedicated to the tragic event during the deportation of the Acadians, the ships of the Duke of William, Ruby and Violet, sunk in 1758) Saturday 21 December - International Rush Day (unofficial celebration of fans of the musical group) Thursday 26 December - Boxing day in Australia (also Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Great Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Kiribati, Nauru, Botswana, Ghana, Jamaica) January 2025Wednesday 1 January - Polar Bear Swim Day or Polar Plunge Day (Canada and United States); New Year’s Levee in Canada; New Year’s Day Saturday 11 January - Sir John A. Macdonald Day (Canada) Wednesday 29 January - Bell Let's Talk Day in Canada (Date for 2025) some Canadian traditionsCanadians to greet each other with a kiss on each cheek (left then right), while handshaking is the tradition in the rest of Canada. When attending dinner parties, purchasing high-quality wine and sending flowers beforehand are both common occurrences. A few flowers have specific symbolic meaning in Canada. Roses are very strongly associated with romantic love, particularly on Valentine’s Day, poinsettias are a symbol of Christmas rarely seen outside the holiday, poppies are a symbol of war veterans and Remembrance Day, and white calla lilies are a somewhat old-fashioned symbol of death. “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth”—that’s the Calgary Stampede, an annual extravaganza that happens every July in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampede’s core purpose is “to preserve and celebrate western heritage, culture and community spirit.” They celebrate through concerts, rodeo events (with big money prizes), carnival rides, exhibitions, a parade, and agricultural competitions. The Stampede is one of Canada’s biggest traditions, as over one million people from around the world visit every year. In 2014, Halloween became a billion dollar industry in Canada alone... American Heart MonthHeart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women. While Americans of all backgrounds can be at risk for heart disease, African Amer..→
Black History MonthThe first black birth on record in what would become the U.S. happened in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1606. And the first African-American birth ..→
National Freedom DayThe purpose of this holiday is to promote good feelings, harmony, and equal opportunity among all citizens and to remember that the United State..→
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Presentation of the Lord)The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple falls on 2 February and celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus. In the Eastern Orthodox Church..→
World Wetlands DayWorld Wetland Day marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands, called the Ramsar Convention, on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian ..→
Rosa Parks Day in California and MissouriThe courage and conviction of Rosa Parks laid the foundation for equal rights for all Americans and for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Rosa Park..→
Super Bowl SundayAlthough not an official holiday, Super Bowl Sunday is an occasion when many families and friends gather together to watch the game, including t..→
World Cancer Day2019 marks the launch of the 3-year ‘I Am and I Will’ campaign. ‘I Am and I Will’ is an empowering call-to-action urging for personal commitment..→
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital MutilationFemale genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is r..→
Ronald Reagan Day in California and OhioAbove all, we remember the man: his irresistible optimism, faith, and good humor.
Ronald Wilson Reagan born February 6, 1911 (d. June 5, 2004) ..→
Safer Internet DayThe Insafe network organises the Safer Internet Day, which has taken place annually on the second day of the second week of February since 2004 ..→
Boy Scout Day (Ohio Boy Scout Week)February 8, 1910, is the birthday of the Boy Scouts of America. As many know, on this Day, William D. Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of Ameri..→
International Day of Women and Girls in ScienceAlthough women make up 48 percent of the U.S. workforce, they comprise only 24 percent of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ..→
World Day of the SickFacts on patient safety: patient safety is a serious global public health issue. Estimates show that in developed countries as many as 1 in 10 p..→
Lincoln’s BirthdayAbraham Lincoln never smoked, chewed tobacco, or drank alcohol. Not only was the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln spiritual ..→
Mardi Gras or Shrove TuesdayPope Gregory XIII add the event to the Gregorian calendar in 1582 on the day before Ash Wednesday, which Lent, the 40 days of fasting and prayer..→
World Radio Day"Radio is the theater of the mind..."- Steve Allen.
Nikola Tesla was granted the first radio patents in 1900, resulting in Guglielmo ..→
International Childhood Cancer DayCancer is a serious non-communicable disease affecting more than 14 million individuals and families across the world and more than 50% will die..→
Susan B. Anthony DayToday more women serve in public office and hold leadership positions that had previously been held solely by men. Born on February 15, 1820, Su..→
Random Acts of Kindness DayWe all struggle. We all stress. But, thankfully, we also all love. In fact, we can’t help but love! It’s part of the human condition. You can’t ..→
Daisy Gatson Bates Day in ArkansasDaisy Lee Gatson Bates was an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock I..→
Washington’s Birthday ("Presidents’ Day")Washington’s Birthday, national holiday, also widely known as "Presidents’ Day", is celebrated each year on the third Monday in Februa..→
John Glenn Friendship 7 Day in OhioOn February 20, 1962, NASA launched one of the most important flights in American history. The mission? Send a man to orbit Earth, observe his r..→
World Day of Social JusticeJustice is a central moral standard in social life, is generally held to have a prominent role in social theory and social action, and so it is ..→
International Mother Language DayYou speak about 4,800 words a day. It has been estimated that the number of actively spoken languages in the world today is about 6,000. The lan..→
Rascal Flatts Day in OhioRascal Flatts is a country music trio consisting of lead vocalist Gary LeVox, bass guitarist and keyboardist Jay DeMarcus, and electric guitaris..→
Washington’s Birthday in WisconsinHe was born February 22, 1732. George Washington is honored for his efforts to create a new nation dedicated to the rights of the people. He onl..→
International Polar Bear DayDo you have a polar bear question you’d love to ask a scientist? The International Polar Bear Day (PBI’s) is February 27th! Every year, this glo..→
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