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Days of Significance

Days of significance are important to many TDSB communities. The following list is a resource and has been sourced from current and previous events, the federal government’s list of important and commemorative events and days, as well as the Urban Indigenous Education Centre's Indigenous Days of Significance.  Please note that faith-based and creed-based days continue to be acknowledged by the TDSB, however these dates are not reflected in this calendar.


JANUARY

Jan 1-31: Tamil Heritage Month
Jan 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan 27: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Jan 29: National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Islamophobia

FEBRUARY

Feb 1-28: African Heritage (Black History) Month
Feb 1-20: Chinese Heritage Month
Feb 4: Winter Walk to School Day
Feb 25: National Pink Day National Pink Day *Last Wednesday in February

MARCH

Mar 1-31: Greek Heritage Month
Mar 2: Black Youth Mental Health Day
Mar 8: International Women’s Day
Mar 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

APRIL

April 1-30: Sikh Heritage Month
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
April 8: International Day of Pink
April 14: Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 22: Earth Day – International Mother Earth Day
April 23: Yonge Street Van Attack – Remembrance Day

MAY

May 1-31: Asian Heritage Month
May 1-31: Jewish Heritage Month
May 4-8: Children's Mental Health Week
May 5: National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQ+ People: Red Dress Day
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
May 29-June 6: National Access Ability Week
May 27-31: Bike to School Week

JUNE

June 1-30: National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 1-30: Toronto Pride Festival Month
June 1-30: Italian Heritage Month
June 1-30: Portugese-speaking Heritage Month
June 19: Juneteenth

AUGUST

Aug 1: Emancipation Day in Canada

SEPTEMBER

Sept 30: Orange Shirt Day

OCTOBER

Oct 1-31: Islamic Heritage Month
Oct 1-31: Latin-America History Month
Oct 1-31: Somali Heritage Month
Oct 2: Walk to School Day
Oct 4: National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGTQ+ People
Oct 6-12: Body Confidence Awareness Week
Oct 10: World Mental Health Day

NOVEMBER

First week of Nov: Treaties Recognition Week in Ontario
Nov 1-30: Indigenous Education Month
Nov 1-30: Hindu Heritage Month
Nov 7: Inuit Day
Nov 8: Commemorating Indigenous Veterans
Nov 11: Remembrance Day: Veterans’ Day
Nov 16: Louis Riel Day
Nov 16-22: Anti-Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week
Nov 20: International Transgender Day of Remembrance

DECEMBER

Dec 2: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Dec 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Dec 6: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Dec 9: International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
Dec 10: Human Rights Day
Dec 26-Jan 1: Kwanzaa