September 2021
4 Paryushan-Parvarambha (Jain)*
6-8 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)*
7 Labour Day* (Canadian)
6-10 Mennonite Heritage Week*
10 Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)* / World Suicide Prevention Day
15 International Day of Democracy / Yom Kippur*
19 Powley Day (Ontario)
20-27 Sukkot (Judaism)*
24 Bisexual Awareness Day
21-25 International Week of the Deaf
25 Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) Pow Wow*
26 Hoshana Rabbah*
27-29 Shemini Atzeret (Judaism)*
30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Canadian) / Orange Shirt Day
October 2021
German Heritage Month
Canadian Islamic History Month
Latin American Heritage Month
Women’s History Month (Canada)
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
1 National Senior Day
4 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls National Day of Remembrance
6-14 Navratri (Hindu)*
10 World Mental Health Day
11 Thanksgiving* (Canada) / National Coming Out Day / International Day of the Girl / National Indigenous Peoples Day (US)*
14 Dussehra (Hindu)*
18 Healthcare Aide Day / Persons’ Day (Canada) / Mawlid al Nabi (Islam)*
20 International Pronouns Day*
25 Haldimand Treaty of 1784 Anniversary
31 Halloween
November 2021
Financial Literacy Month
1 All Saints’ Day
1-5 Treaties Recognition Week (Ontario)*
4 Diwali (Sikh, Hindu, Jain)*
6 Birth of the Bab (Bahá’í)*
7 Inuit Day (International) / Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)*
8 National Indigenous Veterans Day
10 International Accounting Day
11 Remembrance Day (Canadian)
16 Louis Riel Day (Ontario)*
19 Guru Nanak’s Birthday – Bikrami (Sikh)*
20 Trans Day of Remembrance
22-28 Canada History Week*
25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women [start of 16 days]
27 Holodomor Memorial Day* / Ascension of Abdu’l-Bahá (Bahá’í)*
28 First day of Hanukkah* [starts in the evening]
November 28–January 6, 2022: Nativity Fast (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic) *
December 2021
3 International Day of Persons With Disabilities
6 Last day of Hanukkah* / National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
10 Human Rights Day [end of 16 days]
13 Aga Khan’s Birthday (Islam Ismaili)*
18 International Migrants Day
24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
25 Christmas Day (Christian)
26 Boxing Day / Kwanzaa / Death of Prophet Zarathustra (Zoroastrian)
January 2022
1 New Year’s Day
4 World Braille Day
6 Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church)
7 Christmas (Christian-Coptic and Eastern Orthodox)
14 Orthodox New Year (Orthodox Christian)
16-17 Tu B’Shevat (Jewish)*
17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day* / Tu B’Shevat (Arbor Day)
20 Bodhi Day (Buddhism)
24 World Day for African and Afro-descendant Culture / International Day of Education
27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
29 National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia
February 2022
Black History Month
1 Chinese/Lunar New Year*
2 Groundhog Day
4 World Cancer Day
5 Vasant Panchami (Hindu)*
6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
14 Valentine’s Day
15 National Flag of Canada Day
16 Magha Puja (Buddhism)*
17 Louis Riel Day (MB)*
20 World Day of Social Justice (United Nations)
21 Family Day* / International Mother Language Day / Mi’Kmaq and Nova Scotia Heritage Day*
23 Pink Shirt Day*
March 2022
Women’s History Month (US)
Irish History Month
1 St. David’s Day / Isra and Mi’raj / Zero Discrimination Day / Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)*
2 Ash Wednesday, Start of Lent (Christian, to April 14)*
2-20 Nineteen Day Fast (Bahá’í)
3 Losar (Tibet)* / Chotrul Duchen (Tibetan Buddhists)*
8 International Women’s Day
14 Commonwealth Day
16-17 Purim (Jewish)*
17 St. Patrick’s Day / Holi (Hindu)*
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / Nowruz/New Year (Bahá’í)* / Persian New Year*
24 Right to Truth Day
25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
26 Birth Anniversary of Prophet Zarathustra (Zoroastrian)*
31 International Trans Day of Visibility
April 2022
Sikh Heritage Month
Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month
1 Hindu New Year (first day of Chaitra)*
2 Start of Ramadan (Islam) to sundown May 1st* / World Autism Awareness Day
7 World Health Day
10 Palm Sunday (Christian)* / Ram Navami (Hindu)*
13-15 Songkran (Thailand)*
14 International Day of Pink / Khmer New Year (Cambodia)* / Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Myanmar, Sri Lanka)* / Vaisakhi (Sikh)*
15-18 Good/Holy Friday (Christian, Easter Orthodox)*/ Easter (Christian)* / Easter Monday (Christian)*
15-23 Passover/Pesach (Jewish)*
16 Theravada New Year (Buddhism)*
April 21-May 3: Feast of Ridvan (Bahá’i)*
22 Earth Day / Orthodox Good Friday
23 Holy Saturday (Coptic-Christian and Eastern Orthodox)*
24 Easter/ Pasha (Coptic-Christian and Eastern Orthodox)*
25 Easter Monday (Coptic-Christian and Eastern Orthodox)*
27 Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
28 Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power)
May 2022
Asian Heritage Month
Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
3 Eid ul Fitr (Islam)* to sundown May 3rd
5 Yom Ha’atzmaut / Dutch Heritage Day
6 Vesak (Buddhist)*
8 Mother’s Day*
17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
21 International Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
23 Victoria Day* (Canadian)
24 Declaration of the Bab (Bahá’í)*
29 Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)
June 2022
Indigenous History Month
Pride Month
Italian Heritage Month
Filipino Heritage Month
4 Shavuot (Jewish)*
5 World Environment Day
19 Father’s Day*
20 World Refugee Day
21 National Indigenous People’s Day
24 Saint Jean Baptiste Day
27 Canadian Multicultural Day
28 Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval
July 2022
1 Canada Day (Canadian)
9 Nunavut Day
10 Huron Tract Treaty of 1827 Anniversary / Martyrdom of the Bab (Bahá’í)*
10-11 Eid ul Adha*
11 Imamat Day (Islam Ismailli)*
13 Asala Dharma Day (Buddhist)*
18 Nelson Mandela Day
30 Muharram (Islam)*
August 2022
1 Civic Holiday* (Canadian)/ Emancipation Day
9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12 Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)*
13 Obon (Japanese Buddhist)*
15 National Acadian Day
15-19 Public Service Pride Week*
17 Marcus Garvey Day (Jamaica)
18 Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)*
19 World Humanitarian Day
23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition / Paryushan-Parvarambha (Jain)*
31 Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)*
September 2022
5 Labour Day* (Canadian)
5-9 Mennonite Heritage Week*
10 World Suicide Prevention Day
15 International Day of Democracy
19 Powley Day (Ontario)
19-23 International Week of the Deaf
24 Bisexual Awareness Day / Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre Pow Wow*
25-27 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)*
September 26-October 5: Navratri (Hindu)*
30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Canadian) / Orange Shirt Day
October 2022
German Heritage Month
Canadian Islamic History Month
Latin American Heritage Month
Women’s History Month (Canada)
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
1 National Senior Day
4 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) National Day of Remembrance / Yom Kippur* / Dussehra (Hindu)*
8 Mawlid al Nabi (Islam)*
9-16 Sukkot (Judaism)*
17-19 Shemini Atzeret (Judaism)*
10 Thanksgiving* (Canada) / World Mental Health Day / National Indigenous Peoples Day (US)*
11 National Coming Out Day / International Day of the Girl
12-13 Karva Chauth (Hindu)
16 Hoshana Robbah*
18 Healthcare Aide Day / Persons’ Day (Canada)
19 International Pronouns Day*
24 Diwali (Sikh, Hindu, Jain)*
25 Haldimand Treaty of 1784 Anniversary
26 Birth of the Bab (Bahá’í)*
27 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)*
31 Halloween
November 2022
Financial Literacy Month
1 All Saints’ Day
1-4 Treaties Recognition Week (Ontario)*
7 Inuit Day (International) / Guru Nanak’s Birthday –Bikrami (Sikh)*
8 National Indigenous Veterans Day
10 International Accounting Day
11 Remembrance Day (Canadian)
20 Trans Day of Remembrance
20-26 Canada History Week*
25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women [start of 16 days]
26 Holodomor Memorial Day*
28 Ascension of Abdu’l-Bahá (Bahá’í)*
November 28-January 6, 2023: Nativity Fast (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic)*
December 2022
1 World AIDS Day
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 International Day of Persons With Disabilities
6 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
10 Human Rights Day [end of 16 days]
13 Aga Khan’s Birthday (Islam Ismaili)*
18 International Migrants Day
18-26 Hanukkah (Jewish)*
20 International Human Solidarity Day
24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
25 Christmas Day (Christian)
26 Boxing Day / Kwanzaa / Death of Prophet Zarathustra (Zoroastrian)
Legend
Statutory holidays (Canadian)
*date changes each year