Dates of Significance - 2026
January
*Tamil Heritage Month
01 New Years Day
Solar New Year (Buddhism)
Gantan-sai (Shinto)
03 Mahāyāna New Year (Buddhism)
04 Ghambar Maidyarem ends (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
05 Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikhism)
06 Epiphany (Christianity)
Armenian Christmas (Christianity)
Theophany (Christianity)
07 Orthodox Christmas (Christianity)
10 Linji Memorial (Buddhism)
12 Seijin-no-hi (Shinto)
13 Maghi (Sikhism)
14 Orthodox New Year
Makar Sankranti (Hinduism)
15 Lailat al Mi‘rāj (beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day) (Islam)
17 Baizhang Memorial (Buddhism)
18 World Religion Day (Bahá’í)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christianity)
Hakuin Ekaku Memorial (Buddhism)
Sultán (Bahá’í)
Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony (Indigenous Spirituality)
19 Eihei Dogen Kigen Birth Date (Buddhism)
25 Honen Shonin Memorial (Buddhism)
27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
*Black History Month
*Psychology Month
1 Magha (Sangha Day) (Buddhism)
Eve of Tu B'Shevat (Judaism)
2 Tu B'Shevat (Judaism)
Laylat al Bara’at (beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day) (Islam)
3 Setsubun-sai (Shinto)
6 Mulk (Bahá’í)
6-10 Children's Mental Health Week ("This Is My Place")
11 Women and Girls in Science
14-20 Kindness Awareness Week
14 Valentine's Day
15 Nehan-e (Nirvana Day) (Buddhism)
National Flag of Canada Day
16 Mahashivaratri (Hinduism)
Family Day (ON)
17 Shrove Tuesday (Christianity)
Losar - Tibetan New Year (Buddhism)
Lunar New Year - Year of the Horse (Buddhism)
Random Act of Kindness Day
18 Ash Wednesday (Christianity)
19 First day of Ramaḍān (Islam)
23 Great Fast Begins (Christianity)
25 Pink Shirt Day
Ayyám-i-Há' (Bahá’í)
March
Social Work Month
1 19 Day Fast Begins (Bahá’í)
2 Eve of Purim (Judaism)
Alá (Bahá’í)
3 Purim (Judaism)
Holi (Hinduism)
4 Holi (Sikhism
Shushan Purim (Judaism)
6 World Day of Prayer (Christianity)
8 International Women's Day
14 Sikh New Year's Day (Sikhism)
Memorial of Shan-tao/Zendo Daishi (Buddhism)
15 Laylat al Qadr (Beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day) (Islam)
16 Ghambar Hamaspathmaedem begins (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
17 Irish Heritage Day (St. Patrick's Day)
Festival of Higan-e (Buddhism)
19 Ramayana Week Begins (Hinduism)
19 Day Fast Ends (Bahá’í)
Navvarsha (Hinduism)
20 Spring Ohigon (Buddhism)
Ghambar Hamaspath-maedem ends (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
Īd al-Fiṭr (Islam)
Ostara (Wicca)
21 Naw-Rúz/Nowruz (Bahá’í Faith, Islam, and Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
Bahá (Bahá’í)
World Down Syndrome Day
25 Aymbil Oli (First Half) (Jainism)
26 Purple Day for Epilepsy
Birth Anniversary of Zarathustra (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
27 Ramanavami (Hinduism)
28 Earth Hour
Jum'at al-Wada' (Islam)
29 Palm Sunday (Christianity)
Holy Week Begins (Christianity)
31 International Transgender Day of Visibility
National Indigenous Languages Day
Mahavira Jayanti (Jainism)
April
Sikh Heritage Month
Genocide Awareness Month
1 Hanuman Jayanti (Hinduism)
Eve of Pesach (Judaism)
Theravāda New Year (Buddhism)
2 Maundy (Holy) Thursday (Christianity)
First Day of Pesach (Judaism)
World Autism Awareness Day
3 Good Friday (Christianity)
Second Day of Pesach (Judaism)
4 Third Day of Pesach (Judaism)
Holy Saturday (Christianity)
Lazarus Saturday (Christianity)
5 Easter Sunday (Christianity)
Palm Sunday (Christianity)
6 Easter Monday (Christianity)
Holy Week Begins (Christianity)
Birth of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Buddhism)
7 Shrimad Rajchandra Dehvilay (Jainism)
8 Seventh Day of Pesach (Judaism)
Buddha's Birth Date (Buddhism)
9 Vimy Ridge Day
Eighth (Last) Day of Pesach (Judaism)
Jalál (Bahá’í Faith)
Holy Thursday (Christianity)
10 Holy Friday (Christianity)
11 Holy Saturday (Christianity)
12 Pascha (Christianity)
13 Saka New Year (Buddhism)
Eve of Yom HaShoah (Judaism)
14 Vaisakhi (Solar New Year) (Hinduism)
Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Memorial Day (Judaism)
20 Akshaya-tritiya (Jainism)
21 First Day of the Festival of Riḍván (Bahá’í)
22 Earth Day
28 Jamál (Bahá’í)
Nichiren Foundation Day (Buddhism)
29 Ninth Day of Riḍván (Bahá’í)
30 Ghambar Maidyozarem begins (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
May
Asian and South Asian Heritage Month
Jewish Heritage Month
Speech, Language, and Hearing Month
1 Beltane (Wicca)
Second Passover (Judaism)
2 12th day of Riḍván (Bahá’í)
4 Eve of Lag Ba'Omer (Judaism)
5 Cinco De Mayo
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ Peoples
Lag Ba'Omer (Judaism)
14 Ascension (Christianity)
15 Sanja Matsuri (Three Shrine Festival) (Shinto)
17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia
Azamat (Bahá’í)
21 Eve of Shavuot (Judaism)
22 First Day of Shavuot (Judaism)
23 Second (Last) Day of Shavuot (Judaism)
24 Pentecost (Christianity)
Declaration of the Báb (Bahá’í)
25-31 National Accessibility Week
26 Day of Hajj (Islam)
27 Id al-Adhá (islam)
29 Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'i)
31 Pentecost (Christianity)
Wesak (Buddhism)
Trinity Sunday (Christianity)
June
Indigenous Histories Month
Pride Month
4 Saicho Dengyo Daishi Memorial (Buddhism)
5 Núr (Bahá’í Faith)
7 All Saints Day (Christianity)
16 First of Muḥarram (New Year's Day) (Islam)
16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh)
18 Autistic Pride Day
Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro Anniversary (Buddhism)
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Sikhism)
21 Litha (Wicca)
National Indigenous People's Day (Canada) (Indigenous Spirituality)
24 Rahmat (Bahá’í Faith)
25 Āshūrā’ (Islam)
29 Ghambar Maidyoshem begins (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
Poson (Buddhism)
July
2 Fast of the 17th of Tammuz (Judaism)
3 Ghambar Maidvoshem ends (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
6 Birth Date of H.H. Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (Buddhism)
10 Martyrdom of the Báb (Bahá’í Faith)
13 Kalimát (Bahá’í Faith)
22 Eve of Tisha B'Av (Judaism)
Fast of Tisha B'Av (Judaism)
23 Fast of Tisha B'Av (Judaism)
29 Asalha Puja (Dhamma Day) (Buddhism)
Vass (Rains Retreat) begins (Buddhism)
Chaturmas (Jainism)
Guru Purnima (Jainism)
30 Oh-harai-taisai (Shinto)
August
1 Emancipation Day (Canada)
Kamál (Bahá’í Faith)
Lamma (Wicca)
3 Layman Pang Y'un Memorial (Buddhism)
6 Transfiguration (Christianity)
8 Fravardeghan Days Begin (Shenshai) (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
9 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
18 Nowruz (Shensai) (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
20 Asmá' (Bahá’í Faith)
24 Mawlid al-Nabīy (beginning at sunset to sunset of the next day)
26 Festival of Ksitigarbha (Jizo) Bodhisattva (Buddhism)
27 Raksha Bandhan (Hinduism)
September
1 First Parkash (Islam)
4 Sri Krishna Jayanti (Hinduism)
7 Birth Date of H.H. Sakya Trizin (Buddhism)
8 Izzat (Bahá’í Faith)
9 Paryushana-parva begins (Jainism)
11 Eve of Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)
12 Anniversary of the Tatsunokuchi Persecution (Buddhism)
Ghambar Paitishem begins (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)
15 Ganesh Chaturthi (Hinduism)
16 Ghambar Paitishem ends (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
Dashalakshani-parva ends (Jainism)
Paryushana-parva ends (Jainism)
Samvatsari (Day of Forgiveness) (Jainism)
20 Eve of Yom Kippur (Judaism)
21 Yom Kippur (Judaism)
22 Eihei Dogen Kigen Memorial (Buddhism)
Shūbun-no-hi (Shinto)
Mabon (Wicca)
25 Franco Ontarian Day
Eve of Sukkot (Judaism)
Ananta-chaturdasi (Jainism)
27 Second Day of Sukkot (Judaism)
Mshiyyat (Bahá’í Faith)
Pitru Paksha (Hinduism)
30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day)
October
Islamic History Month Hispanic Heritage Month
Neurodivergent Acceptance Month
Autism Awareness Month
Disabilities Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Women's History Month
2SLGBTQIA+ History Month
2 Mehragan (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
Last Day of Sukkot (Judaism)
Eve of Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah (Judaism)
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah begins (Judaism)
4 Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah ends (Judaism)
World Communion Sunday (Christianity)
End of Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah (Judaism)
5 Bodhidharma Memorial (Buddhism)
10 World Mental Health Day
11 Navaratri begins (Hinduism)
12 Birth Date of the Aga Khan (Islam)
Ghambar Ayathrem begins (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
13 Nichiren Shonin Memorial (Buddhism)
15 IIm (Bahá’í Faith)
16 Ghambar Ayathrem ends (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
18 Aymbil Ori (Second Half) begins (Jainism)
Saraswati Puja (Hinduism)
19 Navaratri ends (Hinduism)
20 Dassehra (Hinduism)
Installation of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Sikhism)
22 Birth of The Báb (Bahá’í Faith)
26 Pavarana Day (Buddhism)
27 Atmasiddhi Rachna Divas (Jainism)
Kathina begins (Buddhism)
29 Karwa Chauth (Hinduism)
31 Samhain (Wicca)
November
Hindu Heritage Month
1 All Saints Day (Christianity)
1-2 Dia de los Muertos (Mexico)
1-7 Treaties Recognition Week
4 Qudrat (Bahá’í Faith)
7 International Inuit Day
8 Mahavira Nirvana (Jainism)
Diwali (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism)
Bandhi Chhor Divas (Sikhism)
Indigenous Veterans Day
9 Vikram New Year (Hinduism)
Jain New Year & Day of Enlightenment (Jainism)
10-14 Anti-Bullying Awareness & Prevention Week
11 Birth of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá’í Faith)
Remembrance Day
13-19 Transgender Awareness Week
14 Jnana Panchmi (Jainism)
20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
23 Qawl (Bahá’í Faith)
24 Kathina Ends (Buddhism)
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Sikhism)
Tiantai/Tendai Memorial (Buddhism)
Birth Date of Shrimad Rajchandra (Jainism)
Birth Date of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikhism)
Chaturmas ends (Jainism)
Dev Diwali (Jainism)
25 International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women (White Ribbon Day)
26 Day of the Covenant (Bahá’í Faith)
28 Ascension of 'Abdul-Bahá (Bahá’í Faith)
30 Advent Begins (Christmas Fast) (Christianity)
December
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
4 Eve of Hanukkah (Judaism)
5 First Day of Hanukkah (Judaism)
6 National Day of Remembrance and Actions on Violence Against Women
8 Bodhi / Rōhatsu (Awakening) Day (Buddhism)
12 Masá'il (Bahá’í Faith)
Last Day of Hanukkah (Judaism)
16-24 Las Posadas (Mexico / Parts of Latin America)
20 Maunajiyaras (Day of Fasting with Vow of Silence) (Jainism)
Fast of Tevet 10 (Judaism)
21 Yule (Wicca)
Tohji-Taisai (Shinto)
23 Sanghamitta Day (Buddhism)
25 Christmas Day (Christianity)
26 Death Anniversary of Zarathustra (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
26 Kwanzaa
31 Ghambar Maidyarem begins (Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism))
Sharaf (Bahá’í Faith)