2025
January
January 1: New Year’s Day (Global)
January 6: Epiphany (Christian)
January 19: World Religion Day (Baha’i)
January 26: Australia Day (Australia)
February
February 1: Imbolc (Pagan/Wiccan)
February 2: Candlemas (Christian)
February 3: St. Blaise Day (Christian)
February 12: Tu B’Shevat (Jewish)
February 15: Parinirvana Day (Buddhist)
February 15: Lailat al Bara-ah (Islamic)
February 21: International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)
March
March 8: International Women’s Day (Global)
March 15: Long Covid Awareness Day (Global)
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day (Ireland, Global)
March 19: Naw-Ruz (Baha’i New Year)
March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN)
March 22: World Water Day (UN)
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (UN)
April
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day (UN)
April 6: Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic)
April 9: Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge (Canada)
April 14: International Day of Pink (Canada)
April 14: Vaisakhi (Sikh)
April 17: Earth Day (Global)
April 21: Mahavir Jayanti (Jain)
April 23: St. George’s Day (England)
April 24: Armenian Martyrs’ Day (Armenia)
April 27: Jamaica Carnival (Jamaica)
May
May 1: Labour Day (Global)
May 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
May 5: Children’s Day (Japan)
May 5: Birthday of the Buddha (Buddhist)
May 9: Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic)
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (Global)
May 20: Victoria Day (Canada)
May 27: Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Baha’i)
June
June 10: Dragon Boat Festival (China)
June 14: The Hajj (Islamic)
June 16: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib (Sikh)
June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
June 21: Summer Solstice (Global)
June 24: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec, Canada)
June 24: Discovery Day (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
June 27: Multiculturalism Day (Canada)
July 2025
July 1: Canada Day (Canada)
July 8: Martyrdom of the Báb (Baha’i)
July 24: Dharma Day (Buddhist)
July 30: International Day of Friendship (UN)
August
August 1: Civic Holiday (Canada)
August 6: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Japan)
August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (UN)
August 9: Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony (Japan)
August 15: Discovery Day (Yukon, Canada)
August 15: Assumption of Mary (Christian)
August 19: World Humanitarian Day (UN)
September
September 4: World Sexual Health
October
October 1 – National Seniors Day (Canada)
October 2 – Rosh Hashanah begins (Jewish New Year)
October 3 – Navaratri begins (Hindu – 9-day festival)
October 3 – World Habitat Day (UN)
October 10 – World Mental Health Day (Global)
October 11 – Yom Kippur begins (Jewish)
October 11 – International Day of the Girl (UN)
October 13 – Canadian Thanksgiving
October 13 – World Sight Day (International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness)
October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (UN)
October 20 – Birth of the Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)
October 24 – United Nations Day / International Day of Climate Action
October 26 – Birth of the Báb (Baháʼí)
October 31 – Diwali (Hindu, Sikh, Jain)
October 31 – Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan)
October 31 – Day of the Dead begins (Mexico – Día de los Muertos)
November
November 1–2 – Day of the Dead (Mexico)
November 7 – International Inuit Day
November 7 – Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Baháʼí)
November 8 – Indigenous Veterans Day (Canada)
November 11 – Remembrance Day (Canada, Commonwealth)
November 20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20 – National Child Day (Canada)
November 24 – Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh)
November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November 25–Dec 10 – 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
November 27 – Guru Nanak Gurpurab (Sikh)
November 28 – Ascension of ʻAbdu’l-Bahá (Baháʼí)
December
December 1 – World AIDS Day (UN)
December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 5 – Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (Canada)
December 5 – World Soil Day (UN)
December 7 – Hanukkah begins (Jewish – lasts 8 days)
December 10 – Human Rights Day (UN)
December 21 – Winter Solstice (Global, Pagan, Wiccan)
December 25 – Christmas Day (Christian, Global)
December 26 – Boxing Day (Canada, UK, Commonwealth)
December 26 – Jan 1 – Kwanzaa (Pan-African cultural celebration)