_id Name Date 1 Crime Stoppers Month January 2 Tamil Heritage Month January 3 Martin Luther King Junior Day 2023-01-21 00:00:00 4 Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia 2023-01-29 00:00:00 5 Black History Month February 6 Interfaith Harmony Week February 1- 7 7 International Development Week February 3 – 9 8 Toque Tuesday February 5 9 Bob Marley Day February 6 10 International Clash Day 2023-02-07 00:00:00 11 Safe City Day February 14 12 International Mother Language Day February 21 13 Freedom to Read Week February 24 – March 2 14 Rare Disease Day February 28 15 Nutrition Month March 16 Titans of Reggae Day March 2 17 City of Toronto Day March 6 18 Lymphedema Awareness Day 2023-03-06 00:00:00 19 International Women's Day March 8 20 Mauritius Cultural Day 2023-03-12 00:00:00 21 Francophonie Week in Toronto March 20 – 30 22 Down Syndrome Awareness Day March 21 23 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 21 24 International Nowruz Day March 21 25 Agnes Macphail Day March 24 26 World Tuberculosis Day March 24 27 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade March 25 28 Special Olympics Ontario Inaugural Invitational Youth Games Day March 25 29 Toronto Business Improvement Area Week March 25-29 30 Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness March 26 31 International Decade for People of African Descent 2015 to 2024 32 Be a Donor Month April 33 Dig Safe Month April 34 Genocide Remembrance, Condemnation and Prevention Month April 35 Limb Loss Awareness Month April 36 National Poetry Month April 37 Refugee Rights Awareness Month April 38 Family Caregiver Day April 2 39 Saint John Paul II Day April 2 40 World Autism Day April 2 41 Green Shirt Day April 7 42 Volunteer Week April 7-13 43 Toronto Raptors Day April 13 44 Record Store Day Canada April 13 45 Blue and White Day April 15 46 9-1-1 Telecommunicators Week April 15 -19 47 Earth Day April 22 48 Blockchain Week April 22 – 28 49 Human Values Day April 24 50 Stop Food Waste Day April 24 51 Day of Mourning April 28 52 Khalsa day April 28 53 Journey to Freedom Day April 30 54 Asian Heritage Month May 55 Building Safety Month May 56 Jewish Heritage Month May 57 Museum Month May 58 South Asian Heritage Month May 59 Maternal Mental Health Day May 1 60 World Press Freedom Day May 3 61 Youth Week May 4 - 7 62 Emergency Preparedness Week May 5 -11 63 Occupational Health and Safety Week May 5 -11 64 Mental Health Week May 6 -12 65 Nursing Week - May 6 -12 66 Childhood Cancer Day - May 7 67 Second World War V-E Day May 8 68 Human Trafficking Awareness Day May 10 69 Pediatric Brain Tumour Day May 11 70 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Awareness Day May 12 71 Apraxia Awareness Day May 14 72 Lighthouse Day May 14 73 Special Olympics Ontario Invitational Youth Games Week May 14-17 74 International Day of Living Together in Peace May 16 75 Toronto Newcomer Day May 16 76 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia May 17 77 Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day May 18 78 Royal Week May 19 -25 79 Greater Toronto Day May 23 80 National AcessAbility Week May 26-June 1 81 Toronto Paramedic Services Week May 26 - June 1 82 Victims and Survivors of Crime Week May 26 - June 1 83 Brain Cancer Awareness Day 2023-05-27 00:00:00 84 Bike Month May 27 - June 30 85 Digital Literacy Week - May 27 - June 1 86 Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023-05-28 00:00:00 87 Black Music Month June 88 Brain Injury Awareness Month June 89 Filipino Heritage Month June 90 National Deafblind Awareness Month June 91 Pride Month June 92 Portuguese Heritage Month June 93 Seniors Month June 94 Intergenerational Day June 1 95 National Health and Fitness Day June 1 96 Peace Tree Day June 1 97 Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart Day June 2 98 Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week - June 3 -8 June 3-8 99 Toronto Remembers D-Day June 6 100 World Partnership Walk Day June 9 101 School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day June 11 102 Massey Hall Day June 14 103 Highland Creek Heritage Day June 15 104 Prostate Cancer Day Do it for Dad June 16 105 Pollinator Week June 16 - 22 106 We the North Day 2023-06-17 00:00:00 107 World Refugee Day June 20 108 Indigenous Peoples Day June 21 109 Dora Day June 25 110 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture June 26 111 National Injury Prevention Day July 5 112 Toronto Caribbean Carnival Month July 9 - August 3 113 Srebrenica Genocide Remembrance Day July 11 114 Single-use Plastic Free Day July 30 115 Emancipation Month August 116 Food Day Canada August 3 117 Simcoe Day 2023-08-05 00:00:00 118 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day August 6 119 FinTech Week August 12 -15 120 Canadian National Exhibition Day August 16 121 Overdose Awareness Day August 31 122 Childhood Cancer Awareness Month September 123 Dystonia Awareness Month September 124 Pulmonary Fibrosis Month September 125 Sickle Cell Awareness Month September 126 Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day August 4 127 Toronto International Film Festival Weeks September 5 -15 128 World Duchenne Day September 7 129 International Literacy Day September 8 130 Transportation Week September 8-14 131 International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day September 9 132 Good Food Market Day September 9-13 133 Korean Harvest (Chuseok Day) September 12 134 Urban Agriculture Week September 14 - 22 135 Bianca Andreescu Day September 16 136 Rehabilitation Day September 17 137 United Way Show Your Local Love Day September 17 138 Big Brothers Big Sisters Day September 18 139 Best Buddies Day September 21 140 Wiphala Day September 21 141 World Alzheimer's Day September 21 142 National Coaches Week September 21-29 143 Environmental Public Health Week September 23-27 144 Toronto Public Service Week September 23-27 145 Ontario Science Centre Week September 23-30 146 Franco-Ontarian Day 2023-09-25 00:00:00 147 Recovery Day September 28 148 Orange Shirt Day September 30 149 Dwarfism Awareness and Acceptance Month October 150 Dyslexia Awareness Month October 151 Islamic Heritage Month October 152 National Disability Employment Awareness Month October 153 Occupational Therapy Month October 154 Registered Veterinary Technicians Month October 155 Registerd Professional Planners Day October 1 156 Not-for-Profit-Recognition Day October 2 157 Wrongful Conviction Day October 2 158 I'm Library People Day October 3 159 World Mental Health Day 2023-10-10 00:00:00 160 International Day of The Girl October 11 161 Toronto FC Day October 19 162 National Teen Driver Safety Week October 20 - 26 163 Respiratory Therapy Week October 20 - 26 164 Spiritual and Religious Care Awareness Week October 20 - 26 165 Feed Tomorrow Week October 21 - 25 166 Waste Reduction Week October 21 -27 167 Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day October 24 168 World Polio Day October 24 169 Rett Syndrome Awareness Day October 29 170 Lung Cancer Awareness Month November 171 BetterHomesTO: Residential Energy Efficiency Day November 5 172 Remembrance Week November 5 - 11 173 Take Our Kids to Work Day November 6 174 Toronto Kind Day November 13 175 National Philanthropy Day November 15 176 Louis Riel Day November 16 177 National Child Day November 20 178 Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20 179 National Housing Day 2023-11-22 00:00:00 180 World AIDS Day December 1 181 GivingTuesday December 3 182 International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3 183 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women December 6 184 Human Rights Day Devember 10 185 Salvation Army Week December 17-24 186 Kwanzaa Week December 26 - 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