Special Days Calendar

What's special about today?

A free online resource to help Canadian teachers commemorate special awareness days throughout the year.

Sep 23rd - International Day of Sign Languages

There are so many wonderful things to celebrate throughout the year! Sometimes as teachers we just get too busy to think of ways to recognize and integrate special days, special people, and special ideas into our curriculum.

This calendar is a unique and evolving project. Instead of the “special days” that you may already be used to celebrating in your classrooms, you will find some interesting, educational, and even some outrageous dates, accompanied by quick “Activity Bursts” to get your students talking and thinking. Enjoy!

Note: In addition to the references suggested in some of the Activity Bursts you may want to check out the following resources that connect to and extend the “special day” experience.

Little Book Finder
(Easily search for a little book by topic or theme) Free downloadable Student & Teacher resources
from our Well Aware program.

Special Days by Month

Interesting

Awareness / remembrance

Just for fun

Getting involved

September

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	Sep 15th	Make a Hat Day	All
	Sep 18th	Terry Fox Day	All
	Sep 22nd	Autumn Equinox	All
	Sep 23rd	International Day of Sign Language	All
	Sep 25th	National Comic Book Day	All
	Sep 30th	National Day for Truth and Reconciliation	Gr. 3-5, 6-8

October

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	Oct 1st	International Music Day	All
	Oct 1st	International Day of Older Persons	All
	Oct 5th	Do Something Nice Day	All
	Oct 5th	World Teachers’ Day	All
	Oct 9th - 15th	Fire Prevention Week	All
	Oct 10th	World Mental Health Day	All
	Oct 16th	Dictionary Day	All
	Oct 24th-28th	National Media Literacy Week	All

November

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	2nd Sunday	International Tongue Twister Day	All
	Nov 10th	Forget-Me-Not Day	All
	Nov 11th	Remembrance Day	All
	Nov 13th	World Kindness Day	All
	Nov 24th	Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day	All

December

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	Dec 3rd	International Day of Persons with Disabilities	All
	Dec 5th	International Volunteer Day	All
	Dec 7th	Letter Writing Day	All
	Dec 8th	Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day	All
	Dec 10th	Human Rights Day	All
	Dec 12th	National Poinsettia Day	All

January

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	Jan 4th	World Braille Day	All
	All month	National Hobby Month	All
	Jan 17th	Kid Inventors’ Day	All
	Jan 24th	International Day of Education	All
	Last Wednesday	Bell Let’s Talk Day	All
	Jan 27th	Family Literacy Day	All

February

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	First Wednesday	Global School Play Day	All
	Feb 7th	Safer Internet Day	All
	Feb 15th	National Flag Day	All
	Feb 20th	National Hoodie-Hoo Day	All
	Feb 15th	Canada's Agriculture Day	All
	Last Wednesday	Pink Shirt Day	All
	Feb 26th	Tell a Fairy Tale Day	All

March

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	Mar 2nd	Dr. Seuss Day!	All
	Mar 21st	World Puppetry Day	All
	Mar 21st	World Poetry Day	All
	Mar 22nd	World Water Day	All

April

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	Month of April	National Oral Health Month	All
	Apr 7th	World Health Day	All
	Apr 22nd	Earth Day	All
	Apr 29th	International Dance Day	All

May

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	May 1st	School Principal Day	All
	First week of May	Screen-Free Week	All
	Month of May	National Sun Awareness Month	All
	First week of May	Mental Health Week	All
	May 8th - 14th	National Nursing Week	All
	May 18th	National Museum Day	All
	May 26th	National Paper Airplane Day	All

June

Category	Date	Special Day	Activities Provided For
	June 3rd	National Health and Fitness Day	All
	June 5th	World Environment Day	All
	June 6th	National Gardening Exercise Day	All
	June 8th	National Best Friends Day	All
	June 17th	World Juggling Day	All
	June 21st	National Indigenous Peoples Day	All