Canada awareness days and key dates

Wednesday 1 November 2034

• National Poppy Campaign (Canada)

  Awareness24 October to 11 November 2034

  The Royal Canadian Legion's National Poppy Campaign runs from 24 October to 11 November, raising funds for Veterans and promoting Remembrance.

• Canadian Patient Safety Week

  Awareness30 October to 3 November 2034

  A Canadian week in late October that encourages patients, families and health workers to speak up and work together for safer care.

Sunday 5 November 2034

• Veterans' Week (Canada)

  Awareness5 to 11 November 2034

  Held from 5 to 11 November each year, a week to honour Canadian veterans and those who died in service, ending on Remembrance Day.

Wednesday 8 November 2034

• Indigenous Veterans Day

  Awareness

  Observed on 8 November, a day to honour the service and sacrifice of First Nations, Inuit and Metis veterans.

Saturday 11 November 2034

• Armistice Day

  Religious and cultural

  The anniversary on 11 November of the end of First World War fighting in 1918, marked with a two-minute silence at 11am.

Tuesday 14 November 2034

• World Diabetes Day

  Awareness

  World Diabetes Day on 14 November is the world's largest diabetes awareness campaign, led by the International Diabetes Federation and recognised by the United Nations.

Monday 20 November 2034

• Transgender Day of Remembrance

  Awareness

  A day on 20 November remembering trans people whose lives were lost to anti-trans violence.

Wednesday 22 November 2034

• National Housing Day (Canada)

  Awareness

  National Housing Day on 22 November raises awareness of housing and homelessness across Canada.

Saturday 25 November 2034

• 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

  Awareness25 November to 10 December 2034

  An international campaign running from 25 November to 10 December calling for an end to violence against women and girls.

• Holodomor Memorial Day

  Awareness

  Held in Canada on the fourth Saturday of November to remember the millions who died in the Ukrainian famine and genocide of 1932 and 1933.

• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  Awareness

  On 25 November the UN calls for an end to violence against women and girls and launches 16 days of activism.

Tuesday 28 November 2034

• Giving Tuesday

  Awareness

  Giving Tuesday falls on the Tuesday after US Thanksgiving and encourages people around the world to give time, money or skills to good causes.