Calendar of health promotion days
The calendar features health awareness:
- days
- weeks
- months
Events marked with an asterisk (*) take place on the same day every year.
These events are either promoted by recognized health organizations or recognized in the professional health community. Not all websites and events listed are celebrated or endorsed by Health Canada.
You can submit a health promotion awareness event for 2023 on behalf of your organization. Events are removed from the calendar once the date has passed, unless you mention next year's event. If your annual event was removed, you can submit it again when the next occasion is announced.
2024
January
February
- AMD Awareness Month
- CTE Awareness Month
- Preventative Health Awareness Month
- Psychology Month
- Recreation Therapy Month
- World Cancer Day - February 4*
- International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation - February 6*
- Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week - February 7 to 14*
- Sexual Health Week - February 12 to 16
- Wear Red Day - February 13
- International Childhood Cancer Day - February 15*
- Mental Health Nurses Day - February 21
- Pink Shirt Day - February 28
- Rare Disease Day - February 29
March
- 5 Days for the Homeless Month
- Brain Health Awareness Month
- Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- Epilepsy Awareness Month
- Liver Health Month
- Music Therapy Awareness Month
- Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month
- National Social Work Month
- Nutrition Month
- Pharmacy Appreciation Month (PAM)
- World Hearing Day - March 3*
- Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 3 to 9
- World Obesity Day - March 4
- World Lymphedema Day - March 6*
- International Women's Day - March 8*
- World Glaucoma Week - March 10 to 16
- Safe Sleep Week - March 11 to 15
- Brain Awareness Week - March 11 to 17
- Neurodiversity Celebration Week - March 13 to 19
- World Sleep Day - March 15
- Creative Arts Therapy Week - March 16 to 22
- National Poison Prevention Week - March 17 to 23
- World Down Syndrome Day - March 21*
- World Water Day - March 22*
- World Tuberculosis Day - March 24*
- Purple Day - March 26*
April
- HIE Awareness Month
- IBS Awareness Month
- National Oral Health Month
- Parkinson Awareness Month
- Rosacea Awareness Month
- World Autism Awareness Day - April 2*
- World Health Day - April 7*
- National Dental Hygienists Week - April 4 to 10*
- National Medical Laboratory Week - April 14 to 20
- FND Awareness Day - April 13*
- Advance Care Planning Day – April 16
- National Organ and Tissue Awareness Week - April 18 to 24*
- World Hemophilia Day - April 17*
- National Immunization Awareness Week - April 23 to 30*
- National Day of Mourning - April 28*
May
- Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
- Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
- Brain Tumour Awareness Month
- Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- Cystic Fibrosis Month
- GBS/CIDP Awareness Month
- Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
- Hypertension Awareness Month
- Huntington Disease Awareness Month
- Li-Fraumeni Syndrome/TP53 Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- MedicAlert Month
- Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
- MS Awareness Month
- National Physiotherapy Month
- National Sun Awareness Month
- Preeclampsia Awareness Month
- Sexual Violence Prevention Month
- Speech and Hearing Month
- Vision Health Month
- National Physicians' Day - May 1*
- Mental Health Week - May 6 to 10
- International Day of the Midwife - May 5*
- World Pulmonary Hypertension Day - May 5*
- Heart Failure Awareness Week - May 5 to 11
- National Child and Youth Mental Health Day - May 7*
- World Asthma Day – May 7
- Check Your Skin Day - May 8*
- World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day - May 8*
- World Ovarian Cancer Day - May 8*
- World Lupus Day - May 10*
- National Nursing Week - May 6 to 12
- Fibromyalgia Awareness Day - May 12
- International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases - May 12*
- International Nurses Day - May 12*
- Apraxia Awareness Day - May 14*
- Naturopathic Medicine Week - May 14 to 20*
- World Hypertension Day - May 17*
- World IBD Day - May 19*
- Parademic Services Week - May 19 to 25
- World Schizophrenia and Psychosis Day - May 24*
- National Multiple Births Awareness Day - May 28*
- National Reflexology Day - May 28
- World Multiple Sclerosis Day (MS) - May 30*
- World No Tobacco Day - May 31*
June
- ALS Awareness Month
- Brain Injury Awarness Month
- Canadian Men's Health Month
- Cataract Awareness Month
- CMV Awareness Month
- Migraine Awareness Month
- Parks and Recreation Month
- National Kinesiology Week - June 1 to 8
- Intergenerational Day Canada - June 1
- National Health and Fitness Day - June 4
- World Environment Day - June 5*
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week - June 2 to 8
- Action Anxiety Day – June 10*
- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day - June 15*
- World Sickle Cell Day - June 19*
- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - June 26*
- National Cancer Wellness Awareness Day - June 26
- PTSD Awareness Day - June 27*
- World Scleroderma Day - June 29*
July
- National Injury Prevention Day - July 5*
- Glioblastoma Awareness Day - July 17*
- International Self-Care Day - July 24*
- World Hepatitis Day - July 28*
August
- Gastroparesis Awareness Month
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
- World PVNH Disorder Awareness Day - August 7*
- International Youth Day - August 12*
- World Pancreatic Cancer Day – August 17*
- World Humanitarian Day - August 19*
- International Overdose Awareness Day - August 31*
September
- Acne Awareness Month
- Arthritis Awareness Month
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- Craniofacial Acceptance Month
- Duchenne Awareness Month
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month
- Inherited Retinal Disease Awareness Month
- International Pain Awareness Month
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Sickle Cell Awareness Month
- World Alzheimer's Month
- National Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Awareness Day - September 4*
- World Duchenne Day - September 7*
- Living Donation Week - September 8 to 14
- World First Aid Day - September 9*
- International FASD Awareness Day - September 9*
- World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10*
- World Sepsis Day - September 13*
- Myotonic Dystrophy Awareness Day - September 15
- Child Passenger Safety Week - September 15 to 21
- Terry Fox Run - September 15
- World Rabies Day - September 28*
- Sport Purple for Platelets - September 29
October
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Canadian Cancer Society
- Children's Vision Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Mark it Read for Dyslexia Awareness Month
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month*
- National Breastfeeding Week – October 1 to 7*
- World Cerebral Palsy Day - October 6*
- World PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day - October 9
- World Mental Health Day - October 10*
- World Sight Day - October 10*
- World Arthritis Day - October 12*
- World Thrombosis Day - October 13*
- National metastatic breast cancer day - October 13*
- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day - October 12
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - October 15*
- Invisible Disabilities Week - October 20 to 26
- World Spine Day - October 16*
- National Pharmacy Technicians Day - October 15
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Action Day - October 18*
- National Psoriatic Arthritis Day - October 19*
- Purple Thursday - October 19*
- International Stuttering Awareness Day - October 22*
- Respiratory Therapy Week - October 20 to 26
- Brain Cancer Awareness Day - October 24*
- World Psoriasis Day - October 29*
November
- Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month
- Eczema Awareness Month
- Fall Prevention Month
- Indigenous Disability Awareness Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Movember
- Radon Action Month
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Osteoporosis Month
- Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
- National Pain Awareness Week - November 3 to 9
- World Neuroendocrine Cancer (NET) Day - November 10*
- National Nurse Practitioner Week - November 10 to 16
- World Pneumonia Day - November 12*
- World Diabetes Day - November 14*
- World Prematurity Day - November 17*
- World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week - November 18 to 24*
- National Enteropathic Arthritis Awareness Day - November 19*
- National Child Day - November 20*
- National Addictions Awareness Week - November 24 to 30
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - November 25*
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Day - November 30*
December
- World AIDS Day - December 1*
- Women's Brain Health Day - December 2*
- International Day of Persons With Disabilities – December 3*
- National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - December 6*
- Human Rights Day - December 10*
- Anti-Bullying Day - December 17*
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