Days of Significance 2023-24
NOTE: This calendar is not meant to be comprehensive or exhaustive and every attempt has been made to ensure its accuracy. Please note this is a fluid calendar and updates and changes are made throughout the year. If you discover any errors, required updates or omissions, or have any other inquiries regarding this document, forward your correspondence via email to gedsb-communications@granderie.ca.
Updated: January 1, 2023.
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2023
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Tamil Heritage Month - Ontario |
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1-7 |
Gantan-sai Japanese New Year |
Buddhism / Shintoism |
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1 |
New Year’s Day |
Canadian Government |
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2 |
Pasha Putrada Ekadashi |
Hinduism |
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5 |
Twelfth Night |
Christianity |
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5 |
Prakash Guru Gobind Singh Ji |
Sikh |
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6 |
Feast of the Epiphany/Dia de los Reyes |
Christianity Eastern Orthodox and Western |
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7 |
Orthodox Christmas Day (Julian Calendar) |
Orthodox Christian |
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7 |
Mahayana - Buddhist New Year |
Buddhism |
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8 |
Baptism of Jesus |
Christianity – Eastern Orthodox & Western |
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11 |
Sir John A. Macdonald Day |
Canadian Government |
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13 |
Maghi |
Sikhism |
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14 |
Punjabi Lohri |
Hinduism/Sikhism |
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15 |
Makara Sankranti |
Hinduism |
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15 |
World Religion Day |
International |
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16 |
Thai Pongal |
Zoroastrian |
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16 |
PA Day - Elementary |
GEDSB |
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16 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
USA |
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21 |
Lincoln Alexander Day |
Ontario |
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22 |
Lunar New Year |
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25 |
Vasant Panchami |
Hinduism |
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27 |
International Day of Commemoration in Memory |
United Nations |
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27 |
Family Literacy Day |
Canada |
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27 |
St. Sava Devine Day |
Christianity – Serbian Orthodox |
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29 |
Imbolc |
Wicca/Pagan |
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Black History Month (African Heritage Month) Chinese Heritage Month School Crossing Guard Appreciation Month |
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1-2 |
PA Day - Secondary |
GEDSB |
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1 |
World Hijab Day |
International |
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2 |
Groundhog Day |
Canada, USA |
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3 |
Setsubun |
Buddhism – Shinto |
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3 |
National Wear Red Day |
Canada |
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5 |
Tu B’Shevat |
Judaism |
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6 |
Report Cards Distributed to Students (K-8) |
Grand Erie |
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6 |
International Day of Zero Tolerance on Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation |
World Health Organization |
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6-12 |
Children’s Mental Health Week |
World Health Organization |
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7 |
Mahayana New Year (1st Full Moon) |
Buddhism |
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14 |
Valentine’s Day |
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15 |
Buddha’s Death – (Parinirvana Day) |
Buddhism – Various Sects |
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15 |
National Flag of Canada Day |
Canadian Government |
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18 |
Maha Shivaratri |
Hinduism |
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19 |
Pink Shirt Day |
Canadian Government |
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20 |
World Day of Social Justice |
United Nations |
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20 |
Family Day |
Ontario Government |
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21 |
Lincoln Alexander Day |
Ontario |
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21 |
International Mother Language Day |
United Nations |
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21 |
Losar New Year |
Buddhism – Tibetan, Nepal, Bhutan |
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22 |
Ash Wednesday |
Christianity |
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27-5 |
Eating Disorders Awareness Week |
Canada |
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Bangladeshi Heritage Month Greek Heritage Month Irish Heritage Month National Social Work Month National Music Therapy Awareness Month |
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6 |
Magha Puja Day/Lantern Festival |
Buddhism |
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7 |
Purim |
Judaism |
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8 |
International Women’s and United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace |
United Nations |
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8 |
Holla Mohalla |
Sikhism |
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10 |
Harriet Tubman Day |
USA/Niagara |
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11 |
National COVID-19 Day of Observance |
Canada |
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12 |
Daylight Savings Time Begins |
Canada |
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13 |
Commonwealth Day |
Canadian Government |
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13-17 |
March Break - Grand Erie Schools |
Grand Erie |
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14 |
National Pi Day |
Canada |
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17 |
Irish Heritage Day / St. Patrick’s Day |
Ontario |
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17 |
Isra’a and Miraj |
Islam |
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21 |
Persian New Year (Eid-e-Navroz) |
Zoroastrian, Baha’i, Ismaili Muslims |
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21-22 |
Sha’ban and Mid-Sha’ban |
Islam |
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21 |
Baha’i New Year |
Baha’i |
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21 |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
United Nations |
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21 |
World Down Syndrome Day |
Worldwide |
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22-April 20 |
Ramadan |
Islam |
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22 |
World Water Day |
United Nations |
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22 |
Saka New Year (Nyepi) |
Hinduism |
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22 |
Bali Hindu New Year |
Balinese Calendar |
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25 |
Earth Hour |
Canada |
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25 |
Feast of the Annunciation |
Christianity – East Orthodox and Western |
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26 |
Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness |
Worldwide |
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30 |
Sri Rama Navami |
Hinduism |
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31 |
Trans Day of Visibility |
LGBTQ+ |
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Earth Month Financial Literacy Month Genocide Awareness Month Hispanic Heritage Month Latin-America History Month Sikh Heritage Month World Autism Month |
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1 |
April Fool’s Day |
Worldwide |
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1 |
Kha b-Nisan Spring Festival |
Assyrian Diaspora |
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2 |
World Autism Awareness Day |
United Nations |
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5 |
EA Appreciation Day |
GEDSB |
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5-13 |
Pesach/Passover* |
Judaism |
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6 |
Theravada New Year |
Buddhism |
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7 |
World Health Day |
World Health Organization |
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7 |
Tutsi Genocide Memorial Day (Rwanda) |
Canadian Government |
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7 |
Good Friday |
Canadian Govt Holiday and Christianity |
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9 |
Vimy Ridge Day |
Canadian Government |
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9 |
Easter Sunday |
Christianity |
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10 |
Easter Monday |
Canadian Govt Holiday and Christianity |
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14 |
International Day of Silence |
GLSEN |
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14 |
Orthodox Holy Friday |
Christianity: Eastern Orthodox |
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14 |
Puthandu (Tamil New Year) |
Buddhism/Taoism |
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14 |
Solar New Year (Mesha Sankranta) |
Hinduism |
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14 |
Vaisakhi Sikh New Year |
Sikhism |
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16-22 |
National Volunteer Week |
Canada |
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16 |
Orthodox Easter Sunday |
Christianity: Eastern Orthodox |
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17 |
Orthodox Easter Monday |
Christianity: Eastern Orthodox |
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17 |
Yom HaShoah* (Holocaust Remembrance Day) |
Judaism |
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18 |
Laylat al-Qadr* |
Islam |
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21 |
Grounation Day |
Rastafarian Holy Day |
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21 |
First Day of Ridván |
Baha’i |
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21 |
PA Day - ALL |
GEDSB |
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21 |
Jumu’ahtul Wida |
Islam |
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22 |
Earth Day (International Mother Earth Day) |
United Nations |
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22 |
Akshaya Tritya |
Hinduism |
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22 |
Eid Al-Fitr (marking of the end of Ramadan Celebration) |
Islam |
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24 |
Armenian Genocide Memorial Day |
Canadian Government |
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25 |
Feast of St. Mark |
Christianity – East Orthodox and Western |
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26 |
Administrative Professionals Day |
Canada |
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26 |
Take our Kids to Work Day |
Canada |
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28 |
National Day of Mourning (Workplace Hazard Related) |
Canadian Government |
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Asian Heritage Month Jewish Heritage Month Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month National Speech and Hearing Month |
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1-7 |
Mental Health Week |
CMHA |
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1 |
School Principal's Day |
Canada |
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7 |
International Family Equality Day |
Family Equality Council |
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4 |
International Firefighters Day |
Worldwide |
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5 |
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women |
Canada |
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5 |
Vesak day / Vaisakhi Puja (Buddha’s Birthday) |
Buddhism |
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5 |
Cinco de Mayo |
Mexico |
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6-12 |
National Nursing Week |
Canada |
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14 |
Mother's Day |
Canada |
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14-20 |
Education Week |
Canada |
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10 |
Jordan’s Principle/Bear Witness Day |
First Nations, Metis, Inuit |
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10 |
National Receptionist Week |
Canada |
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15 |
International Day of Families |
United Nations |
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16 |
World Education Support Personnel Day |
Worldwide |
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17 |
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia |
IDAHOTB |
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18 |
Ascension Day |
Christianity – Eastern Orthodox and Western |
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20 |
Canadian Armed Forces Day |
Canada |
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21 |
World Day of Cultural Diversity |
United Nations |
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22 |
Declaration of the Bá’b |
Bahá’i |
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22 |
Queen Victoria Day |
Canada |
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23 |
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji |
Sikhism |
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29 |
Ascension of Baha’u’llah |
Baha’i |
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29 |
Whit Monday (Eastern) |
Christianity |
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31 |
World No Tobacco Day |
World Health Organization |
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Filipino Heritage Month Italian Heritage Month National Indigenous History Month Portuguese Speaking Heritage Month Pride Month |
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First Monday |
Pride Flag Day |
Canada |
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1 |
Intergenerational Day |
Canada |
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2 |
PA Day - Elementary |
Grand Erie |
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4 |
Saga Dawa – Tibetan Buddhist Enlightenment |
Buddhism –Tibetan |
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5 |
World Environment Day (WED) |
United Nations |
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10 |
Portugal Day |
Portugal |
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12 |
World Day Against Child Labour |
United Nations |
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12 |
Filipino Independence Day |
Government of Canada Recognition |
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14 |
Ontario Flag Day |
Ontario |
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17 |
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
United Nations |
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18 |
Father's Day |
Canada |
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19 |
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day |
United Nations |
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19 |
Juneteenth/Emancipation Day |
Canada, USA |
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20 |
World Refugee Day |
United Nations |
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21 |
First day of Summer/Summer Solstice |
Canada |
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21 |
National Indigenous Day (Canada) |
First Nations, Metis, Inuit |
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21 |
World Music Day |
Canada |
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21 |
World Humanist Day |
International Humanist and Ethical Union |
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22-28 |
Secondary Examination Dates |
Grand Erie |
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23 |
Report Cards Distributed to Students (K-8) |
Grand Erie |
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23 |
Public Service Day (hosted by UN) |
United Nations |
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24 |
Nativity of St. John the Baptist |
Christianity – East. Orthodox and Western |
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24 |
St. Jean Baptiste Day |
Quebec and Francophone Culture |
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26 |
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
United Nations |
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26 |
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture |
United Nations |
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26 |
Shavuot |
Judaism |
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27 |
Multiculturalism Day |
Canada |
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27 |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day |
Canadian Mental Health Association |
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27-July 1 |
Haij |
Islam |
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27 |
Ashura |
Islam |
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28 |
Pentecost |
Judaism/ Christianity: Eastern Orthodox & Western |
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28-29 |
Eid al Adha |
Islam |
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28 |
Waqf al Arafa |
Islam |
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29 |
PA Day - ALL |
Grand Erie |
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1 |
Canada Day |
Canada |
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3 |
Guru Purnima Day |
Buddhism/Jainism |
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9 |
Martyrdom of the Bá’b |
Baha’i |
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14 |
International Non-Binary Persons Day |
Worldwide |
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18 |
Nelson Mandela International Day |
United Nations |
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18 |
First of Muharram/New Year |
Islam |
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19 |
Al-Hirja New Year |
Islam |
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23 |
Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie |
Rastafarian Holy Day |
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26 |
Tishah B’av |
Judaism |
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1 |
Lammas |
Christianity |
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7 |
Civic Holiday |
Canadian Government |
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9 |
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
United Nations |
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12 |
International Youth Day |
United Nations |
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15 |
Bon Festival |
Buddhism |
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15 |
The Assumption of Mary |
Christianity |
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15 |
Feast of the Dormition Mother of God |
Christianity – Eastern Orthodox |
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17 |
Marcus Garvey’s Birthday |
Rastafarianism |
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21 |
Naga Panchami |
Hinduism |
|
23 |
International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and Its Abolition |
United Nations |
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25 |
Varalakshmi Vrata |
Hinduism |
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30 |
Raksha Bandhan |
Hinduism |
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