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    Days of Significance 2024-25

    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: August 28, 2024.

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    August 2024
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    January 2025
    May 2025
    October 2024
    February 2025
    June 2025
    November 2024
    March 2025
    July 2025
    August 2025

     

    AUGUST 2024 - JULY 2025

     

    AUGUST 2024

    1

    Lammas

    Christianity

    1

    Emancipation Day

    Canada

    4

    Anniversary of Ugandan Asian Resettlement

    Uganda

    5

    Civic Holiday

    Canadian Government

    5

    Terry Fox Day

    Canada

    6

    Transfiguration of Christ

    Christianity

    8

    Asean Day - Association of Southeast Asian Nations

    Asia

    9

    International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

    United Nations

    9

    Naga Panchami

    Hinduism

    9

    National Peacekeepers’ Day

    Canada

    12

    International Youth Day

    United Nations

    12-13

    Tishah B’av

    Judaism

    13-15

    Bon Festival

    Buddhism

    14

    Pakistan’s Independence Day

    Pakistan

    15

    India's Independence Day

    India

    15

    National Acadian Day

    Canada

    15

    National Liberation Day of Korea

    Korea

    15

    Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    Christianity

    15

    Feast of the Dormition Mother of God

    Christianity

    15

    The Assumption of Mary

    Christianity

    16

    Varalakshmi Vrata

    Hinduism

    17

    Marcus Garvey's Birthday

    Rastafarianism

    19

    Raksha Bandhan

    Hinduism

    19

    World Humanitarian Day

    International

    23

    Black Ribbon Day

    Europe

    23

    International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and Its Abolition

    United Nations

    24

    Ukrainian Independence Day

    Europe

    26

    Sri Krishna Janmashtami

    Hinduism

    29

    Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist

    Christianity

    31

    International Day of African Descent

    Various Countries

    31-Sept 7

    Paryushan Parva

    Jainism

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    SEPTEMBER 2024

    National Recovery Month

    National Suicide Prevention Month

    Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

    Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month

    World Alzheimer’s Disease Month

    2

    Labour Day

    Canada

     

    3

    First Day of School

    Grand Erie

     

    7

    Ukrainian Heritage Day

    Ukraine

     

    7

    Brazil Independence Day

    Brazil

     

    7

    Ganesh Chaturthi

    Hinduism

     

    8

    International Literacy Day

    International

     

    8

    Nativity of Mary

    Christianity

     

    8

    Firefighters' National Memorial Day

    Canada

     

    8

    Grandparents Day

    Various Countries

     

    9

    Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Day

    International

     

    8-14

    Mennonite Heritage Week

    Mennonite

     

    10

    World Suicide Prevention Day

    International

     

    11

    Nayrouz/Coptic New Year

    Eastern Orthodox

     

    11

    Anniversary of 9/11 and the National Day of Service

    United States

     

    13

    Positive Thinking Day

    Various Countries

     

    13

    PA Day - Elementary and Secondary

    Grand Erie

     

    14

    Holy Cross Day

    Christianity

     

    14-15

    Mawlid-Al-Nabi

    Islam

     

    15

    National Online Learning Day

    Various Countries

     

    15

    International Dot Day

    International

     

    15

    International Day of Democracy

    International

     

    15

    Terry Fox National School Run Day

    Canada

     

    16

    Vishwakarma Puja

    Hinduism

     

    17

    Ananta Chaturdashi

    Hinduism

     

    17

    International IT Professionals Day

    International

     

    17

    Kshamavani Parva

    Jainism

     

    18

    International Equal Pay Day

    International

     

    19

    Powley Day

    Indigenous

     

    19

    National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    Various Countries

     

    20-26

    International Week of the Deaf

    International

     

    21

    Armenia Independence Day

    Armenia

     

    21

    International Day of Peace

    International

     

    22

    Mabon

    Pagan

     

    22

    First day of Autumn

    Various Countries

     

    22

    Harvestide/Fall Equinox

    Various Countries

     

    22-28

    Gender Equality Week

    Canada

     

    23

    International Day of Sign Languages

    International

     

    23

    Bi Visibility Day

    LGBTQ+

     

    25

    Franco-Ontarian Day

    Ontario

     

    25

    National Tree Day

    Canada

     

    27

    Rowan’s Law Day

    Ontario

     

    29

    Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Day

    Canada

     

    30

    National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Orange Shirt Day - Survivors’ Flag Raising/Every Child Matters

    Canada

     

    30

    International Translation Day

    International

     

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    OCTOBER 2024

    ADHD Awareness Month

    Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    Bullying Prevention Month

    Canadian Islamic History Month

    Canadian Autism Awareness Month

    Child Abuse Prevention Month

    Children’s Vision Month

    Cyber Awareness Month K-12

    Disability Employment Awareness Month

    German Heritage Month

    Healthy Workplace Month

    International Walk to School Month

    Islamic Heritage Month

    Latin American Heritage Month

    Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia Awareness Month

    Women’s History Month

    1-31

    Progress Reports – Secondary

    Grand Erie

    1

    International Day for Older Persons/Seniors Day

    United Nations

    2

    International Walk to School Day

    International

    2

    National Custodial Workers Recognition Day

    Canada

    2

    Gandhi Jayanti - International Day of Non-Violence

    United Nations

    2-4

    Rosh Hashanah

    Judaism

    3-12

    Sharad Navratri

    Hinduism

    5

    World Teachers' Day

    International

    6

    World Cerebral Palsy Day

    International

    6-12

    Mental Illness Awareness Week

    United States

    6-12

    Fire Prevention Week

    Various Countries

    8

    PA Day - Elementary and Secondary

    Grand Erie

    9-13

    Durga Puja Festival

    Hinduism

    10

    World Mental Health Day

    International

    11

    National Coming Out Day

    Canada

    11

    International Day of the Girl Child

    International

    11-12

    Yom Kippur

    Judaism

    12

    Vijayadashami/Dussehra

    Hinduism

    14

    Thanksgiving Day

    Canada

    16

    World Food Day

    International

    16

    National Boss' Day

    Canada

    16

    International Pronouns Day

    International

    16

    Sharad Purnima

    Hinduism

    16-23

    Sukkot

    Judaism

    16-22

    Digital Citizen Week

    Canada

    17

    International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

    International

    18

    Persons Day

    Canada

    18-22

    Mid-Term Reports – Semester 1 (Secondary)

    Grand Erie

    19-20

    Karva Chauth

    Hinduism

    20

    Installation of Holy Scriptures of Guru Granth Sahib Ji

    Sikhism

    20

    National Day on Writing

    Canada

    20-26

    Invisible Disabilities Week

    Canada

    20-26

    Canadian Down Syndrome Week

    Canada

    21

    Canadian School Library Day

    Canada

    21-25

    Professional School Bus Driver Appreciation Week

    Canada

    21-25

    Local Government Week

    Canada

    21-25

    National School Bus Safety Week

    Canada

    21-25

    Media Literacy Week

    Canada

    22

    Anniversary of the Attack at the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill in Ottawa

    Canada

    22-23

    Hoshana Rabbah

    Judaism

    23

    Digital Citizen Day

    Canada

    23-25

    Shemini Atzeret

    Judaism

    24

    United Nations Day

    UN

    24

    Child Care Worker and ECE Day

    Canada

    24-25

    Simchat Torah

    Judaism

    25

    Dress Purple Day

    Ontario

    29

    Dhanteras

    Hinduism

    31-1

    Samhain

    Wicca/Pagan

    31

    Halloween

    Canada/USA

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    NOVEMBER 2024

    Financial Literacy Month

    Hindu Heritage Month

    Indigenous Education Month

    Movember

    National Caregivers Appreciation Month

    National Diabetes Awareness Month

    National Epilepsy Month

    Albanian Heritage Month

    Lebanese Heritage Month

    1

    All Saints Day

    Christianity

    1

    Bandi Chhor Divas

    Sikhism

    1

    Diwali

    Hinduism/Jainism

    2

    Birth of the Báb

    Bahá'í

    2

    International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School

    International

    2

    All Souls Day

    Christianity

    2

    Crowning of Emperor Haile Selassie I

    Rastafarianism

    3

    Birth of Bahá'u'lláh

    Baha’i

    3

    Bhai Dooj

    Hinduism

    3

    Daylight savings time ends

    Canada

    3-9

    Treaties Recognition Week

    Canada

    4-8

    National School Psychology Week

    Various Countries

    5-11

    Veterans' Week

    Canada

    5

    Learning Support Day – Secondary

    Grand Erie

    6

    National Stress Awareness Day

    Canada

    6

    Take Our Kids to Work Day

    Ontario

    6

    Gyan Panchami

    Jainism

    7

    International Inuit Day

    International

    8

    Progress Reports - Elementary

    Grand Erie

    8

    Indigenous Veterans' Day

    Canada

    8

    International STEM/STEAM Day

    International

    11

    Remembrance Day

    Canada

    11

    Poland's National Day of Independence

    Poland

    11-15

    Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week

    Ontario

    13

    World Kindness Day

    International

    13-19

    Transgender Awareness Week

    Canada

    14

    World Diabetes Day

    International

    15

    Birth of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib

    Sikhism

    15

    PA Day - Elementary and Secondary

    Grand Erie

    16

    Holodomor Memorial Day

    International

    18-24

    Global Entrepreneurship Week

    Canada

    18

    International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Men

    International

    19

    Louis Riel Day

    Canada

    20

    Universal Children's Day

    International

    20

    Transgender Day of Remembrance

    LGBTQ+

    21

    Varalakshmi Vrata

    Christianity

    22

    Descending Day of Lord Buddha

    Buddhism

    24

    Martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur

    Sikhism

    24

    Christ the King

    Christianity

    25

    International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

    International

    25

    Day of the Covenant

    Baha’i

    27

    Ascension of Adbu’-Baha

    Bahai Faith

    28

    International French Teachers Day/Le jour du prof de francais

    Various Countries

    30

    Saint Andrew’s Day

    Christianity

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    DECEMBER 2024

    Universal Human Rights Month

    Accessibility Awareness Month

    1

    World AIDS Day

    United Nations

    2

    International Day of the Abolition of Slavery

    International

    3

    Giving Tuesday

    International

    3

    International Day of Persons with Disabilities

    United Nations

    3

    Feast of Saint Francis Xavier

    Christianity

    1-24

    Advent

    Christianity

    4

    Rosa Parks Day

    USA

    4

    Canada Learning Code Week

    Canada

    5

    International Volunteer Day

    International

    6

    National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

    Canada

    8

    St. Clements of Ohrid Patrons Day

    Christianity

    8

    Feast of the Immaculate Conception

    Christianity

    8

    Bodhi Day (Buddha Enlightenment)

    Buddhism

    10

    International Human Rights Day

    International

    15

    Dhanu Sankranti

    Hinduism

    18

    International Migrants Day

    International

    21

    Winter Solstice/Yule

    Various Countries

    Dec 23 -Jan 5

    Winter Break

    Grand Erie

    25-Jan 2

    Hanukkah/Chanukah

    Judaism

    25

    Christmas

    Christianity

    26

    Boxing Day

    Canada

    26

    Saint Stephen’s Day

    Christianity

    Dec 26-Jan 1

    Kwanzaa

    African-American

    26

    Zartosht No-Diso

    Zoroastrianism

    31

    New Year's Eve

    Various Countries

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    2025

    JANUARY 2025

    Tamil Heritage Month

    Poverty Awareness Month

    1

    Haiti’s Independence Day

    Haiti

    1

    New Year's Day

    Various Countries

    1

    Gantan-sai Japanese New Year

    Shinto

    4

    National Ribbon Skirt Day

    Canada

    5

    Twelfth Night

    Christianity

    6

    Epiphany

    Christianity

    6

    Birth of Guru Gobind Singh

    Sikhism

    7

    Orthodox Christmas Day

    Julian Calendar

    8

    National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Air Disaster

    Canada

    10

    Declaration of North America

    North America

    10

    Pausha Putrada Ekadashi

    Hinduism

    11

    Sir John A. Macdonald Day

    Canada

    13

    Punjab Lohri

    Punjab

    14

    Orthodox New Year's Day

    Julian Calendar

    14

    Makara Sankranti

    Hinduism

    14

    Mahayana - Buddhist New Year

    Buddhism

    14-17

    Thai Pongal

    Tamil

    19

    World Religion Day

    International

    20

    Martin Luther King Day

    USA

    20

    PA Day – Elementary

    Grand Erie

    20

    International Day of Acceptance

    International

    21

    Lincoln Alexander Day

    Canada

    24

    International Day of Education

    International

    24

    World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture

    International

    27

    Family Literacy Day

    Canada

    27

    International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    International

    27

    St. Sava Devine Day

    Various Countries

    27

    Isra’a and Miraj

    Islam

    29

    National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Islamophobia

    Canada

    29

    National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack

    Canada

    29

    Lunar New Year

    Canada

    29

    Lunar New Year/Spring Festival (Year of the Dragon)

    China

    29

    Vietnamese New Year

    Vietnam

    29

    Korean New Year

    Korea

    30

    Jashan-E-Sadeh

    Zorotarisn

    30

    PA Day - Secondary

    Grand Erie

    31

    PA Day - Secondary

    Grand Erie

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    FEBRUARY 2025

    Black History Month

    Heart Month

    National Therapeutic Recreation Month 

    Psychology Month

    Chinese Heritage Month

    School Crossing Guard Appreciation Month

    1

    Imbolc

    Gaelic

    1

    World Hijab Day

    International

    2

    Groundhog Day

    North America

    2

    Setsubun

    Buddhism/Shinto

    2

    Vasant Panchami

    Hinduism/Sikhism

    2

    Saraswati Puja

    Hinduism

    2-8

    International Development Week

    International

    3-9

    Children's Mental Health Week

    WHO

    4-11

    Final Reports – Secondary

    Grand Erie

    6

    International Day of Zero Tolerance on Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation

    WHO

    7

    National Wear Red Day (Heart Disease)

    Canada

    10

    First Provincial Report – Elementary

    Grand Erie

    10-14

    Canadian School Counselling Week

    Canada

    11

    Safer Internet Day

    Various Countries

    11

    International Day of Women and Girls in Science

    International

    12

    Magha Puja Day/Lantern Festival

    Hinduism

    12-13

    Tu B'Shevat

    Judaism

    14

    Valentine's Day

    Various Countries

    14 - 15

    Sha’ban and Mid-Sha’ban

    Islam

    14-18

    Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week

    Canada

    15

    Parinirvana Day

    Buddhism

    15

    National Flag Day of Canada

    Canada

    17

    Family Day

    Canada

    20

    World Day of Social Justice

    International

    21

    International Mother Language Day

    International

    24-March 2

    Eating Disorders Awareness Week

    Canada

    26

    Pink Shirt Day

    Canada

    26

    Maha Shivaratri

    Hinduism

    28-March 2

    Tibetan New Year - Losar

    Tibetan Buddhism

    Feb 28 – Mar 29

    Ramadan

    Islam

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    MARCH 2025

    Bangladeshi Heritage Month

    Greek Heritage Month

    Irish Heritage Month

    National Social Work Month

    National Music Therapy Awareness Month

    1-31

    Progress Reports – Secondary

    Grand Erie

    3

    Black Mental Health Day

    Canada

    5

    Ash Wednesday

    Christianity

    8

    International Women's Day

    International

    9

    Daylight savings time begins

    Various Countries

    10

    Commonwealth Day

    Various Countries

    11

    National COVID-19 Day of Observance

    International

    10 - 14

    March Break

    Grand Erie

    14

    Holi

    Hinduism

    14

    National Pi Day

    Canada

    14 - 16

    Hola Mohalla

    Sikhism

    15

    International Day to Combat Islamophobia

    Various Countries

    15

    National Social Worker Day

    Canada

    17

    Irish Heritage Day/St. Patrick's Day

    Bahá'í

    18

    National Social Worker Day

    Grand Erie

    20

    BaháΚΌí Naw-Rúz (New Year)

    Various Countries

    20

    First Day of Spring

    Various Countries

    20

    Navroz/Nowruz (Iranian/Persian New Year)

    Various Countries

    20

    Journée internationale de la francophonie - International Francophonie Day

    International

    20

    International Day of Happiness

    International

    21

    World Down Syndrome Day

    International

    21

    International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

    International

    22

    World Water Day

    International

    22

    Earth Hour

    International

    23

    National School Crossing Guard Appreciation Day

    Canada

    25

    Feast of the Annunciation

    Christianity

    25

    National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day

    Canada

    25

    International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

    International

    26

    Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness

    International

    27

    Laylat al-Qadr

    Islam

    27 - 28

    Jumat-ul-Wida

    Islam

    29

    Hindu New Year

    Hinduism

    31

    International Transgender Day of Visibility

    International

    31

    National Indigenous Languages Day

    Canada

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    APRIL 2025

    Child Abuse Prevention Month

    Earth Month

    Financial Literacy Month

    Genocide Awareness Month

    Hispanic Heritage Month

    Latin-America History Month

    Sikh Heritage Month

    World Autism Month

    1

    April Fools Day

    Various Countries

    1

    Kha b-Nisan Spring Festival

    Assyrian Diaspora

    2

    World Autism Awareness Day

    International

    2

    EA Appreciation Day

    Grand Erie

    4

    School Librarian Day

    Grand Erie

    6

    Scottish Heritage Day

    International

    6

    Sri Rama Navami

    Hinduism

    7

    Tutsi Genocide Memorial Day

    Rwanda

    7

    World Health Day

    International

    9

    Vimy Ridge

    Canada

    10

    Learning Support Day – Secondary

    Grand Erie

    12

    International Day of Pink

    International

    11

    PA Day - Elementary and Secondary

    Grand Erie

    11

    International Day of Silence

    International

    12 - 20

    Pesach (Passover)

    Judaism

    13

    Palm Sunday

    Christianity

    13

    Theravada New Year

    Buddhism

    14

    Solar New Year (Mesha Sankranti)

    Hinduism

    14

    Vaisakhi (Baisakhi)

    Sikhism

    14

    Puthandu (Tamil New Year)

    Tamil

    17

    Equality Day

    Canada

    18

    Good Friday

    Christianity

    20

    Easter

    Christianity

    20-May 2

    Ridvan

    Bahá'í

    21

    Easter Monday

    Canada

    22

    Earth Day

    Various Countries

    23-30

    Mid-Term Reports (Semester 2) – Secondary

    Grand Erie

    23

    Administrative Professionals Day

    Various Countries

    27 – May 4

    National Volunteer Week

    Canada

    28

    World Day for Safety and Health at Work (National Day of Mourning)

    International

    29 - 30

    Eid-al-Fitr

    Islam

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    MAY 2025

    Asian Heritage Month

    Better Hearing and Speech Month

    Canadian Jewish Heritage Month

    Jewish Heritage Month

    Polish Heritage Month

    Sexual Assault Prevention Month

    1

    School Principals' Day

    Grand Erie

    3

    World Press Freedom Day

    United Nations

    3

    Education and Professional Support Staff Appreciation Day

    Grand Erie

    4

    International Firefighters Day

    International

    5

    Red Dress Day National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit people.

    Canada

    5

    Cinco de Mayo

    Mexico

    5-10

    Health and Safety Week

    Grand Erie

    5

    Music Monday

    Canada

    5

    Buddha’s Birthday

    Buddhism

    5-11

    Children's Mental Health Week

    CMHO

    5-9

    Education Week

    Various Countries

    7

      National Skilled Trades Day    Canada

    10

    Bear Witness Day (Jordan's Principle)

    Canada

    10

    World Lupus Day

    Various Countries

    11

    Mother's Day

    Various Countries

    11

    Vesak/Wesak (Buddha's Enlightenment)

    Buddhism

    May 12-16

    Bike to School Week

    Various Countries

    14

    Children and Youth in Care Day

    Ontario

    15

    International Day of Families

    International

    16

    World Education Support Personnel Day

    Grand Erie

    17

    International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

    International

    18

    National Speech Pathologist Day

    Grand Erie

    19

    Victoria Day (Canadian Holiday)

    Canada

    22-23

    Declaration of the Báb (to be confirmed)

    Bahá'í

    26

    National AccessAbility Week

    Canada

    28-29

    Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (to be confirmed)

    Bahá'í

    28

    Red Shirt Day

    Canada

    29

    Ascension Day

    Christianity

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    JUNE 2025

    Indigenous History Month

    Aphasia Awareness Month

    World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

    Filipino Heritage Month

    Italian Heritage Month

    Men’s Health Month 

    National Indigenous Speaking Heritage Month

    Portuguese Speaking Heritage Month

    Pride Month

    PTSD Awareness Month

    Senior’s Month

    1

    National Health and Fitness Day

    Canada

    1

    Pride/Pride Flag Day

    Canada

    1

    Intergenerational Day

    Canada

    1

    Canadian Armed Forces Day

    Canada

    1-3

    Shavuot

    Judaism

    4-9

    Hajj

    Islam

    5-6

    Waqf al Arafa

    Islam

    5

    World Environment Day

    United Nations

    5-6

    Ashura

    Islam

    6

    PA Day – Elementary

    Grand Erie

    6-10

    Eid al-Adha

     

    8

    Pentecost

    Christianity

    10

    Portugal Day

    Portugal

    11

    Saga Dawa - Tibetan Buddhist Enlightenment

    Buddism-Tibetan

    12

    World Day Against Child Labour

    International

    12

    Filipino Independence Day

    Canada

    15

    Father's Day

    Various Countries

    17

    World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

    International

    19

    World Sickle Cell Awareness Day

    International

    19

    Juneteenth/Emancipation Day

    Various Countries

    23

    Final Provincial Report - Elementary

    Grand Erie

    26

    Al-Hirja New Year

    Islam

    27

    First of Muharram/New Year

    Islam

    27

    PA Day – Elementary and Secondary

    Grand Erie

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    JULY 2025

    1

    Canada Day

    Canada

    2-4

    Final Reports – Secondary (Semester 2)

    Grand Erie

    6-7

    Al-Hirja New Year

    Islam

    7

    First of Muharram/New Year

    Islam

    9

    Martyrdom of the Bá’b

    Baha’i

    9

    Naga Panchami

    Hinduism

    10

    Guru Purnima Day

    Buddhism/Jainism

    14

    International Non-Binary Persons Day

    International

    18

    Nelson Mandela International Day

    United Nations

    23

    Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassie

    Rastafarian

    28

    Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval

    Canada

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    AUGUST 2025

    1

    Lammas

    Christianity

    1

    Emancipation Day

    Canada

    2-3

    Tishah B’av

    Judaism

    4

    Civic Holiday

    Canadian Government

    4

    Anniversary of Ugandan Asian Resettlement

    Uganda

    5

    Terry Fox Day

    Canada

    6

    Transfiguration of Christ

    Christianity

    8

    Asean Day - Association of Southeast Asian Nations

    Asia

    8

    Varalakshmi Vrata

    Hinduism

    9

    International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

    United Nations

    9

    National Peacekeepers’ Day

    Canada

    9

    Raksha Bandhan

    Hinduism

    12

    International Youth Day

    United Nations

    13-16

    Bon Festival

    Buddhism

    14

    Pakistan’s Independence Day

    Pakistan

    15

    India's Independence Day

    India

    15

    National Liberation Day of Korea

    Korea

    15

    National Acadian Day

    Canada

    15

    The Assumption of Mary

    Christianity

    15

    Feast of the Dormition Mother of God

    Christianity

    16

    Sri Krishna Janmashtami

    Hinduism

    17

    Marcus Garvey's Birthday

    Rastafarianism

    19

    World Humanitarian Day

    International

    21-28

    Paryushan Parva

    Jainism

    23

    International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and Its Abolition

    United Nations

    23

    Black Ribbon Day

    Europe

    24

    Ukrainian Independence Day

    Europe

    27

    Raoul Wallenberg Day

    Canada

    29

    Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist

    Christianity

    31

    International Day of African Descent

    Various Countries

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    Please accept our apologies for omissions of any group or important dates. We make all possible efforts to publish Grand Erie District School Board’s Days of Significance according to a variety of sources. If there are any comments regarding the Days of Significance, please inform our communications department.

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