2021 Holiday Calendar in Canada, including all national holidays, optional holidays, commemorative dates, and important days of the year.

January 2021

1
FRI

New Year's Day

January 1st, Friday

Holiday

February 2021

17
WED

Family Day

February 17th, Wednesday

Optional

July 2021

1
THU

Canada Day

July 1st, Thursday

Holiday

September 2021

30
THU

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30th, Thursday

Holiday

December 2021

25
SAT

Christmas Day

December 25th, Saturday

Holiday

Upcoming Commemorative Dates in Canada

See all commemorative dates for 2021
Holiday
Optional
November 2021
Data Dia Descrição
4 Thu National Candy Day
5 Fri World Tsunami Awareness Day
5 Fri National Redhead Day
6 Sat National Stress Awareness Day
6 Sat International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
6 Sat National Nachos Day
7 Sun National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day
8 Mon World Urbanism Day
8 Mon National STEM/STEAM Day
8 Mon National Cappuccino Day
9 Tue Go to an Art Museum Day
9 Tue World Adoption Day
9 Tue International Day against Fascism and AntiSemitism
10 Wed International Accounting Day
10 Wed World Science Day for Peace and Development
10 Wed World Keratoconus Day
11 Thu Remembrance Day
11 Thu Singles Day
12 Fri World Pneumonia Day
13 Sat World Kindness Day
13 Sat Sadie Hawkins Day
14 Sun National Pickle Day
14 Sun World Diabetes Day
15 Mon National Philanthropy Day
16 Tue International Day for Tolerance
17 Wed World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
17 Wed International Students' Day
17 Wed World Prematurity Day
17 Wed National Unfriend Day
18 Thu World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
19 Fri National Grief and Bereavement Day
19 Fri World Toilet Day
19 Fri International Men's Day
20 Sat Africa Industrialization Day
20 Sat World COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Day
20 Sat Transgender Day of Remembrance
20 Sat National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims
20 Sat Universal Children’s Day
20 Sat National Child Day
21 Sun World Philosophy Day
21 Sun World pancreatic cancer day
21 Sun World Hello Day
21 Sun World Television Day
23 Tue National Espresso Day
23 Tue Fibonacci Day
25 Thu International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
26 Fri National Cake Day
29 Mon Black Friday
29 Mon International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
29 Mon Buy Nothing Day
30 Tue Small Business Saturday
30 Tue Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
December 2021
Data Dia Descrição
1 Wed World AIDS Day
2 Thu National Mutt Day
2 Thu Cyber Monday
2 Thu International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 Fri Giving Tuesday
3 Fri International Day of Persons with Disabilities
4 Sat International Day of Banks
4 Sat Wildlife Conservation Day
5 Sun International Volunteer Day
5 Sun World Soil Day
6 Mon St. Nicholas Day
7 Tue International Civil Aviation Day
7 Tue National Letter Writing Day
7 Tue Candle Day
7 Tue World Pear Day
7 Tue National Cotton Candy Day
8 Wed Feast of the Immaculate Conception
8 Wed National Brownie Day
9 Thu National Pastry Day
9 Thu Green Monday
9 Thu International Anti-corruption Day
9 Thu International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
10 Fri International Animal Rights Day
10 Fri Human Rights Day
10 Fri Dewey Decimal System Day
10 Fri Nobel Prize Day
11 Sat International Mountain Day
11 Sat UNICEF Birthday
12 Sun International Day of Neutrality
12 Sun International Universal Health Coverage Day
12 Sun Gingerbread House Day
12 Sun National Poinsettia Day
13 Mon National Violin Day
14 Tue Monkey Day
17 Fri National Maple Syrup Day
17 Fri Anti-Bullying Day
18 Sat Arabic Language Day
18 Sat International Migrants Day
20 Mon National Ugly Sweater Day
20 Mon International Human Solidarity Day
21 Tue Yule
21 Tue Winter Solstice
22 Wed National Cookie Exchange Day
23 Thu Festivus
24 Fri Christmas Eve
24 Fri The Feast of the Seven Fishes
25 Sat Hanukkah
25 Sat Christmas Day
26 Sun Boxing Day
26 Sun Kwanzaa
27 Mon International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
28 Tue National Call a Friend Day
31 Fri New Year's Eve