January Awareness Calendar
The more you know, the more you can do.
Explore our Awareness Calendar to find out exactly how you can get involved online and in your local community.
Every month of the year, there are wonderful events that bring us together and
meaningful awareness days that draw our attention to various movements. Take a closer look at what’s coming up in your area.
meaningful awareness days that draw our attention to various movements. Take a closer look at what’s coming up in your area.
Jan 1-31
Alzheimer Awareness Month
Jan 1-31
Crime Stoppers Month
Jan 1-31
Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month
Jan
Tamil Heritage Month
Feb
AMD Awareness Month
Feb
Black History Month
Feb
CTE Awareness Month
Feb
Heart & Stroke Month
Feb
I Love to Read Month
Feb
Junior Achievement Month
Feb
Psychology Month
Feb
Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Month
Feb
Turner Syndrome Awareness Month
Mar
Easter Seals Month
Mar
Endometriosis Awareness Month
Mar
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Mar
Fraud Prevention Month
Mar
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
Mar
Kidney Month
Mar
Liver Health Month
Mar
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Mar
National Nutrition Month
Mar
National Social Work Month
Mar
Red Cross Month
Mar
Youth Science Festival Month
Apr
Daffodil Month
Apr
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
Apr
National Oral Health Month
Apr
Parkinson Awareness Month
Apr
Rosacea Awareness Month
Apr
World Autism Month
May
Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Month
May
Asian Heritage Month
May
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
May
Brain Tumour Awareness Month
May
Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
May
Celiac Awareness Month
May
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
May
GBS/CIDP/MMN Awareness Month
May
Hemochromatosis Awareness Month
May
Huntington Disease Awareness Month
Jun
ALS Awareness Month
Jun
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Jun
Cataract Awareness Month
Jun
Deaf Blind Awareness
Jun
International CDKL5 Awareness Month
Jun
International Men’s Health Month
Jun
National Indigenous History Month
Jun
Pride Month
Jun
Recreation and Parks Month
Jun
Scleroderma Awareness Month
Jun
Seniors’ Month - Ontario
Jun
Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
Jul
Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
Aug
Gastroparesis Awareness Month
Sept
Arthritis Month
Sept
Big Brothers Big Sisters Month
Sept
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Sept
Childhood Cancer Awareness
Sept
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month
Sept
Global Pulmonary Fibrosis
Sept
Literacy is Life Month
Sept
Men’s Cancer Health Awareness Month
Sept
Muscular Dystrophy Month
Sept
National Duchenne Awareness
Oct
ADHD Awareness Month
Oct
Autism Awareness Month
Oct
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Oct
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Oct
Community Support Month
Oct
Disability Employment Awareness Month
Oct
Dwarfism Awareness and Acceptance Month
Oct
Foster Family Month
Oct
Healthy Workplace Month
Oct
Islamic History Month
Nov
4-H Month
Nov
Adoption Awareness Month
Nov
Amaryllis Month
Nov
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Awareness Month
Nov
Crohn’s Disease and Colitis Awareness Month
Nov
Diabetes Month
Nov
Eczema Awareness Month
Nov
Family Violence Prevention Month
Nov
Incontinence Awareness Month
Nov
Indigenous Disability Awareness Month
Nov
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Dec. 1
World AIDS Day
Dec. 2-8
National Grief Awareness Week
Dec. 3
Giving Tuesday
Dec. 3-24
Christian: Advent Begins
Dec. 5
International Volunteering Day
Dec. 8
Budhist: Bodhi Day (Buddha’s Enlightenment)
Dec. 13
Christmas Jumper Day
Dec. 25-2
Jewish: Hanukkah
Dec. 25
Christian: Christmas
Dec. 31-1
New Year’s Eve
May
Lupus Awareness Month
May
MedicAlert Month
May
Motorcycle Awareness Month
May
MS Awareness Month
May
National Asthma Awareness Month
May
National Physiotherapy Month
May
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
May
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
May
Sexual Abuse/Assault Prevention Month
May
Speech and Hearing Awareness
May
Vision Health Month
Jun
Stroke Awareness Month
Jun
Thyroid Awareness Month
Sept
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Sept
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness
Sept
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sept
Recovery Month
Sept
Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Sept
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
Sept
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
Sept
World Alzheimer Awareness Month
Oct
Latin American Heritage Month
Oct
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Oct
LGBT History Month
Oct
Occupational Therapy Month
Oct
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Oct
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Oct
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
Oct
Women’s History Month
Nov
Movember (Men’s Health Awareness)
Nov
National Financial Literacy Month
Nov
Osteoporosis Month
Nov
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Nov
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
Nov
Woman Abuse Prevention Month
Nov
World Quality Month
Jan 1-31
Alzheimer Awareness Month
Alzheimer Awareness Month is a national health awareness that runs for the whole of January. The lead organization is the Alzheimer Society.
Jan 1-31
Crime Stoppers Month
Crime Stoppers Month is a month-long awareness in the Province of Ontario.
Jan 1-31
Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month
Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month helps provide fire fighters the necessary tools and guidance to develop life-saving protocols for cancer prevention and to support those with a cancer diagnosis within their departments.
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