Date | In support or recognition of | Colour |
January 27 |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
Yellow |
January 29, 2025* |
Lunar New Year |
Red |
February 1 - 7 |
Provincial Eating Disorder Awareness Week |
Purple |
February 11 |
United Way 211 Day |
Red |
February 14 |
Valentine's Day |
Red |
February 22 |
Guiding Lights Across British Columbia |
Blue |
February 26, 2025* |
"Pink Shirt Day" Anti-Bullying Day |
Pink |
March 1, 2025 * |
Endometriosis Awareness Month |
Yellow |
March 2 onwards |
In support of Ukraine |
Blue & Yellow |
March 8 |
International Women's Day |
Purple |
March 17 |
St. Patrick's Day |
Green |
March 20, 2025 * |
Nowruz |
Green |
March 21 |
World Down Syndrome Day |
Yellow & Blue |
March 26 |
National Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness |
Purple |
April 7 |
"Green Shirt Day" Organ Donation Awareness and Registration in Schools and Communities across Canada |
Green |
April 11 |
World Parkinson's Day |
Teal & Magenta |
April 9 - 15, 2023 * |
Prevention of Violence Against Women Week |
Purple |
April 20 - 26, 2025* |
National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week |
Green |
April 22 |
Earth Day |
Green |
April 29 |
World Wish Day |
Blue |
May |
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness |
Blue |
May 3 |
Lyme Disease Awareness |
Green |
May 5 |
Red Dress Day |
Red |
May 12 |
Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases International Awareness Day |
Blue, Green, Purple |
May 15 |
International MPS Awareness Day |
Blue & Yellow |
May 16 |
International Celiac Disease Awareness Day #Get Your Glow Back |
Green |
May 17 |
"Shine a Light on NF" World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day |
Blue & Green |
May 30 |
World MS Day |
Red |
June 1 |
National Deafblind Awareness Month |
Blue |
June 10 |
Action Anxiety Day |
Orange & Blue |
June 15 |
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
Purple |
July 1 |
Canada Day |
Red |
July 22 |
International Fragile X Awareness Day |
Teal |
July 29 - August 4 - 6, 2024 * |
Pride |
Rainbow |
August 7 |
World PVNH Disorder Awareness Day
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Pink & Yellow |
August 31 |
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Purple |
September 1 |
Arthritis Awareness Month |
Blue |
September 8 |
International Literacy Day |
Purple |
September 10 |
World Suicide Prevention Day |
Yellow & Orange |
September 12, 2024* |
United Way BC Day |
Red |
September 13, 2024 * |
"Stand Up to Cancer" Day |
Red, Yellow, Orange |
September 13 |
World Sepsis Day |
Pink |
September 15 |
World Lymphoma Awareness Day |
Purple |
September 18 |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Day |
Teal |
September 29 |
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month |
Blue |
September 30 |
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation |
Orange |
October |
Domestic Violence Awareness |
Purple |
October 2 |
Wrongful Conviction Day |
Yellow & White |
October 7, 2024 * |
"Blue Shirt Day" World Day of Bullying Prevention #BlueUp |
Blue |
October 7 |
Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day |
Teal |
October 10 |
World Mental Health Day |
Purple |
October 15 |
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day |
Pink & Blue |
October 17, 2024 * |
Light It Up! For NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month) |
Purple & Blue |
October 27 |
World Occupational Therapy Day |
Blue |
October 31 |
Halloween |
Orange |
November |
Lung Cancer Awareness |
Green |
November 1, 2024* |
"Light the World in Teal" Alzheimer's Awareness |
Teal |
November 6, 2024* |
"Show Your 4-H Colours Day" |
Green |
November 11 |
Remembrance Day |
Red |
November 12 |
"PneumoLight" Pneumonia Awareness |
Blue |
November 14 |
World Diabetes Day |
Blue |
November 21, 2024 * |
Children's Grief Awareness Day |
Blue |
November 20 |
National Child Day |
Blue |
November 25 |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women |
Orange |
November 29, 2024 |
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People |
Red & Green |
November 30 |
Stomach Cancer Awareness Day |
Blue |
December 25 |
Christmas Day |
Red & Green |