2025-2026 Commemorative Dates
Students and staff have diverse
backgrounds and beliefs. HPEDSB Commemorative
Dates include 13 priority days that may be observed by students and staff
based on their individual beliefs. These priority days are acknowledged to try to ensure students and staff are not excluded from school and system events because of their belief.
Commemorative dates legend (pdf)
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| B - Bahá’í |
BD - Buddhism |
| CAN - Canada |
C - Christianity |
| FC - Fasli calendar |
H - Hinduism |
| I - Islam |
IW - Indigenous Worldview |
| J - Jainism |
JC - Julian calendar |
| JD - Judaism |
N - Nanak Shahi calendar |
| QC - Qadimi calendar |
S - Sikhism |
| SC - Shenshahi calendar |
W - Wicca |
The 13 HPEDSB priority days below are shown in red in the monthly calendars. The expectation is that HPEDSB schools and worksites not schedule unrelated events on significant priority days that would exclude observing staff and students from participating.
September 22-24 Rosh Hashanah (JD)
September 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (IW)/Orange Shirt Day (IW)
October 1-2 Yom Kippur (JD)
October 20 Diwali (H)
December 25 Christmas (C)
February 17 Lunar New Year/Maitreya Bodhisattva's Birthday (BD)
March 20 Eid ul-Fitr (Ramadan Ends) (I) (depending on moon sighting)
April 1-9 Pesach/Passover (JD)
April 3 Good Friday (C)
April 14 Vaisakhi (H) (S)
April 20 First Day of Ridvan (B)
May 26 Eid ul-Adha (I)
June 21 National Indigenous Peoples Day (IW)
For a full list of commemorative dates, choose a month from the menu below. Days of recognition for staff and community are in purple.