Proclamations and letters of recognition list

Proclamations and letters of recognition issued by The City of Calgary are listed below by date.

For more information or to request a proclamation or letter of recognition, view Requests to the Mayor.

For more citizen recognition information, view Citizen Recognition.

Archived proclamations

2023

Date	Proclamations or letters of recognition
March
Mar. 1-31	Community Association Awareness Month
Mar. 1-31	Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month
Mar. 21	World Puppetry Day
Mar. 26	Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness
February
Feb. 1-28	Black History Month
Feb. 1-7	Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Feb. 6	International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Feb. 7-14	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
Feb. 13	Wear Red Canada Day
Feb. 19-25	Freedom to Read Week
January
Jan. 27	International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Jan. 27	Trico Centre for Family Wellness 40th Anniversary

2022

Date	Proclamations or letters of recognition
December
December 21	The Longest Night of the Year
December 10	Day of Shelter
December 3	International Day of Persons with Disabilities
November
November 29	Giving Tuesday
November 21	95th Anniversary of CKUA Radio
November 20	Recovery Day Calgary
November 20	Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 19-25	Calgary Opera's 50th Anniversary Season
November 17	National Children's Grief Awareness Day
November 16	Louis Riel Day
November 14-18	Métis Week
November 5	Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
October
October 1-31	Child Abuse Prevention Month
October 1-31	Circular Economy Month
October 1-31	End Poverty Month
October 1-31	Disability Employment Awareness Month
October 1-31	Dyslexia Awareness Month
October 1	United Nations International Day of Older Persons
October 5	Energy Efficiency Day
October 6	National Depression Screening Day
October 6	World Cerebral Palsy Day
October 8-10	Durga Puja
October 9-15	Fire Prevention Week: 100 Year Anniversary
October 15	Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
October 22	40th Anniversary of the Ploughshares Calgary Society
October 27	Duty Counsel Day
September
September 1-30	50 Years of Settlement of Ismaili Muslims in Canada
September 1-30	Big Brothers Big Sisters Month
September 1-30	Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 1-30	Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month
September 1-30	United Way Month
September 1	International Women in Cyber Day
September 4	Polycistic Kidney Disease Awareness Day
September 9	Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day
September 10	World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10	50th Anniversary of the Marlborough Park Community
September 15	Independence Day of the Republic of El Salvador
September 15	Independence Day of the Republic of Guatemala
September 19-25	Rail Safety Week
September 30	International Translation Day
August
August 1	Emancipation Day in Calgary
August 15	75th Anniversary of India's Independence Day
August 26-September 5	Calgary Pride Week
July
July 1-31	Smarth Irrigation Month
July 9-August 9	Building A Culture of Peace Month
July 19	Grocery Heroes Day
July 22-August 1	Historic Calgary Week
June
June 1-30	Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
June 1-7	Empathy week
June 1	Intergenerational Day
June 6-12	Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week
June 6-12	Seniors' Week
June 6-12	Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week
June 6	Shriners International Awareness Day
June 8	Brain Tumour Awareness Day
June 10	Action Anxiety Day
June 10	Farmer’s Day
June 11-19	Garden Days
June 20-25	Aboriginal Awareness Week
June 20	World Refugee Day
June 26	Hispanic Arts Society 35th Anniversary
May
May 1-31	GBS/CIDP Awareness Month
May 1-31	Huntington Disease Awareness Month
May 1-31	International Internal Audit Awareness Month
May 2-8	Goodwill Week
May 2 & 3	Polish Immigrant Day & Polish Constitution Day
May 6	Bike to Work Day
May 10	Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism
May 18	Battle of Alberta
May 22	International Day for Biological Diversity
May 25	Brown Bagging It Day
April
April 1-30	Sikh Heritage Month
April 6	Tartan Day
April 7	Green Shirt Day
April 18-24	National Cleaning for a Reason Week
April 22	Lights On Afterschool Alberta Day
April 28	Day of Mourning
March
March 1-31	Community Association Awareness Month
March 1-31	Francophonie Month in Calgary
March 6	World Lymphedema Awareness Day
March 6-12	Social Work Week
March 9	50th Anniversary of Pumphouse Theatre Society
March 11	World Plumbing Day
March 21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21	World Puppetry Day
March 26	Purple Day
March 26	Olympian and Paralympian Salute Day
March 31	Transgender Day of Visibility
February
February 1-28	Heart Month
February 1	Toque Tuesday
February 1-7	Eating Disorder Awareness Week
February 6	International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
February 13	Wear Red Canada Day
February 7-14	Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week
February 20-26	Freedom to Read Week
January
January 27	International Holocaust Remembrance Day