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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​.

2026

Date Proclamations or letters of recognition

January

 
Jan 1-31 Crime Stoppers Awareness Month
Jan 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February

 
Feb 1-28 Black History Month
Feb 1-7 Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Feb 1-8 World Interfaith Harmony Week
Feb 13 Wear Red Canada Day
Feb 21 International Mother Language Day
Feb 22-28 Freedom To Read Week

March

 
Mar 1-31 Community Association Awareness Month
Mar 1-31 Epilepsy Awareness Month
Mar 1-31 Francophonie Month In Calgary
Mar 1 Irish Cultural Society of Calgary 40th Anniversary
Mar 31 Transgender Day of Visibility
April    
Apr 1-30 Autism Awareness & Acceptance Month 
Apr 1-30 Sikh Heritage Month 
Apr 1-30 Youth Employment Awareness Month
Apr 3 50th Anniversary of Raga Mala Music Society of Calgary
Apr 6 Tartan Day 
Apr 11 40th Anniversary of The Salvation Army Berkshire Citadel Community Church 
Apr 18-25 International Chinese Language Week  
Apr 19-25 National Volunteer Week 
Apr 20-24 Lights On Afterschool Alberta 
Apr 23 75th Anniversary of Easter Seals Alberta  
Apr 28 2026 Olympian and Paralympian Salute Day 
Apr 28 National Day of Mourning 
May  
May 1-31 Serbian Festival Month
May 1-31 People of Colour Employment Awareness Month
May 1-31 Huntington Disease Awareness Month
May 1-31 Asian Heritage Month
May 1-31 CBS and CIDP Awareness Month
May 2-3 Polish Immigrant Day and Polish Constitution Day
May 3-9 Professional Municipal Clerks Week
May 3-9 Goodwill Week
May 3-10 Drug Awareness Week
May 7 Bike to Work Day
May 9 World Migratory Bird Day
May 14 Calgary Interfaith Awareness Day
May 14 Apraxia Awareness Day
May 18-24 Alberta Community Disability Service Workers Appreciation Week
May 18-24 Servus Calgary Marathon Race Week
May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
May 25 National Brown Bagging It Day
May 31-Jun 6 National AccessAbility Week
June  
Jun 1-30 Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
Jun 1-30 Brain Injury Awareness Month
Jun 1-30 Bike Month
Jun 1-7 Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week
Jun 1-7 Seniors' Week
Jun 7 National Cancer Survivors Day
Jun 15-21 Aboriginal Awareness Week Calgary
Jun 25-Jul 1 Somali Heritage Week