Calendar of Events

Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African-American culture that is held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually held on the 6th day.

Happy New Year! Toronto Humane Society and all of it’s public services are closed today. Please come visit us on January 2nd!

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in Canada.

Epiphany, also called Three Kings’ Day, Theophany, Denha, Little Christmas, and Baptism of Jesus, is celebrated on January 6th each year.

Many Orthodox Christians in Canada celebrate Christmas Day on or near January 7 in the Gregorian calendar. This date works to be December 25 in the Julian calendar, which pre-dates the Gregorian calendar.

Lohri marks the end of winter, and is a traditional welcome of longer days and the sun’s journey to the northern hemisphere, by Hindus in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent.

Makara Sankranti or Maghi, is a festival day in the Hindu calendar, dedicated to the deity Surya (sun).

The Old New Year or the Orthodox New Year, is an informal traditional holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar.

This signals the end of winter and the onset of spring throughout the northern hemisphere.

This holiday marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King’s birthday is January 15.

Also known as The Feast of Theophany, this observance commemorates Christ’s baptism by John the Forerunner (John the Baptist) in the River Jordan, beginning of Christ’s ministry on earth and revealing the Holy Trinity of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit to mankind.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is an international memorial day commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War.

The Mahayana Buddhists celebrate New Year every first full moon of January.