Illuminating Vaughan City Hall
The illumination of Vaughan City Hall Council Chambers enhances public awareness of causes, events and commemorations of significance to the City of Vaughan and its citizens.
Illuminations are made upon request and supports and promotes diversity and cultural heritage, and acknowledges community organizations, charities and groups. To learn more, read the Illumination of City Hall Policy (PDF).
Illumination requests
Illumination requests must be sent to the Office of the City Clerk at least one month in advance of the requested illumination date. Read the City of Vaughan's Illumination of City Hall Policy (PDF).
Complete the request form below and submit it to protocol@vaughan.ca. Requests for illuminations must be made each year as they do not renew automatically.
Illuminations by Year
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JANUARY
Tamil Heritage Month - January 6
Thai Pongal Celebration Day - January 14
International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27
National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia - January 29
FEBRUARY
Remembering Keira Kagan - February 9
National 211 Day - February 11
International Angelman Syndrome Day - February 15
Bibas Family - February 26
Rare Disease Day - February 28
MARCH
World Young Rheumatic Disease (WORD) Day - March 15
World Down Syndrome Day - March 21
National Poison Prevention Week - March 24
Epilepsy Awareness Day (Purple Day) - March 26
April
Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month - April 1
World Autism Day - April 2
National Dental Hygienists Week - April 4
Green Shirt Day (Be A Donor Month) - April 7
World Parkinson's Day - April 11
Global Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Day - April 19
Canadian Fertility Awareness Week - April 24
Israel Independence Day - April 30
May
Community Living Month - May 1
National Hospice Palliative Care Week - May 4
Red Dress Day/National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ - May 5
International Thalassemia Day - May 7
80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day - May 8
Lupus Awareness Day - May 10
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Day - May 11
Light Up for Fibromyalgia - May 12
International Mucopolysaccharidoses Awareness Day - May 15
Food Allergy Awareness Month - May 17
Global Porphyria Day - May 18
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month - May 24
National Defeat Depression Campaign - May 31 -
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