Flag Raisings at the Markham Civic Centre Approved by Council between 2015 and 2020 (Revised on January 13, 2020) Event & Flag 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 ALS Double Play 5km Intentional Walk June 8-15 June 9-16 Armenian National Day May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 23 – Flag of Armenia Bell Let’s Talk Day January 29 January 30 Black History Month February 3 Feb 18-22 Blue Shirt Day Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 16 Canada Flag Day Feb 15 Feb 15 Feb 15 Day Mourning for Persons Killed or April 28 April 28 April 28 April 28 Injured in the Workplace (Half-Mast) Family Literacy Day January 27 Franco-Ontarian Day September 25 Sept 25 Sept 25 Sept 23 Sept 25 – Flag of Franco-Ontarian German Pioneers Day Oct 11 Oct 13 - German Flag Greek Independence Day March 25 March 22 March 25-27 March 21-25 March 25-26 Heritage Week Feb. 18-24 Feb 19-25 Feb 20-26 Feb 15-21 Feb 15-21 – Prince of Wales Award Flag Human Rights Day December 8 Dec 10 Dec 9 India Independence Day August 18 August 19 August 20 Aug 21 Aug 16 – Flag of India Indigenous Peoples History Day June 21 June 4 & 21 Innovation Week In The City Of May 6-12 Markham Intentional Walk For ALS June 10 Israel Independence Day April 19 May 2 May 12 April 23 – Flag of Israel **Cancelled Kidney Month - Kidney Foundation Flag Lupus Awareness Month – Flag of the Lupus Foundation of Ontario Markham-Unionville Terry Fox Run Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day May 22 May 23 May 25-31 May 25 May 11 National Day of the People’s Republic of October 5 September 30 Sept 26 China National Day of Remembrance and December 6 Dec 6 Dec 6 Dec 6 Action on Violence Against Women (Half-Mast) National Seniors Day October 3 October 1 Oct 2 Sept 26 October 1 Organ & Tissue Donor Awareness Week – Gift of Life Flag Pakistan National Day March 23 - 30 March 25 March 23 March 23 March 22-23 – Flag of Pakistan PAN AM/PARAPAN AM Day - PAN American Game Flag Philippine Week June 7 - 14 June 9-16 June 10-17 June 4 - 12 June 5-12 June 7 - 14 – Flag of the Philippines Pride Week June 7-16 June 8-17 June 9-18 June 12-19 June 13 - 21 – Rainbow Flag Remembrance Day (Half-Mast) November 11 - Poppy Flag Red Cross Month March – Red Cross Flag Rotary Week June 22-28 Syringomyelia & Chiari Malformation July 17 Day Tamil Heritage Month January 15-22 Jan 10 - 20 Trinidad and Tobago National Day August 31 August 31 August 31 Aug 27 – Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Turkish Republic Day November 4 October 26 October 27 November 7 - Turkish Flag United Way Walk For Values May 21 - 28 June 11-17 June 11 May 31 World Autism Awareness Day April 2-9 April 4 April 4 April 4 April 2 World Polio Day October 24 October 24 October 24 Oct 21 - End Polio Now Flag 70th Anniversary Of Sri Lanka’s February 17 Independence Day **Cancelled .