National Child Day 2023

This year our theme is #EveryChildEveryRight because ALL 8 million kids in Canada should be able to experience ALL of their rights!

Last year more than 20,000 students and 200+ schools participated!

Join us on November 20^th, 2023, and together we’ll once again make this the largest National Child Day event in history!

Sign up as a classroom or with your whole school/organization to watch together. And be sure to check out our Activity Guide for ideas you can use in school and at home to get ready for the main event.

For the first time ever, our National Child Day event will have unique programming for children and youth of all ages:

EARLY YEARS (Kindergarten – Grade 3)

Broadcast at 9am ET and 1pm ET (30 minute program)

Join us for sing along with Raffi, a book reading, and hear from other special guests, including a presentation by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

ELEMENTARY (Grades 4-6)

Broadcast at 10am ET and 2pm ET (45 minute program)

Join us for an action-packed program with a presentation by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and learn how to be an upstander for children’s rights, a book reading of the Coyote Queen with Canadian author Jessica Vitalis, and other special guests.

SECONDARY (Grades 7-12)

Broadcast at 11am ET and 3pm ET (1 hour program)

Join us for an action-packed program with special presentations by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on how to be an upstander for children’s rights, hear from Amnesty International about how to claim your rights, and be inspired by members of the Young Canadians’ Parliament about ways they are taking action in their communities and at the highest levels of government.

Broadcast at 11am ET and 3pm ET (1 hour program)

Join us for an action-packed program with special presentations by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on how to be an upstander for children’s rights, hear from Amnesty International about how to claim your rights, and be inspired by members of the Young Canadians’ Parliament about ways they are taking action in their communities and at the highest levels of government.