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The thin line marks today, 29 September 2026.

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week 2026

2026

4–9 May 2026

Confirmed

Dates confirmed from the organiser’s announcement on 15 September 2026.

Organiser: Health and Safety Professionals Canada (formerly the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering), with CCOHS and Threads of Life

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Theme

No theme announced for 2026.

What changed

The national launch was a free virtual event on Monday 4 May 2026, hosted by CCOHS with Health and Safety Professionals Canada and Threads of Life, and included the Focus on Safety National Youth Video Contest winner.

Why the day exists

Workplace & farm

nearly three millionwork-related deaths a year

Work-related deaths worldwide — worldwide, 2023. Source: International Labour Organization, Nearly 3 million people die of work-related accidents and diseases (news release) (2023).

“Nearly three million workers die every year due to work-related accidents and diseases”

More figures for this hazard

How organisations mark it

  • Register for the free national launch webinar and watch it as a team.
  • Post your organisation's events on the national Safety and Health Week site so others in your province can join them.
  • Run a stand-down: stop work, walk the site with the joint health and safety committee and fix what you find that day.
  • Refresh hazard reporting — remind every worker how to report a hazard and show them what happened to the last reports.
  • Take the week beyond the workplace, with sessions on safety at home and in the community.

Sources

  1. Health and Safety Professionals Canada (formerly the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering), with CCOHS and Threads of Life — North American Occupational Safety and Health Week 2026 — www.canada.ca, read 15 September 2026.
  2. Safety and Health Week — official Canadian campaign site — www.safetyandhealthweek.ca, read 15 September 2026.
  3. History of Safety and Health Week — safetyandhealthweek.ca — www.safetyandhealthweek.ca, read 15 September 2026.
  4. Safety and Health Week Partners — safetyandhealthweek.ca — www.safetyandhealthweek.ca, read 15 September 2026.
  5. Safety and Health Week National Launch — CCOHS — www.ccohs.ca, read 15 September 2026.