National AccessAbility Week 2026
May 31 to June 6, 2026
Explore free resources, join the conversation, and take action to help create a more accessible Canada.
National AccessAbility Week is celebrated each year starting on the last Sunday in May. Founded in 1988 as National Access Awareness Week and inspired by Rick Hansen’s Man In Motion World Tour, it is a time to recognize the contributions of people with disabilities and advance accessibility and inclusion in our communities, workplaces, schools, and public places.
This National AccessAbility Week, you can help remove the barriers that quietly exclude people every day.
For people with disabilities, barriers decide what’s possible and what isn’t.
Get started
Download the National AccessAbility Week resources below, share the toolkit, and make one practical improvement to increase accessibility in your space.
New resources will be added throughout the week, so bookmark this page and check back often.
Ways to participate
- Download resources and share them with your team, school, or community.
- Use the resource toolkit (poster, social posts, and templates) to invite others into the conversation.
- Fly the National AccessAbility Week flag at your location or use it in digital channels.
- Use the Universal Design guidelines to identify one practical accessibility improvement you can make this month.
Resource Toolkit
Use these ready-to-use resources to promote accessibility, share key messages, and participate in National AccessAbility Week.
∙ Poster (print or share digitally)
∙ National AccessAbility Week flag (for workplaces, schools, events, or online)
Fly a National AccessAbility Week Flag
Download and display the National AccessAbility Week flag at your school, workplace, event, or online. We’d love to see it: tag @rickhansenfdn in your posts or email us for a chance to be featured in our blog or newsletter.
Download the National AccessAbility Week flag
Learn more about Universal Design
Use our free Universal Design guidelines to identify barriers and plan practical improvements - whether you manage a workplace, public space, event, or service.
Download the Universal Design guidelines
Join the Conversation
Follow along as we share stories, updates, and examples of accessibility in action. Connect with us on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and X/Twitter channels to stay engaged.