If your registered charity or national charitable cause is looking to mark a major occasion with a CN Tower light display, fill out the form below, and we’ll get back to you with more information! Be sure to submit it at least 30 days before your planned lighting.

Please note that lighting cannot be considered for:

  • commercial requests (e.g. product launches, corporate events)
  • individual recognition or personal occasions (e.g. gender reveal, birthdays, anniversaries)
  • religious or political events or observances
  • institutions or professions (e.g. hospitals, schools)

Lighting requests made via petitions and/or social media campaigns are not considered.

The CN Tower lights for the following major cultural holidays: Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Nowruz, Holi, Easter, Eid al-Fitr, Vesak Day, Victoria Day, National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, Canadian Multiculturalism Day, Canada Day, National Acadian Day, Rosh Hashanah, Hallowe’en, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa.

Please note that themed lighting is at the sole discretion of CN Tower management and not subject to appeals or negotiation. All requests will be evaluated based on meeting the abovementioned guidelines as well as:

  • The nature of the cause
  • The history and background of the organization, cause or event
  • How the lighting will be used to benefit the cause/event
  • How the CN Tower’s iconic image will be related to the event

Submit a lighting request

Applicants will receive a written response stating whether or not it has been approved.  

Due to the high volume of applications, all requests cannot be accommodated.

The CN Tower wishes to stress that if an application is declined, this is not a reflection of the merits or importance of any requests.

If your application is approved

If you plan to acknowledge the lighting in communications materials, please provide samples for review and approval at least 14 days prior to the lighting. Failure to do so may result in our inability to grant the request. We suggest creating a standard line or statement about the lighting that can be included in materials, e.g., “On (insert date) CN Tower lights (insert colour) for XYZ Awareness Day.”

If your request is confirmed, all efforts will be made to grant the lighting on the date requested. However, CN Tower management reserves the right to make adjustments to the schedule as necessary, and this may result in modifying the timing of your lighting or rescheduling the date.

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