CN Tower Lights Up in Red for 22q
The CN Tower will light up in red again to raise awareness for 22q on Saturday, November 22nd, 2025!
- Lighting begins at sunset (4:46 pm on November 22nd) and will become fully visible when the sky darkens about 30 minutes later, at about 5:16 pm.
- A standard light show will run for 5 minutes at the top of every hour, followed by another light show on the half hour.
- The night lighting will be visible by webcam on the website of the CN Tower
We chose November 22nd (“22/11”) as a play on the name of the conditions, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS or simply 22q) and 22q11.2 duplication syndrome (22q11.2DupS). The lighting of the CN Tower was part of the “Luces por el 22q/Lighting the 22q” international awareness movement that began in Spain in 2018. Buildings in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Finland, and the city of Philadelphia, United States, were lit up as part of the movement on the 22nd of November in previous years. In 2021, Toronto joined this international awareness movement. We continue to be a national leader in providing care for families through clinics at the Toronto General Hospital and at SickKids Hospital, and in internationally renowned research into adult outcomes and genetics.
We invite you and your city/town to join this international movement of lighting up buildings and monuments in red. Some buildings may already have an online system for submitting lighting requests. If you do not find an online form, you can use this letter to request red lighting for Saturday, November 22nd, 2025. Fill in the name of the building and the city or town, then email or mail the letter to the government or organization that manages the building.
Please click the Google Photo links below to see photos from previous years: