Time in Canada

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Map of time zones in Canada
Time in Canada is divided into six time zones, based on proposals by Scottish Ca
nadian railway engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, who helped pioneer the world's tim
e zone system.[1] Most of Canada operates on standard time from the first Sunday
in November to the second Sunday in March and daylight saving time the rest of
the year.[2]
Contents [hide]
1
Zones
1.1
Pacific Time Zone
1.2
Mountain Time Zone
1.3
Central Time Zone
1.4
Eastern Time Zone
1.5
Atlantic Time Zone
1.6
Newfoundland Time Zone
2
Daylight saving time
3
IANA time zone database
4
See also
5
Notes
6
References
7
External links
Zones[edit]
Pacific Time Zone[edit]
Pacific Standard Time PST UTC-08:00 and Pacific Daylight Time PDT UTC-07:00
British Columbia (most of the province)
Yukon (Yukon Standard Time Zone is no longer used.)[notes 1]
Pacific Standard Time PST UTC-08:00 year-round
Northwest Territories
Tungsten and the associated Cantung Mine[2]
Mountain Time Zone[edit]
Mountain Standard Time MST UTC-07:00 year-round
British Columbia, northeastern
Northern Rockies Regional Municipality[3]
most of Peace River Regional District (except Fort Ware), including Dawson Creek
British Columbia, southeastern
Creston
Mountain Standard Time MST UTC-07:00 and Mountain Daylight Time MDT UTC-06:00
Alberta
British Columbia, southeastern
Columbia-Shuswap Regional District east of the Selkirk Mountains
Regional District of East Kootenay
Regional District of Central Kootenay east of the Kootenay River and parts east
of Kootenay Lake that are south of and including Riondel (but not Creston)
Northwest Territories, except for Tungsten (see above), two fishing lodges in th
e southeast and a mine site in the southwest[notes 2]
Nunavut (see time in Nunavut)
west of 102 West, and
all communities in the Kitikmeot Region
Saskatchewan (see time in Saskatchewan)
Lloydminster and surrounding area (the municipal government chose to unify the e
ntire city with Alberta's time zone.)
Central Time Zone[edit]
Central Standard Time CST UTC-06:00 and Central Daylight Time CDT UTC-05:00
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Creighton (unofficial)
Nunavut
between 85 West and 102 West, and

Resolute plus all communities in the Kivalliq Region and the west shore of Hudso
n Bay except Southampton Island (Coral Harbour)
Ontario, northwestern
west of 90 West (except the Atikokan, New Osnaburgh and Pickle Lake areas, and th
e Shebandowan and Upsala areas)
east of 90 West: Big Trout Lake area
Central Standard Time CST UTC-06:00 year-round (no DST)
Saskatchewan (most of the province) (see Lloydminster, and Creighton, above)
Eastern Time Zone[edit]
Eastern Standard Time EST UTC-05:00 and Eastern Daylight Time EDT UTC-04:00
Nunavut
east of 85 West, and
all communities in the Qikiqtaaluk Region except Resolute
Ontario
east of 90 West (except the Big Trout Lake area), plus
west of 90 West: Shebandowan and Upsala areas
Quebec (most of province)
Areas of Labrador adjacent to Schefferville (in Quebec but very close to the Lab
rador border) use EST and DST unofficially.
Eastern Standard Time EST UTC-05:00 year-round (no DST)
Nunavut
entire Southampton Island (Coral Harbour)
Ontario
west of 90 West: Atikokan area and New Osnaburgh/Pickle Lake area
Atlantic Time Zone[edit]
Atlantic Standard Time AST UTC-04:00 year-round (no DST)
Quebec (east of the Natashquan River)[4]
Atlantic Standard Time AST UTC-04:00 and Atlantic Daylight Time ADT UTC-03:00
Labrador (all but the southeastern tip)
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec (Magdalen Islands and Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation)[4]
Newfoundland Time Zone[edit]
Newfoundland Standard Time NST UTC-03:30 and Newfoundland Daylight Time NDT UTC02:30
Labrador (southeastern)
Newfoundland
Daylight saving time[edit]
Four Canadian cities, by local ordinance, used Daylight Saving Time in 1916. Bra
ndon, Manitoba on April 17 became the first place in the world to use it. It was
followed by Winnipeg on April 23, Halifax on April 30, and Hamilton, Ontario on
June 4.[5]
Daylight saving time is now observed in most regions of all provinces and territ
ories, except Saskatchewan (although, since Saskatchewan is in the Mountain Time
Zone and observes CST time it is effectively on DST year round). Under the Cons
titution of Canada, laws related to timekeeping are a purely provincial matter.
In practice, since the late 1960s DST across Canada has been closely or complete
ly synchronized with its observance in the United States to promote consistent e
conomic and social interaction. When the United States extended DST in 1987 to t
he first Sunday in April, all DST-observing Canadian provinces followed suit to
mimic the change.
The latest United States change (Energy Policy Act of 2005), adding parts of Mar
ch and November starting in 2007, was adopted by the various provinces and terri
tories on the following dates:
October 20, 2005
Ontario,[6] Manitoba[7]
Quebec December 5, 2005[8]
Prince Edward Island
December 6, 2005[9]
New Brunswick
December 23, 2005[10]
Alberta February 2, 2006[11]

Northwest Territories
March 4, 2006[12]
British Columbia March 31, 2006[13]
Nova Scotia
April 25, 2006[14]
Yukon July 14, 2006[15]
Newfoundland and Labrador
November 20, 2006, but officially announced on January
18, 2007[16]
Nunavut February 19, 2007[17]
Saskatchewan no official action taken, as the province does not change their clo
cks back in winter.
IANA time zone database[edit]
Data for Canada from zone.tab of the IANA time zone database. Columns marked wit
h * are the columns from zone.tab itself.
c.c.* coordinates*
TZ*
comments*
UTC offset
UTC offset DST
Notes
CA
+4734-05243
America/St_Johns
Newfoundland Time, including SE
Labrador
-03:30 -02:30
CA
+4439-06336
America/Halifax Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia (most places
), PEI -04:00 -03:00
CA
+4612-05957
America/Glace_Bay
Atlantic Time - Nova Scotia - pl
aces that did not observe DST 1966-1971 -04:00 -03:00
CA
+4606-06447
America/Moncton Atlantic Time - New Brunswick -04:00
-03:00
CA
+5320-06025
America/Goose_Bay
Atlantic Time - Labrador - most
locations
-04:00 -03:00
CA
+5125-05707
America/Blanc-Sablon
Atlantic Standard Time - Quebec
- Lower North Shore
-04:00 -04:00
CA
+4531-07334
America/Montreal
Eastern Time - Quebec - most loc
ations -05:00 -04:00
CA
+4339-07923
America/Toronto Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - most l
ocations
-05:00 -04:00
CA
+4901-08816
America/Nipigon Eastern Time - Ontario & Quebec - places
that did not observe DST 1967-1973
-05:00 -04:00
CA
+4823-08915
America/Thunder_Bay
Eastern Time - Thunder Bay, Onta
rio
-05:00 -04:00
CA
+6344-06828
America/Iqaluit Eastern Time - east Nunavut - most locat
ions
-05:00 -04:00
CA
+6608-06544
America/Pangnirtung
Eastern Time - Pangnirtung, Nuna
vut
-05:00 -04:00
CA
+744144-0944945 America/Resolute
Central Time - Resolute, Nunavut
-06:00 -05:00
CA
+484531-0913718 America/Atikokan
Eastern Standard Time - Atikokan
, Ontario and Southampton I, Nunavut
-05:00 -05:00
CA
+624900-0920459 America/Rankin_Inlet
Central Time - central Nunavut
-06:00 -05:00
CA
+4953-09709
America/Winnipeg
Central Time - Manitoba & west O
ntario -06:00 -05:00
CA
+4843-09434
America/Rainy_River
Central Time - Rainy River & For
t Frances, Ontario
-06:00 -05:00
CA
+5024-10439
America/Regina Central Standard Time - Saskatchewan - m
ost locations -06:00 -06:00
CA
+5017-10750
America/Swift_Current Central Standard Time - Saskatch
ewan - midwest -06:00 -06:00
CA
+5333-11328
America/Edmonton
Mountain Time - Alberta, east Br
itish Columbia & west Saskatchewan
-07:00 -06:00
CA
+690650-1050310 America/Cambridge_Bay Mountain Time - west Nunavut
-07:00 -06:00
CA
+6227-11421
America/Yellowknife
Mountain Time - central Northwes
t Territories -07:00 -06:00
CA
+682059-1334300 America/Inuvik Mountain Time - west Northwest Territori
es
-07:00 -06:00

CA
+4906-11631
America/Creston Mountain Standard Time - Creston, Britis
h Columbia
-07:00 -07:00
CA
+5946-12014
America/Dawson_Creek
Mountain Standard Time - Dawson
Creek & Fort Saint John, British Columbia
-07:00 -07:00
CA
+4916-12307
America/Vancouver
Pacific Time - west British Colu
mbia
-08:00 -07:00
CA
+6043-13503
America/Whitehorse
Pacific Time - south Yukon
-08:00 -07:00
CA
+6404-13925
America/Dawson Pacific Time - north Yukon
-08:00
-07:00
See also[edit]
Lists of time zones
Newfoundland's Daylight Saving Act of 1917
British Columbia time plebiscite, 1972
Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting
National Research Council Time Signal
Date and time notation in Canada
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ A small section at La Biche River Airport in the southeast corner is s
hown as being on Mountain Standard Time.[2]
Jump up ^ Prairie Creek Airport, operated by Canadian Zinc, located in the south
west NT is shown as observing PST/PDT. North of Sixty Fishing Camps (Obre Lake/N
orth of Sixty Airport) and Kasba Lake Lodge (Kasba Lake Airport) are shown as op
erating on CST/CDT[2]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Clark Blaise, Time Lord: Sir Sandford Fleming and the creation of stan
dard time (New York, First Vintage Books: 2000) pp.81-82. ISBN 0-375-40176-8
^ Jump up to: a b c d Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to
0901Z 18 September 2014
Jump up ^ New Time Zone in Fort Nelson, timeanddate.com, September 21, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Legal time in Qubec, Ministry of Justice of Quebec, April 20, 2
015.
Jump up ^ Doris Chase Doane, Time Changes in Canada and Mexico, 2nd edition, 197
2
Jump up ^ Time Act
Jump up ^ Province Introduces Legislation that Would Extend Daylight Saving Time
in Manitoba (The Official Time Amendment Act,The Official Time Act)
Jump up ^ Bill n2 : Legal Time Act
Jump up ^ An Act to Amend the Time Uniformity Act
Jump up ^ Changes to daylight saving time in New Brunswick in 2007 (05/12/23)
Jump up ^ Alberta sees the light with a timely announcement
Jump up ^ Daylight Saving Time Regulations
Jump up ^ New Daylight Saving Time Takes Effect in 2007
Jump up ^ Nova Scotia to Change Daylight Saving Time
Jump up ^ Yukon To Adopt Extended Daylight Saving Time Starting March 2007
Jump up ^ An Act Respecting Standard Time and Daylight Time in the Province
Jump up ^ Nunavut News/North "Nunavut to follow new seasonal time standard"
External links[edit]
It's about TIME
Saskatchewan time system
Canadian time zone maps
Official Times across Canada
North American Time zone maps and border data
[show] v t e
Time in Canada (by province or territory)
[show] v t e
Time in the Americas
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