2025年3月9日 (日), 2時00分
3月12日 (日)
Forward 1 hour
2028年3月12日 (日) - Daylight Saving Time Starts
When local standard time is about to reach
2028年3月12日日曜日, 2時00分00秒 clocks are turned forward 1 hour to
2028年3月12日日曜日, 3時00分00秒 local daylight time instead.
Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on 2028年3月12日 (日) than the day before. There will be more light in the evening and less light in the morning.
Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.
11月5日 (日)
Back 1 hour
2028年11月5日 (日) - Daylight Saving Time Ends
When local daylight time is about to reach
2028年11月5日日曜日, 2時00分00秒 clocks are turned backward 1 hour to
2028年11月5日日曜日, 1時00分00秒 local standard time instead.
Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on 2028年11月5日 (日) than the day before. There will be more light in the morning and less light in the evening.
Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.
When Does DST Start and End in Canada?
Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Canada starts on the 2nd Sunday in March and ends on the 1st Sunday in November.
Which Provinces and Territories use Daylight Saving Time in 2028
Areas in Canada on standard time all of 2028
Which Provinces and Territories in Canada don't use DST?
Yukon, most of Saskatchewan, some locations in Québec east of 63° westerly longitude (e.g. Blanc-Sablon), Southampton Island, and some areas in British Columbia don't use DST and stay on standard time all year. See table below.
DST in Provinces and Territories in Canada in 2028 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Northwest Territories | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Quebec (east) | No DST |
| British Columbia (east, northeast, southeast) | No DST | Nova Scotia | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Quebec | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) |
| British Columbia | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Nunavut | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Saskatchewan (east, west) | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) |
| Manitoba | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Ontario (northwest) | No DST | Saskatchewan | No DST |
| New Brunswick | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Ontario | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Yukon | No DST |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | Prince Edward Island | 3月12日 (日) – 11月5日 (日) | ||
Daylight Saving Time History in Canada
- Canada first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1908.
- Canada has observed DST for 113 years between 1908 and 2025 (DST in at least one location).
- Previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1913.
- See Worldwide DST Statistics
On July 1, 1908, the residents of Port Arthur, Ontario, today's Thunder Bay, turned their clocks forward by 1 hour to start the world's first DST period. Other locations in Canada soon followed suit. On April 23, 1914, Regina in Saskatchewan implemented DST. The cities of Winnipeg and Brandon in Manitoba did so on April 24, 1916.
DST in Canada Today
It is up to the legislation in each municipality in Canada to decide on the use of DST. As a result, there are some locations don't follow the DST schedule of their in provinces and territories. For example, while British Columbia uses DST, some locations in the province do not. These include Chetwynd, Creston, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, and Fort St. John. In Saskatchewan, it is the opposite. Most of the province does not observe DST, except for some locations, including Creighton and Denare Beach. From March 8, 2020, Yukon made DST permanent.
Since 2007, all provinces, territories, and locations in Canada using DST follow the same start and end dates as the United States.