Introduction to time zones & DST in Canada

There are totally 6 time zones in Canada, most of which are similar with those in USA, including Eastern Standard Time、Central Standard Time、Mountain Standard Time、Pacific Standard Time. The other two are Atlantic Standard Time and Newfoundland Standard Time.

Starting in 2007, Canada follows the new North American standard for Daylight Saving Time, which begins on the second Sunday in March, and ends on the first Sunday of November. Take 2017 as an example, Canada observes DST on March 12th, and ends on November 5th.

It is worth noting that, some parts of Canada don't oberve Daylight Saving Time, including some areas of Québec, east of 63 degrees west longitude, most of Saskatchewan and Southampton Island.

DST periods of Canada (2020 ~ 2021)

Year	Date	Type
2020	2020-3-8	Start of DST
	2020-11-1	End of DST

Time zones currently being used in Canada

Canada is currently using 8 time zones , MST , PDT , CST , MDT , CDT , EDT , ADT , NDT

Offset	Time Zone	Example City	Current Time
UTC -07:00	MST	Creston	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
UTC -07:00	PDT	Victoria City	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
UTC -06:00	CST	Saskatoon	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
UTC -06:00	MDT	Calgary	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
UTC -05:00	CDT	Winnipeg	11:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
UTC -04:00	EDT	Toronto	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
UTC -03:00	ADT	Halifax	13:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
UTC -02:30	NDT	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	14:12 Sat, 2020-07-11

Time zones to be used in Canada

Offset	Time Zone	Commences
UTC -08:00	PST	2020-11-01
UTC -07:00	MST	2020-11-01
UTC -06:00	CST	2020-11-01
UTC -05:00	EST	2020-11-01
UTC -04:00	AST	2020-11-01
UTC -03:30	NST	2020-11-01

Time of Cities in Canada

MST (UTC -07:00)

City	Time
Creston	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

PDT (UTC -07:00)

City	Time
Victoria City	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Vancouver	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Surrey	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Burnaby	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Richmond	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Abbotsford	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Coquitlam	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Kelowna	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Saanich	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

City	Time
Kamloops	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Nanaimo	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Victoria	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Dawson Creek	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Whitehorse, Yukon	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Fort Nelson	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Dawson City	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Okanagan Valley	09:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

CST (UTC -06:00)

City	Time
Saskatoon	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Regina	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

City	Time
Swift Current	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

MDT (UTC -06:00)

City	Time
Calgary	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Edmonton	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Yellowknife	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Banff town	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

City	Time
Cambridge Bay	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Inuvik	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Red Deer	10:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

CDT (UTC -05:00)

City	Time
Winnipeg	11:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Atikokan	11:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

City	Time
Rankin Inlet	11:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

EDT (UTC -04:00)

City	Time
Toronto	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Montreal	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Ottawa	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Quebec City	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Mississauga	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Brampton	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Hamilton	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Laval	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
London	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Markham	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Vaughan	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Gatineau	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Longueuil	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Kitchener	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Windsor	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Richmond Hill	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Oakville	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

City	Time
Burlington	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Sherbrooke	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Oshawa	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Saguenay	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Barrie	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
St. Catharines	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Trois-Rivières	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Cambridge	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Kingston	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Whitby	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Guelph	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Ajax	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Thunder Bay	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Chatham-Kent	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Gaspé	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Iqaluit	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Pangnirtung	12:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

ADT (UTC -03:00)

City	Time
Halifax	13:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Cape Breton Regional Municipality	13:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Saint John	13:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Moncton	13:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

City	Time
Fredericton	13:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Glace Bay	13:42 Sat, 2020-07-11
Goose Bay	13:42 Sat, 2020-07-11

NDT (UTC -02:30)

City	Time
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	14:12 Sat, 2020-07-11
St. John's	14:12 Sat, 2020-07-11

City	Time
Blanc-Sablon	14:12 Sat, 2020-07-11