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Time in Canada now

17:50:41

Thursday, May 21, 2026, week 21

International Tea Day / World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

Canada has 6 time zones. The time zone for the capital Ottawa is used here.
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Time zone info for Canada

UTC -4

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST)
The IANA time zone identifier for Canada is America/Toronto.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -5 / Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Canada

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+1 hours
UTC	+4 hours
Lagos	+5 hours
London	+5 hours
Johannesburg	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Istanbul	+7 hours
Moscow	+7 hours
Dubai	+8 hours
Mumbai	+9.5 hours
Hong Kong	+12 hours
Shanghai	+12 hours
Singapore	+12 hours
Tokyo	+13 hours
Sydney	+14 hours

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Canada on the map

Continent: North America
Area: 9,984,670 km²
Capital: Ottawa
Currency: Dollar (CAD)
Calling code: +1
Internet top level domain: .ca
Latitude: 60.11. Longitude: -113.64
Population: 37,059,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Canada 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

The 25 largest cities in
Canada