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Time in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada now

02:55:26PM

Friday, 6 March, 2026, week 10

Ottawa switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:31AM ↓ 05:57PM (11h 25m) - More info - Make Ottawa time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Ottawa

UTC -5

Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -4 / Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
The IANA time zone identifier for Ottawa is America/Toronto.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

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

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

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

Time difference
from Ottawa

Los Angeles	−3 hours	−3 hours
Chicago	−1 hours	−1 hours
New York	0
Toronto	0
São Paulo	+2 hours
London	+5 hours
UTC	+5 hours
Lagos	+6 hours
Paris	+6 hours
Zurich	+6 hours
Cairo	+7 hours
Johannesburg	+7 hours
Istanbul	+8 hours
Moscow	+8 hours
Dubai	+9 hours
Mumbai	+10.5 hours
Hong Kong	+13 hours
Shanghai	+13 hours
Singapore	+13 hours
Tokyo	+14 hours
Sydney	+16 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Ottawa

Sunrise: 06:31AM
Sunset: 05:57PM
Day length: 11h 25m
Solar noon: 12:14PM
The current local time in Ottawa is 14 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Ottawa on the map

Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
Latitude: 45.41. Longitude: -75.70
Population: 1,017,000

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Best restaurants in Ottawa

#1 KINTON RAMEN BARRHAVEN OTTAWA - Ramen food
#2 Via Cibo - Italian and dessert food
#3 Absinthe - French and vegetarian options food

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