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Time in Canada now

 
 
Sunday, November 1, 2026
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 -5
Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York
Sunday November 1 2026
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 14 2027
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 Canada

Los Angeles
−2 hours		−2 hours
Chicago0
New York0
Toronto0
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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Canada on the map

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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.