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6 TIME ZONES

OttawaCapital Morning
ESTEastern Standard Time
Friday, November 6 

Daylight saving

Clocks go forward on Mar 14
STANDARDNOWEST -05:00Nov 1 – Mar 14 (2027)
DAYLIGHTEDT -04:00Mar 14 – Nov 7 (2027)
ESTEDTEST
TODAY
JANAPRJULOCTDEC

Time of day

Ottawa
Morning
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NightDawn / duskDaytime

Time zones in Canada · 6

East → west · 4.5 h span
NSTNewfoundland Standard TimeSt. John'sDAYUTC −03:30
ASTAtlantic Standard TimeExcept Quebec · AST · Halifax · MonctonMORNINGUTC −04:00
ESTEastern Standard TimeExcept Ontario · EST · Toronto · MontrealMORNINGUTC −05:00
CSTCentral Standard TimeExcept Saskatchewan · CST · WinnipegMORNINGUTC −06:00
MSTMountain Standard TimeExcept Yukon · MST · Edmonton · YellowknifeMORNINGUTC −07:00
PSTPacific Standard TimeVancouverNIGHTUTC −08:00

Cities · 24

6 zones

Time zone details

IANA reference · one row per zone
America/St_JohnsNSTUTC −03:30DST OFF
America/Glace_Bay↳ America/Blanc-Sablon · Quebec · no DSTASTUTC −04:00DST OFF
America/Toronto↳ America/Atikokan · Ontario · no DSTESTUTC −05:00DST OFF
America/Rainy_River↳ America/Regina · Saskatchewan · no DSTCSTUTC −06:00DST OFF
America/Cambridge_Bay↳ America/Creston · Yukon · no DSTMSTUTC −07:00DST OFF
America/VancouverPSTUTC −08:00DST OFF

About Canada

facts
Continent
North America
Capital
Ottawa
Time zones
6
Spread
4.5 hours east to west
Daylight saving
Observed