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Time in Canada now

 
 
Friday, August 7, 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 -4
Eastern Time (ET)
always same time as New York
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 02:00AM to 03:00AM 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 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Canada

Los Angeles
−3 hours		−3 hours
Chicago
−1 hours		−1 hours
New York0
Toronto0
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

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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.