Canada clock changes 2026: who falls back on 1 November
British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories stop changing their clocks this year. Here is what changes on Sunday 1 November, province by province, and what it does to your meetings.
The short answer
- Clocks go back one hour at 02:00 local time on Sunday 1 November 2026 in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and most of Nunavut. A few places in those provinces and territories never change (Atikokan, Blanc-Sablon, Southampton Island); the table lists them.
- Clocks do not change in British Columbia (stays on UTC−7; the exception is Golden, which goes back one hour on 1 November to join the rest of B.C.: see below), Alberta (UTC−6), Manitoba (UTC−5) and the Northwest Territories (UTC−6). Yukon and most of Saskatchewan already kept one time all year.
- North-western Ontario is expected to follow Manitoba, but this was not final when we checked (see below).
Live: the time in Canada right now
Vancouver, Calgary, Yellowknife and Winnipeg use the official 2026 offsets, even if your device's time-zone data is older; if your device disagrees, we say so next to the city. The other cities use your device's data, which has not changed for them.
The live clocks need JavaScript. The table below has the same information.
Province by province
"Gap to Toronto" shows how far each place is from Toronto today and from 1 November. Where the two differ, every meeting between that place and Eastern Canada moves by an hour for someone.
| Area | Sun 1 Nov 2026 | Winter 2026–27 | Gap to Toronto (now → winter) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia (most areas, incl. Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna) | No change | UTC−7 | 3 h behind Toronto → 2 h behind Toronto | B.C. government · IANA 2026e |
| B.C.: Peace River region and Northern Rockies (Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson) | No change | UTC−7 | 3 h behind Toronto → 2 h behind Toronto | B.C. government · IANA 2026e |
| B.C.: Creston | No change | UTC−7 | 3 h behind Toronto → 2 h behind Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| B.C.: south-east (Cranbrook, Invermere, Fernie) | No change | UTC−6 | 2 h behind Toronto → 1 h behind Toronto | B.C. government · IANA 2026e |
| B.C.: Golden | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−7 | 2 h behind Toronto | B.C. government · no separate IANA zone |
| Yukon | No change | UTC−7 | 3 h behind Toronto → 2 h behind Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton) | No change | UTC−6 | 2 h behind Toronto → 1 h behind Toronto | Government of Alberta · IANA 2026e |
| Northwest Territories (Yellowknife and most areas) | No change | UTC−6 | 2 h behind Toronto → 1 h behind Toronto | GNWT, 23 Sep 2026 · IANA 2026e |
| Northwest Territories: Inuvik region | No change | UTC−6 | 2 h behind Toronto → 1 h behind Toronto | GNWT, 23 Sep 2026 · IANA 2026e |
| Saskatchewan (most areas) | No change | UTC−6 | 2 h behind Toronto → 1 h behind Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Manitoba (Winnipeg, Brandon) | No change | UTC−5 | 1 h behind Toronto → same as Toronto | Manitoba government, 17 Sep 2026 · IANA 2026e |
| Ontario north-west, west of 90°W (Kenora, Dryden, Fort Frances, Sioux Lookout) | No change (expected — see note) | UTC−5 | 1 h behind Toronto → same as Toronto | Canadian Press via CP24, 13 Oct 2026 · IANA 2026e |
| Ontario: Atikokan | No change | UTC−5 | 1 h behind Toronto → same as Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Ontario (most areas, incl. Toronto, Ottawa, Thunder Bay) | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−5 | same as Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Quebec (most areas, incl. Montréal, Québec City) | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−5 | same as Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Quebec: Lower North Shore (Blanc-Sablon) | No change | UTC−4 | same as Toronto → 1 h ahead of Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| New Brunswick | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−4 | 1 h ahead of Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−4 | 1 h ahead of Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Newfoundland and south-east Labrador | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−3:30 | 1.5 h ahead of Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Labrador (most areas) | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−4 | 1 h ahead of Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Nunavut east (Iqaluit) | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−5 | same as Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Nunavut central (Rankin Inlet) | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−6 | 1 h behind Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Nunavut west (Cambridge Bay) | Back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00) | UTC−7 | 2 h behind Toronto | IANA 2026e |
| Nunavut: Southampton Island (Coral Harbour) | No change | UTC−5 | 1 h behind Toronto → same as Toronto | IANA 2026e |
Not yet confirmed: north-western Ontario. On 13 October the Ontario government said it intends to make a regulatory change under the Time Act so that communities west of 90°W stay in step with Manitoba. That area includes Kenora, Dryden, Fort Frances, Rainy River, Sioux Lookout and Red Lake. The IANA database already assumes they will. If the change is not made in time, those communities fall back to UTC−6 on 1 November as usual. Thunder Bay stays on Eastern time and still falls back.
Golden, B.C. The B.C. government says Golden makes a last change on 1 November, back one
hour to UTC−7, and keeps that all year, while the rest of south-eastern B.C. (Cranbrook, Invermere, Fernie)
stays aligned with Alberta on UTC−6. The IANA database has no separate zone for Golden, so a device in Golden
set to the Edmonton zone will run an hour fast from 1 November. Setting it to Vancouver time
(America/Vancouver) gives the right answer.
What it does to cross-border and cross-country meetings
For years, Vancouver and Seattle, Calgary and Denver, and Winnipeg and Chicago have shown the same time. From 1 November the Canadian city is an hour ahead of its US neighbour until 14 March 2027, when the US springs forward and they line up again.
| Cities | Until 24 Oct 2026 | 1 Nov 2026 – 13 Mar 2027 | From 28 Mar 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver ↔ Seattle | same time | Vancouver 1 h ahead | same time |
| Calgary ↔ Denver | same time | Calgary 1 h ahead | same time |
| Winnipeg ↔ Chicago | same time | Winnipeg 1 h ahead | same time |
| Vancouver ↔ Toronto | Toronto 3 h ahead | Toronto 2 h ahead | Toronto 3 h ahead |
| Calgary ↔ Toronto | Toronto 2 h ahead | Toronto 1 h ahead | Toronto 2 h ahead |
| Winnipeg ↔ Toronto | Toronto 1 h ahead | same time | Toronto 1 h ahead |
| Vancouver ↔ London | London 8 h ahead | London 7 h ahead | London 8 h ahead |
| Toronto ↔ London | London 5 h ahead | London 5 h ahead | London 5 h ahead |
Pairs with London also differ from 25 to 31 October and from 14 to 27 March, because Europe changes its clocks on different dates. The daylight saving guide has those weeks.
A recurring meeting stays at the same local time for whoever created it. If a Toronto organiser has a 09:00 weekly call with Vancouver, it moves from 06:00 to 07:00 in Vancouver on 1 November. If the organiser is in Vancouver, the call stays put there and moves an hour earlier for Toronto. Check standing meetings the week before.
Why your phone or laptop might show the wrong time
Devices do not learn about time-zone changes by themselves. Each new version of the IANA database (2026e, the one that added Manitoba, came out on 29 September 2026) has to be shipped by Apple, Google, Microsoft and browser makers in a software update, and those arrive on their own schedules. A phone, laptop or browser that has not been updated may show Winnipeg, Calgary or Vancouver an hour behind after 1 November.
- Install system and browser updates before 1 November.
- Check invites against a clock you trust during the first week of November, especially meetings created on an older device.
- Write times in two zones or in UTC for anything important: "10:00 Toronto / 07:00 Vancouver".
Labels will also look odd for a while. B.C. calls its new year-round time "Pacific time" (UTC−7), Alberta calls its time "Alberta Time" (ABT, UTC−6), and the territory calls its time "Northwest Territories Time". Most devices will show something different: the IANA database labels Vancouver MST, Calgary and Inuvik CST, and Winnipeg EST, and some software just shows "GMT−7". The offset is what matters. See time zone abbreviations that cause mix-ups.
Plan a meeting across Canada
The TimeSlotSync meeting matcher ranks the fairest slots for up to six people. It reads time-zone rules from your browser and, if your browser does not have the 2026 Canadian changes yet, applies them itself for Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Inuvik.