Daylight saving time starts soon in Canada and this is how late sunsets will be
Clocks won't change everywhere though! ⏰
Sunset in Vancouver.
Are you ready for the clocks to change? Daylight saving time is starting soon in Canada.
Even though most of the country will lose an hour of sleep, it means later sunsets every evening!
When the clock is about to hit 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, the time will turn to 3 a.m. instead as Canada enters daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time, which is also known as DST, means we spring forward so the sun rises later in the morning and sets later in the evening.
These are the sunset times on March 9 after DST starts:
- Vancouver — 7:08 p.m.
- Calgary — 7:31 p.m.
- Whitehorse — 7:48 p.m.
- Yellowknife — 7:23 p.m.
- Iqaluit — 6:18 p.m.
- Regina — 6:45 p.m.
- Winnipeg — 7:24 p.m.
- Toronto — 7:16 p.m.
- Ottawa — 7:01 p.m.
- Montreal — 6:52 p.m.
- Fredericton — 7:24 p.m.
- Charlottewtown — 7:10 p.m.
- Halifax — 7:12 p.m.
- St. John's — 6:58 p.m.
Then, every day after that, the sunset gets later and later. By the end of March, the sun will set near or after 8 p.m. depending on where you are in Canada!
Not every place in Canada will have a time change on March 9, 2025.
Yukon observes a standard time all year long and got rid of time changes in 2020.
There is no DST in most of Saskatchewan, including Regina, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, and Swift Current. Only a few places in the province will spring forward in 2025.
In B.C., there is no time change in Chetwynd, Creston, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, and Fort St. John.
Also, only a few parts of Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut don't change clocks in March and November to switch between daylight saving and standard time.