Most of the province of Saskatchewan, despite geographically being in the Mountain Time Zone, observes year-round CST. Port Arthur, Ontario, was the first place in the world to introduce it, on July 1, 1908.ĭaylight saving time is currently observed in nine of ten provinces and two of three territories, but with exceptions in several provinces and Nunavut. It was followed by Winnipeg on April 23, Halifax on April 30, and Hamilton, Ontario, on June 4. Brandon, Manitoba, adopted it on April 17. Main article: Daylight saving time in Canadaįour Canadian cities, by local ordinance, observed daylight saving time in 1916. This only happened in 1988 and the province now only adjusts its time by one hour for daylight saving time. All of Newfoundland and southern Labrador, which observes GMT−03:30 as its standard time zone, observed GMT−01:30. In 1988, Newfoundland observed "double daylight saving time" from April 3 until October 30, meaning that the time was set ahead by 2 hours.In 1983, the zone (then covering only a small portion of Alaska) was restructured to cover most of Alaska and renamed the Alaska Time Zone. The Yukon Time Zone (GMT−09:00) covered Yukon from 1900 until 1966.Newfoundland Standard Time (NST) GMT−03:30 and Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) GMT−02:30: Quebec (east of the Natashquan River).Quebec ( Magdalen Islands and Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation) Ītlantic Standard Time (AST) UTC−04:00 year-round:.Labrador (all but the southeastern tip).west of 90° West: Atikokan area and New Osnaburgh / Pickle Lake areaĪtlantic Standard Time (AST) GMT−04:00 and Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT) GMT−03:00:.entire Southampton Island ( Coral Harbour).Areas of Labrador adjacent to Schefferville (in Quebec but very close to the Labrador border) observe EST and DST unofficially.Įastern Standard Time (EST) GMT−05:00 year-round:.west of 90° West: Shebandowan and Upsala areas.east of 90° West (except the Big Trout Lake area), plus.all communities in the Qikiqtaaluk Region except Resolute.Saskatchewan (most of the province) (see Lloydminster, and Creighton, above)Įastern Standard Time (EST) GMT−05:00 and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) GMT−04:00:.west of 90° West (except the Atikokan, New Osnaburgh and Pickle Lake areas, and the Shebandowan and Upsala areas)Ĭentral Standard Time (CST) GMT−06:00 year-round:.Resolute plus all communities in the Kivalliq Region and the west shore of Hudson Bay except Southampton Island (Coral Harbour).most of Peace River Regional District (except Fort Ware), including Dawson CreekĬentral Standard Time (CST) GMT−06:00 and Central Daylight Time CDT GMT−05:00:.Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.Mountain Standard Time (MST) GMT−07:00 year-round: Lloydminster and surrounding area (the municipal government chose to unify the entire city with Alberta's time zone).Saskatchewan ( see Time in Saskatchewan).all communities in the Kitikmeot Region.Northwest Territories, except for Tungsten (see above), two fishing lodges in the southeast and a mine site in the southwest.Regional District of Central Kootenay east of the Kootenay River and some parts east of Kootenay Lake that are south of and including Riondel (but not Creston, which observes MST year-round, and Kootenay Bay).Columbia-Shuswap Regional District east of the Selkirk Mountains.Mountain Standard Time (MST) GMT−07:00 and Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) GMT−06:00: British Columbia (most of the province).Pacific Standard Time (PST) GMT−08:00 and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) GMT−07:00: 7:27 p.m.), even when reading from a 24-hour display, similar to the use of the 24-hour clock in the United Kingdom. Speakers of Canadian French predominantly use this system, but most Canadian English speakers use the 12-hour clock in everyday speech (e.g. 19:27), which is widely used in contexts such as transportation schedules, parking meters, and data transmission. The Government of Canada recommends use of the 24-hour clock (e.g. Main article: Date and time notation in Canada § Time
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