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| Canadian daylight saving time | |
|---|---|
| Observed by |
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| Begins | Second Sunday in March |
| Ends | First Sunday in November |
| 2023 date | March 12 – November 5 |
| 2024 date | March 10 – November 3 |
| 2025 date | March 9 – November 2 |
| First time | 1908 |
| Related to | Daylight saving time |
In Canada, daylight saving time (DST) is observed in nine of the country's ten provinces and two of its three territories—though with exceptions in parts of several provinces and Nunavut.[1]
Under the Canadian Constitution, laws related to timekeeping are a provincial and territorial matter.[2] Most of Saskatchewan, despite geographically being in the Mountain Time Zone, observes year-round Central Standard Time (CST). In 2020, Yukon abandoned seasonal time change and moved to permanently observe year-round Mountain Standard Time (MST).[3]
In the regions of Canada that use daylight saving time, it begins on the second Sunday of March at 2 a.m. and ends on the first Sunday in November at 2 a.m. As a result, daylight saving time lasts in Canada for a total of 34 weeks (238 days) every year, about 65 percent of the entire year.
- ^ National Research Council (August 5, 2020). "Time zones and daylight saving time". Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ^ Wiseman, Nelson (1994). "In Search of Manitoba's Constitutional Position, 1950–1990". Journal of Canadian Studies. 29 (3): 85–107. doi:10.3138/jcs.29.3.85. ISSN 0021-9495. S2CID 142488370.
- ^ Government of Yukon (March 4, 2020). "Yukon to end seasonal time change". Retrieved September 23, 2020.