Daylight Saving Time: Get Ready to Spring Forward This Weekend

Published on March 6, 2024

Daylight saving time is set to make its annual appearance this weekend, but time will not be springing forward for all Canadians. While the majority of Canadians will be setting their clocks an hour ahead before going to bed March 9, nothing will change for residents of the Yukon and most of Saskatchewan. There are a few small pockets in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec that have also shunned the annual time change. For the rest of the country, however, daylight saving time (DST) will begin at 2 a.m. on March 10. Each Canadian municipality can decide if it will implement DST, which is why some small areas in B.C., Ontario and Quebec run on a different time schedule than the majority of their provinces. In B.C., for instance, Chetwynd, Creston, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, and Fort St. John have all opted to stay on Standard Time....