Daylight saving time ends: Canadians will gain an extra hour this weekend

Daylight saving time is ending soon, so make sure to turn your clocks back this weekend to avoid being an hour off.

Fall officially started at the end of September, which means that late summer sunsets have come to an end. Not all parts of Canada observe daylight saving time, but Canadians who live in regions that do had to spring forward and change their clocks one hour ahead on March 9.

According to a report submitted to the Canadian Sleep Society, daylight saving was introduced a century ago during the First World War to save energy. However, the practice has since fallen out of favour.

Now, whenever Canadians have to adjust their clocks, an ongoing petition started in 2019 makes the rounds, calling for an end to daylight saving.

When should you adjust your clocks?

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According to the National Research Council Canada, daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday of November. That means that this year, daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 2.

As clocks fall back, the change will affect six time zones nationwide: Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, and Atlantic. Newfoundland DST is also 30 minutes behind Atlantic time.

Whereas clocks moved forward by one hour back in March, according to timeanddate.com, at 2 a.m. local time, Canadians should turn their clocks back to 1 a.m. this Sunday.

“Sunrise and sunset will be about one hour earlier on Nov. 2, 2025, than the day before. There will be more light in the morning and less light in the evening,” states the website.

But not everyone in Canada has to adjust to this biannual time change.

Regions in Canada that don’t observe daylight saving time include most of Saskatchewan, some parts of Quebec and B.C., all of Yukon, and Nunavut’s Southampton Island.

With files from Isabelle Docto