Canada Clocks Fall Back Nov. 1, 2026: Which Provinces Do Not Change Time

Clocks go back one hour at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Ontario’s Eastern Time zone, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, but British Columbia (BC), Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the Northwest Territories (NWT) will not change, according to their governments. For BC, Alberta, Manitoba and the NWT it is the first fall in which the change does not happen. Our table below lists every province and territory, and a second table shows what that does to the time differences across Canada this winter.

A one-page printable list of the Nov. 1 changes is on this page for the fridge or the office wall.

Which provinces change clocks on Nov. 1, 2026?

Times are given in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) offsets, so a reader can compare any two places. “UTC-7” means seven hours behind UTC.

Province or territory	Clocks change Nov. 1?	Time from Nov. 1	UTC offset	Source
British Columbia	No	Pacific time, kept at daylight saving time (DST) all year	UTC-7	BC Ministry of Attorney General, March 2, 2026
Yukon	No	Same time all year since 2020	UTC-7	Manitoba release of Sept. 17, 2026 lists Yukon with permanent time
Alberta	No	Alberta Time, all year	UTC-6	Government of Alberta
Saskatchewan	No	Central Standard Time (CST), all year	UTC-6	Government of Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories	No	Northwest Territories Time, all year	UTC-6	Government of the NWT, Sept. 23, 2026
Manitoba	No	Stays on daylight time	UTC-5	Province of Manitoba, Sept. 17, 2026
Northwestern Ontario (for example Kenora)	Reported no	Stays on daylight time, reported	UTC-5	CP24 / Canadian Press, Oct. 13, 2026
Ontario (Eastern Time zone)	Yes, 2 a.m.	Eastern Standard Time (EST)	UTC-5	No change announced
Quebec	Yes, 2 a.m.	Eastern Standard Time	UTC-5	No change announced
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island	Yes, 2 a.m.	Atlantic Standard Time	UTC-4	No change announced
Newfoundland and Labrador	Yes, 2 a.m.	Newfoundland Standard Time (Labrador mostly Atlantic Standard Time, UTC-4)	UTC-3:30	No change announced
Nunavut	Yes, in most of the territory	Three zones, including Eastern Standard Time and Central Standard Time	Varies	No change announced

Where the last column says “No change announced”, the provincial governments have said nothing about ending the clock change, so clocks go back as usual.

What each government says

British Columbia. A March 2, 2026, release from the Ministry of Attorney General called the March 8 spring-forward “the final time change in British Columbia.” It adds: “On Nov. 1, 2026, when previously clocks would have been turned back an hour, no change will be made, and the adjustment will not be required.” Pacific time “will be set seven hours behind co-ordinated universal time (UTC-7), matching the current offset used during daylight saving time.”

Alberta. The Government of Alberta says the province “officially moves to Alberta Time on November 1, 2026.” Alberta Time, “previously called Mountain Daylight Time or MDT in Alberta,” is equivalent to UTC-6. “Beginning in November 2026, clocks will no longer reset to Mountain Standard Time (MST), and Alberta will remain on Alberta Time year-round.”

Saskatchewan. Under The Time Act, 2026, “All of Saskatchewan observes Central Standard Time (CST), or Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) -6, year-round,” and there are “currently no time option areas.” Until 2026, Lloydminster and the surrounding area followed Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) from November to March to stay aligned with Alberta. With Alberta now at UTC-6, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories share one time all year.

Manitoba. On Sept. 17, 2026, Premier Wab Kinew announced that Manitoba “has decided to remain on daylight saving time (DST) permanently,” meaning “clocks will not revert to standard time on Nov. 1.” The province said 92 per cent of Manitobans surveyed wanted an end to seasonal changes; 58 per cent preferred permanent DST and 34 per cent preferred staying on standard time. Manitoba stays on Central Daylight Time, UTC-5.

Northwest Territories. Regulations creating Northwest Territories Time (UTC-06:00) came into force on Aug. 21, 2026. The Sept. 23 release says that on Nov. 1, “when clocks would normally be turned back by one hour, no time change will occur in the NWT.”

Yukon. Yukon has kept UTC-7 all year since 2020.

What about eastern British Columbia and northwestern Ontario?

The BC release says mountain-time communities in eastern BC “will not be affected by these changes.” Dawson Creek observes Mountain Standard Time (MST) year-round and will share the time of most of BC in winter and summer. Cranbrook, which switches between standard and daylight time, was described as aligned with the rest of the province in winter. Because Alberta itself is moving to UTC-6 all year, communities on mountain time in eastern BC should check with their municipality.

In northwestern Ontario, the Canadian Press reported on Oct. 13, 2026, that the Ontario government said it intends to keep communities that follow Central Time, such as Kenora, on daylight time to stay aligned with Manitoba, with changes in place by Nov. 1. We could not find Ontario’s own announcement, so treat this as reported and check with your municipality. Ontario has announced no change for the Eastern Time zone, so Toronto still goes back.

How big is the time difference across Canada this winter?

The gaps change on Nov. 1 because some places move and others do not. This table compares each city with Toronto, which is on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) until Oct. 31 and Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) after. U.S. clocks also go back at 2 a.m. local time on Nov. 1, as our report on the U.S. change explains.

City	UTC offset from Nov. 1	Behind or ahead of Toronto until Oct. 31	Behind or ahead of Toronto from Nov. 1	Same time as, this winter
Vancouver	UTC-7	3 hours behind	2 hours behind	Denver (Mountain Standard Time)
Calgary	UTC-6	2 hours behind	1 hour behind	Chicago (CST)
Regina	UTC-6	2 hours behind	1 hour behind	Chicago (CST)
Winnipeg	UTC-5	1 hour behind	Same time	New York (EST)
Toronto	UTC-5	Not applicable	Not applicable	New York (EST)
Halifax	UTC-4	1 hour ahead	1 hour ahead	One hour ahead of New York
St. John’s	UTC-3:30	1.5 hours ahead	1.5 hours ahead	One and a half hours ahead of New York

Computed from the offsets above. Vancouver at UTC-7 is one hour ahead of Seattle on Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC-8) and one hour behind Calgary.

When do clocks go forward next?

For regions that still change clocks, the next change is on Sunday, March 14, 2027, the second Sunday in March. Our daylight saving time guide has the U.S. dates, and the 2027 clock change story covers the spring change. In Europe, clocks went back a week earlier; see how the UK and Europe time difference shifts.

Quick checklist for Nov. 1

• Check the row for your province in the table, or print the list of Canadian clock changes.
• If you schedule calls with the East or the United States, recheck the gap in the second table.
• On devices in the NWT, the territorial government says some older devices and computers running Windows will need a manual update.
• Mark Nov. 1 on a November 2026 printable calendar; Canadian statutory days are on our Canada holidays calendar.