Time zones in Canada are getting complicated. These maps lay them out

Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
Date: 2026-09-18 18:57:22.0
Tags: [National, Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, Governance, Transportation]

Manitoba has become the latest province to adopt permanent daylight saving time, ending semi-annual clock changes and aligning with recent policy shifts in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories. Yukon abolished clock changes in 2020, and Saskatchewan maintains year-round standard time. This regional patchwork has created unique time zone anomalies, such as a small portion of northwestern Ontario around Kenora falling one hour behind both Thunder Bay and Winnipeg during the winter months, while Ontario's previously enacted legislation to end clock changes remains contingent on matching actions by Quebec and New York.