Clocks Go Back One Hour This Sunday (7th)

The winter is well and truly upon us at this stage, and you know the holidays are getting closer when the clocks go back by an hour.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) is used in over 70 countries and affects over one billion people every year, but the beginning and end dates vary from one country to another.

In Canada, the beginning and end dates even vary between provinces, with some holding on to the changes, while others have disregarded what is effectively an extra hour sleep.

When local daylight time is about to reach 02:00am on Sunday, November 7^th, the clocks are turned backward one hour to 01:00am Sunday, November 7^th.

The change means that sunrise and sunset will be about an hour earlier on November 7th than the day before.

The mornings will be brighter, but many people with traditional 9-to-5 jobs will no longer see much daylight outside the office on weekdays until next spring.

Certain areas, like Yukon, most of Saskatchewan, some areas in Québec and some areas in British Columbia don’t use DST and stay on standard time all year.

 

Here are the provinces/territories that use DST between March 14^th and November 7^th:

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec and Saskatchewan (east/west).

Here are the areas in certain provinces/territories that don’t use DST:

British Columbia (east, northeast, southeast), Ontario (northwest), Québec (east) Saskatchewan and Yukon.