Ready to fall back? When daylight saving time ends in Canada
Global News
Get ready to set those clocks back an hour, Canada.
Although we’re only a few weeks into fall, it’s already time to start thinking about the winter ahead and the increased darkness we Canadians will soon have to endure.
Daylight saving time 2024 will come to an end on Nov. 3, so consider this your one-month warning.
Canadians in most time zones can “fall back” on Saturday, Nov. 2 this year before they head to bed, as the clocks roll back in the wee morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 3, while most people are sleeping.
(The Yukon, most of Saskatchewan and some parts of British Columbia and Quebec stay on standard time.)
Nowadays, most digital and Wi-Fi-connected devices will roll back automatically, but it never hurts to check your clocks on Nov. 3, and save yourself the embarrassment of showing up to work late on Monday.
For years, Canadians tired of this twice-yearly, time-travelling switch have argued that daylight saving time should be permanent across Canada.
Peter Graefe, an associate professor of political science at McMaster University, previously told Global News it wouldn’t be an easy switch, unless all provinces — and even our neighbours to the south — were to sign on.
“It’s difficult because it’s a collective action problem,” he said.