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Coordinated Universal Time and Greenwich Mean Time Offsets in Canada |
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Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is used as the official world reference for time. Coordinated Universal Time replaced the use of
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in 1972. You will often see time zones represented similar to UTC - 5h or GMT - 5h. In this example the (-5h) refers to that time zone being five hours behind UTC or GMT and so forth for the
other time zones. UTC+5h or GMT +5h would refer to that time zone being five hours ahead of UTC of GMT and so forth for the other time zones.
In areas of Canada that observe Daylight Saving Time
local residents will move their clocks ahead one hour ahead when Daylight Saving Time begins. As a result, their UTC offset would change from UTC - 5h to UTC - 4 hrs. Canada uses six primary time zones. From east to
west they are Newfoundland Time Zone, Atlantic Time Zone, Eastern Time, Central Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone, and the Pacific Time Zone. The table below shows the GMT offsets for each of these zones. |
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Time Zones in Canada |
Examples of places in Canada using these Time Zones |
UTC or GMT Offset
Standard Time |
UTC or GMT offset
Daylight Saving Time |
Newfoundland |
Newfoundland |
UTC - 3h30m |
UTC - 2h30m |
Atlantic |
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Part of Quebec near the eastern shore. Areas in Quebec east of 63 ° west longitude do not observe daylight saving time. |
UTC - 4h |
UTC - 3h |
Eastern |
Most of Nunavut, most of Ontario, most of Quebec |
UTC - 5h |
UTC - 4h |
Central |
The areas of Ontario, west of 90° west longitude,
Manitoba, Saskatchewan except for Lloydminster. The portion of Saskatchwan in the Central Time Zone does not observe Daylight
Saving Time. |
UTC - 6h |
UTC - 5h |
Mountain |
Alberta, part of British Columbia, North West Territories,
Lloydminster in Saskatchewan |
UTC - 7h |
UTC - 6h |
Pacific |
British Columbia, Yukon |
UTC - 8h |
UTC - 7h |
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Current UTC or GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) |
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Saturday
11/21/2009
1:50 pm
GMT
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