Ontario to Move Northwest Regions to Permanent Daylight Time

Parts of Ontario move to permanent daylight saving time to avoid disruption for businesses and families. What will happen on November 1?

The Ontario government announced that it will be making daylight saving time permanent in parts of northwestern Ontario to keep in sync with Manitoba

Ontario announces permanent daylight saving time for northwestern parts of the province

The Ontario government will be making daylight saving time permanent in the parts of northwestern Ontario that have usually kept their clocks in sync with neighbouring Manitoba. The province plans to make a regulatory change under the Time Act on Nov. 1. The move was spurred on by Manitoba announcing plans to adopt permanent daylight saving time also beginning Nov. 1. Ontario says the recently announced change for northwestern Ontario will keep …

Kenora asks province to end clock changes

Kenora’s City Council is asking Ontario to let the city remain on daylight saving time year-round alongside Manitoba, but approval before the Nov. 1 clock change remains uncertain.

Northwestern Ontario to stop changing clocks this November

What to know Northwestern Ontario, including Kenora and areas west of Thunder Bay, will stay on daylight saving time year-round starting Nov. 1, meaning residents won’t turn their clocks back. The Ontario government says the change will align the region with Manitoba, which announced on Sept. 17 that it would permanently observe daylight saving time. The decision aims to prevent disruptions for businesses, workers, families and Indigenous commu…

Portions of Northwest Ontario to end seasonal clock changes

The Ontario government is moving to end seasonal time changes for communities west of Thunder Bay, keeping them on a permanent schedule.

Ontario is ending time changes — but not for most of us

Under the proposed change, affected communities in northwestern Ontario that currently change their clocks seasonally would not need to turn them back on Nov. 1, 2026.