Clocks in America/Toronto run on Eastern Time (EDT, UTC−4); software knows the zone as America/Toronto.
Does America/Toronto observe daylight saving time?
Yes. America/Toronto is on daylight saving time now. The next changes:
Sunday 1 November 2026: clocks go back at 02:00 to 01:00 (EDT → EST)
Sunday 14 March 2027: clocks go forward at 02:00 to 03:00 (EST → EDT)
Sunday 7 November 2027: clocks go back at 02:00 to 01:00 (EDT → EST)
America/Toronto in software and databases
Older software may still use America/Montreal, America/Nassau, America/Nipigon, America/Thunder_Bay, Canada/Eastern; these are aliases of America/Toronto and give identical times.
Standard offset UTC−5, daylight saving offset UTC−4 (as of 2026).
America/Toronto time zone
Eastern Time
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
IANA: America/Toronto · UTC−4
Daylight saving time in America/Toronto
In effect now
Next change: Sun 1 Nov, clocks go back 1 hour (02:00 → 01:00)