Time in Canada

[17] The Government of Canada recommends use of the 24-hour clock (e.g. 14:58), which is widely used in contexts such as transportation schedules, parking meters, and data transmission.

In 2020, the territory of Yukon abandoned seasonal time change and moved to permanently observing MST year-round.

In practice, since the late 1960s DST across Canada has been closely or completely synchronized with its observance in the United States to promote consistent economic and social interaction.

When the United States extended DST in 1987 to the first Sunday in April, all DST-observing Canadian provinces followed suit to mimic the change.

In 2019, the legislature of British Columbia began the process of eliminating the practice of observing daylight saving time in the province.

[28] In a press release, the provincial government stated an intention to maintain alignment of clock time with Washington, Oregon, California, and Yukon.

[29] The move follows a consultation earlier in 2019, in which the province received over 223,000 responses, 93% of which said they would prefer year-round DST as compared to the status quo of changing the clocks twice a year.