Daylight saving time ends earlier than last year in Canada

Daylight saving time ends earlier than last year in Canada.

As kids head back to school, the days get shorter and in most parts of Canada, people get ready to “fall back” and change their clocks.

Daylight saving time started to save energy and give people more daylight hours in the evening. It starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday in November.

In 2025, the clocks went forward on Sunday, March 9, at 2 a.m., and they will go back on Nov. 2 in 2025.

Nov. 2 is the second-earliest date, Nov. 1 being the earliest, that the time change can end. Last year, daylight saving time ended on Nov. 3. In 2026, the first Sunday in November falls on Nov. 1, and in 2027, it will fall on Nov. 7.

While it’s not a huge inconvenience to change clocks, studies show issues associated with the time change include increased hospital admissions, car crashes and stress, according to John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health.

The change can disrupt natural sleeping patterns and impact cardiovascular health, mental health and lower cognitive performance.

But daylight saving time remains in place despite efforts to end it in Ontario. The Ford government passed the Time Amendment Act in November 2020 to make the time now called daylight saving time the standard time year-round. However, the province is waiting on Quebec and New York State to pass similar legislation.

Quebec launched a public consultation on the issue last fall. And New York state has established a task force on daylight saving time to study the effects of the state opting out of daylight saving time.

This could be the last year to change the clocks. For now, however, get ready to gain an extra hour in the morning this November.

Photo: Enikő Tóth