What is the current time inOntario Time now?

What is the Time Zone ofOntario Time, Canada?

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

• Daylight Saving Time began: Sunday 8 March 2020  02:00 local time. Clocks went forward one hour.
• Daylight Saving Time ends: Sunday 1 November 2020 02:00 local time. Clocks go back one hour.

USA and Canada past and future DST schedules here

Daylight Saving 2020

Eastern Time - USA & Canada

ET ~ East Coast Time

Eastern Standard Time ( EST ) = GMT-5

Eastern Daylight Time ( EDT ) = GMT-4

What time zone isOntario in?

The Eastern part of Ontario(most of Ontario and all the major towns & cities) lie in the Eastern Time Zone , which is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-5 ) and the Western part of Ontario, west of 90° W longitude, are in the Central Time Zone , which is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean time ( GMT-6 ).

DoesOntario observe Daylight Saving Time?

Like most provinces in Canada, Daylight Saving Time is observed in Ontario, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour, resulting in a 4 hours ( GMT-4 ) and 5 hours ( GMT-5 ) difference behind GMT for the Eastern and Western part of Ontario respectively.

After the Summer months the time is shifted back by 1 hour resulting in the normal time difference behind GMT.