[加拿大新聞] When clocks go back this fall in Ontario and how it could be the last time

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Evenings are slowly getting darker with earlier sunsets and with the clock change set for later in the fall, evenings will see even less daylight.

Daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November each year.

And this year, daylight saving time is set to end on the earliest possible date, with the first Sunday of November falling on the first day of the month.

That means clocks will fall back by one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, marking a move to standard tim

Those out celebrating Halloween overnight will have an extra hour to party — or to sleep in the next morning.

In terms of how that affects sunrise and sunset times, according to timeanddate.com, the day before the clocks change on Oct. 31, the sunrise time in Toronto will be 7:52 a.m., while the sunset time will be 6:09 p.m.

After the time falls back by one hour, the sunrise time will be 6:53 a.m. on Nov. 1 and the sunset time will be 5:08 p.m.

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Might it be the last time we turn our clocks back?

Earlier this year, Ontario became one step closer to eliminating twice-a-year clock changes.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent year-round.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would support the change

The bill still needs to be reviewed by the Senate, but there isn’t a vote currently scheduled, meaning it’s not clear when — or if — it will pass. That means it appears this fall’s time change is still going ahead.

But how does that affect Ontario?

Back in 2020, the province passed legislation to eliminate the twice-a-year clock changt

he province’s Time Amendment Act allows Ontario to adopt permanent daylight saving time, instead of having it for only part of the year.

However, the change has never taken effect.

The Ontario government has said it will only move ahead with permanent daylight saving time if both Quebec and New York State adopt the same approach. The three jurisdictions are closely tied economically and share major transportation, broadcast and financial market connection

Officials have said moving forward on its own could create confusion for cross-border commuters, travel schedules, television broadcast times and business operations — particularly in sectors such as finance that rely on synchronized time zones.

If the U.S. does move forward with permanent daylight saving time and Ontario follows, assuming the bill is passed after Nov. 1, this would mark the last time clocks fall back. (They would still have to spring forward to move onto daylight saving time — permanently.)