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🇨🇦 Canada · North America
Current time in Toronto
05:45:44
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Toronto time zone
- IANA time zone
- America/Toronto
- Current offset
- UTC-4 from UTC
- Daylight saving time
- Observed. Toronto uses UTC-5 in winter and UTC-4 during daylight saving time.
- Coordinates
- 43.6532°, -79.3832°
- Population
- 2.9M
Time difference from Toronto
- London is 5 hours ahead of Toronto.
- New York is 0 hours in the same time as Toronto.
- Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Toronto.
About Toronto's time zone
Ontario adopted Eastern Standard Time alongside the US railroads' 1883 standardisation, and Canadian provinces have generally mirrored US daylight saving dates ever since to keep cross-border scheduling simple. Toronto has followed the current March-to-November DST window since 2007.
Frequently asked questions
- What time zone is Toronto in?
- Toronto uses the America/Toronto time zone, currently UTC-4 from UTC.
- Does Toronto observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Toronto uses UTC-5 in winter and switches to UTC-4 during daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Toronto and other major cities?
- London is 5 hours ahead of Toronto; New York is 0 hours in the same time as Toronto; Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Toronto.