Toronto, Canada
Current time in Canada
Time zone: EDT (UTC/GMT -04:00) — America/Toronto
| Standard Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST) = UTC-5 Daylight Saving Time Zone: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) = UTC-4 Toronto is the most populous city in Canada, the provincial capital of Ontario, and the centre of the Greater Toronto Area, the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. In the 2011 census, Toronto had a population of 2,615,060, making it the fifth largest city in North America. A population estimate from a city report released in 2013 shows the city is now the fourth most populous city in North America, after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles. As an established global city, Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. |
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Current Time in other Cities of Canada
What time zone is Toronto in?
Toronto keeps EDT (4 hours behind UTC, UTC-04:00). Its database zone is America/Toronto — worth knowing if you are scheduling anything that has to survive a daylight saving change.
One date to watch: Sunday, 01 November 2026. That is when Toronto goes back 1 hour onto EST — recurring meetings set before then will land an hour out unless the calendar handles zones properly.
Toronto is one of 53 Canada cities here, spread over 8 time zones; do not assume the rest of the country reads the same clock.
Time gaps from Toronto right now
Read this as: relative to each city below, Toronto is the stated amount ahead or behind, right now.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | same time as Toronto |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Toronto is 3 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Toronto is 5 hours behind |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Toronto is 6 hours behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Toronto is 8 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Toronto is 9 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Toronto is 12 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Toronto is 13 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Toronto is 14 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Toronto is 1 hour behind |
Best time to call Toronto
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Toronto local time.
| New York | 09:00–17:00 in Toronto | 8 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 09:00–16:00 in Toronto | 7 hours overlap |
| Los Angeles | 12:00–17:00 in Toronto | 5 hours overlap |
| London | 09:00–12:00 in Toronto | 3 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or Tokyo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
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