What time is it in Halifax?
5:19:03 PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 in Halifax, Canada (Atlantic - NS (most areas), PE). UTC−3:00.
- UTC offset
- UTC−3:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Versus Toronto
- 1 hour ahead
- Versus New York
- 1 hour ahead
Why Halifax has its own time
Canada spans 23 time zones, so the answer depends on where in it you mean. Halifax covers atlantic - ns (most areas), pe and is 1 hour ahead Toronto, which is the zone most people mean by “the time in Canada”.
Clocks here change on Sunday, November 1, 2026: 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time, back one hour.
The other zones in Canada
- Toronto4:19 pm · UTC−4:00
- St Johns5:49 pm · UTC−2:30
- Halifax — here5:19 pm · UTC−3:00
- Glace Bay5:19 pm · UTC−3:00
- Moncton5:19 pm · UTC−3:00
- Goose Bay5:19 pm · UTC−3:00
- Blanc-Sablon4:19 pm · UTC−4:00
- Iqaluit4:19 pm · UTC−4:00
- Atikokan3:19 pm · UTC−5:00
- Winnipeg3:19 pm · UTC−5:00
- Resolute3:19 pm · UTC−5:00
- Rankin Inlet3:19 pm · UTC−5:00
- Regina2:19 pm · UTC−6:00
- Swift Current2:19 pm · UTC−6:00
- Edmonton2:19 pm · UTC−6:00
- Cambridge Bay2:19 pm · UTC−6:00
- Inuvik2:19 pm · UTC−6:00
- Vancouver1:19 pm · UTC−7:00
- Creston1:19 pm · UTC−7:00
- Dawson Creek1:19 pm · UTC−7:00
- Fort Nelson1:19 pm · UTC−7:00
- Whitehorse1:19 pm · UTC−7:00
- Dawson1:19 pm · UTC−7:00