When you go to bed Saturday night, don’t forget to put your clocks ahead an hour, as Daylight Savings begins March 13.
It won’t be until Nov. 6 that clock will fall back when Daylight Savings Time ends.
Daylight Saving Time History in Canada
- Canada first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1908.
- Canada has observed DST for 110 years between 1908 and 2022 (DST in at least one location).
- Previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1913.
- On July 1, 1908, the residents of Port Arthur, Ontario, today's Thunder Bay, turned their clocks forward by one hour to start the world's first Daylight Savings Time period. Other locations in Canada soon followed suit.
- On April 23, 1914, Regina in Saskatchewan implemented DST. The cities of Winnipeg and Brandon in Manitoba did so on April 24, 1916.
