Halloween and daylight saving time coincide in 2026: What to know

While most Ontarians will turn their clocks this weekend, others won’t have to “fall back” an hour.

Daylight saving time (DST) is permanent in Kenora and throughout northwestern Ontario, but for the rest of the province, clocks will fall back one hour at 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. DST spans from March to November, when the time is an hour ahead of the standard time observed in the fall and winter months.

This region of Ontario is making the change to stay aligned with Manitoba, which announced in September that it would no longer move back to standard time.