Canada
Time now in Ontario
Sunrise 06:38Sunset 08:44Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/Toronto
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
14,223,942
Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
08:44
Day length
14h 06m
Coordinates
49.25, -84.50
Time difference from Ontario
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Ontario right now.
Ontario on the map
About the time in Ontario
Ontario sits at latitude 49.25, in the temperate-north band, so day length here swings sharply between midwinter and midsummer — today's 14h 06m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Ontario runs on America/Toronto, which puts the city UTC −4 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Ontario day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 13:00–21:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Frequently asked questions about time in Ontario
- When do the sun rise and set in Ontario today?
- Sunrise is at 06:38 and sunset at 08:44, giving 14h 06m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Ontario in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Ontario runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Toronto, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Ontario right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Ontario, updating every second from America/Toronto (UTC −4).
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