Exact time now:

The exact time in Toronto shows the current local time in Canada's largest city and its financial and cultural capital. Toronto operates on Eastern Time (ET), which is Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC-5) during winter and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4) during summer. Canada observes DST in sync with the United States — in 2026, clocks spring forward on March 8 and fall back on November 1.

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), the eighth-largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalisation and home to over 1,500 listed companies, trades from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET. As Canada's senior equities exchange and the primary global exchange for mining and energy companies, TSX's trading hours are fully synchronised with New York (both on Eastern Time), making the Toronto-New York financial corridor seamless. TSX Venture Exchange (for small-cap companies) follows the same schedule.

Canada spans six time zones — from Newfoundland (UTC-3:30) to the Pacific (UTC-8) — making Ontario and Quebec the only major regions on Eastern Time. Toronto's position as Canada's business capital means that while a meeting scheduled at 10:00 AM ET in Toronto is 7:00 AM PT in Vancouver, financial markets operate on a single Eastern Time clock. All TSX timestamps and corporate announcements use ET as the reference.

Toronto is in the same time zone as New York, meaning no difference for the busiest cross-border business corridor in North America. It is 5 hours behind London (GMT/BST), 6 hours behind Central Europe, 13 hours behind Beijing/Singapore, 14 hours behind Tokyo, and 16 hours behind Sydney (AEDT). Best times for European calls: 8:00-10:00 AM ET (1:00-3:00 PM GMT). For Asia, early morning ET (7:00-8:00 AM) coincides with evening in East Asia (8:00-9:00 PM in Beijing/Singapore).