Toronto uses the America/Toronto time zone, with EST (UTC -5:00) during standard time and EDT (UTC -4:00) during daylight saving time.
America/Toronto
EDT
EST
UTC -5:00
EDT
UTC -4:00
Follows local rules
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Toronto runs on Eastern Time (EST/EDT) — same offset as New York and Montreal. TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) trading runs 9:30 AM - 4 PM ET, mirroring the NYSE. Toronto anchors Canadian financial services and is on the same clock as major US East Coast business partners. Business hours 9 AM - 5 PM ET.
North America runs five continental-US timezones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaskan) plus Newfoundland (a 30-minute offset from Atlantic Time — one of the few 30-minute timezones outside Asia). DST is nearly universal (except Arizona, Hawaii, most of Saskatchewan) and runs March → November. Business scheduling defaults to Eastern for multi-office US corporations regardless of headquarters.
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