Say goodbye to longer days: When daylight saving time ends in Canada

Attention, Canada: Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour when Daylight Saving Time ends.

As winter slowly approaches, daylight hours are already growing shorter, and soon, Canadians will find themselves facing even longer nights for the next four months.

Daylight saving time this year will come to an end on Nov. 2, so consider setting an alert so you don’t forget to adjust your clock back one hour when the time comes.

Canadians in most time zones can “fall back” on Nov. 1 before they head to bed, as the clocks roll back in the early morning hours of Nov. 2 while most people are sleeping.

The Yukon, most of Saskatchewan and some parts of British Columbia and Quebec stay on standard time.

These days, most digital and Wi-Fi-connected devices automatically adjust, but it’s always a good idea to double-check your clocks on Nov. 2. That way, you can avoid the awkwardness of showing up to work a whole hour early on Monday.

Daylight saving time has been part of life in most of Canada for over a century, but momentum is building to put an end to the practice.

“The acute effect is the stroke and heart attack. But the chronic effect of having to change clocks twice a year is that we see an increased risk in cancer, obesity, overall cardiovascular disease and diabetes,” Dr. Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, neurology professor at the University of Pittsburgh, told Global National.

Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde is leading the charge to stop the biannual time switch with a private member’s bill, and is calling for Canada to adopt a single, permanent time by opting out of daylight saving time altogether.