Manitoba adopts permanent daylight time

Manitoba·Breaking

Manitobans no longer need to remember to spring forward or fall back one hour on their clocks.

Next scheduled time change was to take place Nov. 1

Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: Sep 17, 2026 10:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago

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Manitoba joins several other provinces and territories that have adopted or are moving toward a permanent time, including British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta and Saskatchewan. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press)

Manitobans no longer need to remember to spring forward or fall back one hour on their clocks.

Daylight time will be in place permanently, Premier Wab Kinew announced in a news release Thursday.

This change means clocks will not revert to standard time on Nov. 1.

Manitoba joins several other provinces and territories that have adopted or are moving toward a permanent time, including British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

More to come.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Darren Bernhardt has been with CBC Manitoba since 2009 and specializes in offbeat and local history stories. He is the author of two bestselling books: The Lesser Known: A History of Oddities from the Heart of the Continent, and Prairie Oddities: Punkinhead, Peculiar Gravity and More Lesser Known Histories.

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