Canada · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Quebec City, Canada runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Quebec City and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Quebec City lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Quebec City and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Quebec City lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Quebec City and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Quebec City.
Practical Info
Quebec City (Canada) is home to roughly 550K people. Today brings about 15.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:48, sunset at 20:42. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 47° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Canada
Capital
Ottawa
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/Toronto
Coordinates
46.81°N, 71.21°W
Currency
CAD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Quebec City is the only city in North America north of Mexico with its original fortified walls intact — about 4.6 kilometres of them, which is why UNESCO listed the old town in 1985.
The clock: Quebec keeps Eastern Time. Its Winter Carnival, running since 1955, is the largest of its kind and takes place in a month whose average high stays below −5°C.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap