Canada · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Thunder Bay, 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. Thunder Bay 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 Thunder Bay lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Thunder Bay 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 Thunder Bay lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Thunder Bay 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 Thunder Bay.
Practical Info
Thunder Bay (Canada) is home to roughly 110K people. Today brings about 16.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:54, sunset at 22:00. 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 48° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Canada
Capital
Ottawa
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/Toronto
Coordinates
48.38°N, 89.25°W
Currency
CAD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ended outside Thunder Bay on 1 September 1980 after 5,373 kilometres, when his cancer returned. The annual runs held in his name have since raised over $850 million.
The clock: Thunder Bay keeps Eastern Time despite sitting further west than much of the Central zone — Ontario keeps a single clock west to the Manitoba border.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap