Current time in Ottawa, Canada
Eastern Time
UTC−04:00- Time zone
- Eastern Time · America/Toronto
- UTC offset now
- UTC−04:00 EDT
- Abbreviation
- EST / EDT
- Daylight saving
- Forward the second Sunday in March at 02:00, back the first Sunday in November at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 (EDT → EST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Ontario, Canada (capital) · 45.41° N, 75.70° W
- Population
- 1,017,449
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Ottawa at about 12:03 standard time: the clock runs about 3 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:46 and 13:13 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:05 | 19:15 | 12h 10m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:14 | 20:54 | 15h 40m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:49 | 19:00 | 12h 10m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:39 | 16:22 | 8h 43m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:58–18:46 (11 h 48 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Montréal · 160 km
- Toronto · 350 km
- The Bronx, United States · 530 km
- New York City, United States · 540 km
- Philadelphia, United States · 610 km
- Detroit, United States · 680 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- The Bronx, United States · 530 km
- New York City, United States · 540 km
- Philadelphia, United States · 610 km
- Detroit, United States · 680 km
- Washington, United States · 730 km
- Indianapolis, United States · 1,060 km