Toronto is still reeling from a series of intense snowstorms, creating a winter landscape reminiscent of a ski town, which has made this season feel like the true arrival of a Canadian winter after a few milder years. As residents climb over towering snowbanks and navigate narrow sidewalks, it’s hard to believe that the harsh winter days are slowly giving way to the arrival of spring.
While the city has announced that snow removal efforts will take a few weeks, the lingering snowstorms are a reminder that colder days persist. However, just as winter begins to lose its grip, there’s a silver lining on the horizon: the arrival of Daylight Saving Time.
The days have been getting longer since the winter solstice on December 21, and as Ontario pushes through the darkest weeks of winter, the clocks will “spring forward” on March 9, marking the official start of Daylight Saving Time. This shift will add an extra hour of daylight in the evenings, allowing the sun to stay up later right off the bat. While some criticize Daylight Saving Time as outdated, it has been a practice in parts of Canada for over a century. For many, it’s a much-needed change that signals brighter days ahead.
Despite the loss of an hour of sleep on March 9 (as clocks shift from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.), the bonus daylight is an exciting prospect. On the evening of Sunday, March 9, the sun will linger until 7:17 p.m., a full hour later than the previous day, bringing an immediate sense of longer days. While mornings will get darker, with the sun rising an hour later at 7:40 a.m. compared to 6:42 a.m. the day before, many prefer the extended evenings over earlier sunrises.
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By the time the first day of spring arrives on March 20, the sun will rise at 7:20 a.m. and set at 7:30 p.m., giving us a whopping 3 hours and 14 minutes more daylight than on the winter solstice. This shift in daylight hours will continue, steadily growing as we move towards the spring and summer months.
Though provincial legislation has been passed to end the practice of Daylight Saving Time, implementation is a complex matter, as it would require cooperation from neighboring regions like New York and Quebec. As of now, parts of Canada like Saskatchewan and Yukon, as well as some areas in Quebec, B.C., and Nunavut’s Southampton Island, do not observe Daylight Saving Time.
As the days grow longer, even in the aftermath of heavy snowstorms, the promise of more daylight signals the end of winter’s grip, and the start of longer, brighter days in Toronto.
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