Canada Real-time Astronomical Calculations

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Next 7 Days Sunrise & Sunset Forecast for Canada

Automatic daily forecast calculated for this location. Times update with your selected date.

Date Sunrise Sunset Solar Noon Day Length Golden Hour (Eve)
City Breakdown

Major Cities in Canada

Toronto

Canada • Ontario

Toronto, Canada's largest city on Lake Ontario, offers striking CN Tower skyline silhouettes against Lake Ontario sunrises.

Vancouver

Canada • British Columbia

Check sunrise and sunset times in Vancouver, Canada today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 49.2827°, -123.1207° (America/Vancouver). Popular places to watch the sun include English Bay, Stanley Park Seawall, Grouse Mountain. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Montreal

Canada • Quebec

Check sunrise and sunset times in Montreal, Canada today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 45.5017°, -73.5673° (America/Toronto). Popular places to watch the sun include Mount Royal, Old Port, Jacques-Cartier Bridge. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Calgary

Canada • Alberta

Check sunrise and sunset times in Calgary, Canada today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 51.0447°, -114.0719° (America/Edmonton). Popular places to watch the sun include Nose Hill Park, Glenmore Reservoir, Edworthy Park. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Ottawa

Canada • Ontario

Check sunrise and sunset times in Ottawa, Canada today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 45.4215°, -75.6972° (America/Toronto). Popular places to watch the sun include Parliament Hill, Rideau Canal, Gatineau Park. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Edmonton

Canada • Alberta

Check sunrise and sunset times in Edmonton, Canada today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 53.5461°, -113.4938° (America/Edmonton). Popular places to watch the sun include River Valley, Alberta Legislature Grounds, Hawrelak Park. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Canada Cities — Today's Sunrise & Sunset Times

Today's sunrise, sunset, and day length for all 10 cities in Canada on this site, computed with NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms and each city's local timezone.

CitySunriseSunsetDay Length
Toronto (Ontario)
Vancouver (British Columbia)
Montreal (Quebec)
Calgary (Alberta)
Ottawa (Ontario)
Edmonton (Alberta)
Winnipeg (Manitoba)
Quebec City (Quebec)
Halifax (Nova Scotia)
Victoria (British Columbia)

Solar & Astronomical Facts About Canada

  • 1Whitehorse, Yukon receives over 19 hours of daylight during the peak of summer.
  • 2St. John's, Newfoundland is the easternmost city in North America to greet the morning sunrise.
  • 3Southern cities like Vancouver and Toronto experience dramatic seasonal golden hour shifts.

How Seasons Change Sunrise & Sunset in Canada

Canada follows the northern seasonal clock: longest days around 21 June, shortest around 21 December. At the Ottawa reference in 2026, June 21 sunrise is 05:14 AM and sunset 08:54 PM (15h 40m); December 21 is 07:39 AM / 04:21 PM (8h 42m).

Canada observes Daylight Saving Time, so printed sunrise and sunset jump by an hour when the offset changes — on top of the Sun's real seasonal motion.

Latitude still sets day length. In June, Edmonton (53.5° ) has 17h 3m of daylight versus 15h 26m in Toronto (43.7°). In December those figures are 7h 28m and 8h 55m.

This country uses 5 IANA timezones among the cities listed here. Halifax and Victoria do not share a clock, so comparing printed sunrise times without converting to UTC is misleading. On 21 June those local sunrises are 05:29 AM (America/Halifax) and 05:11 AM (America/Vancouver).

Canada stacks six civil time zones on high northern latitudes. Halifax sees dawn first in absolute time; Victoria prints a late Pacific sunrise. Prairie cities such as Edmonton add a second shock: June evenings past 10:00 PM and December days under eight hours.

The territories go further — midnight twilight and polar day — but even the ten listed metros are enough to make a single “sunrise in Canada” headline useless. Compare the big three in sunrise across Canada.

2026 Solstice Snapshot — Cities in Canada

Official sunrise and sunset (upper limb on a flat horizon) on 21 June (northern summer) and 21 December (northern winter), each city’s local timezone. Sorted east to west. Open a city page for the live calendar, azimuth, and golden hour.

City Timezone 21 Jun sunrise 21 Jun sunset Jun day 21 Dec sunrise 21 Dec sunset Dec day
Halifax America/Halifax 05:29 AM 09:03 PM 15h 34m 07:47 AM 04:36 PM 8h 49m
Quebec City America/Toronto 04:50 AM 08:42 PM 15h 52m 07:26 AM 03:58 PM 8h 32m
Montreal America/Toronto 05:05 AM 08:46 PM 15h 41m 07:30 AM 04:12 PM 8h 42m
Ottawa America/Toronto 05:14 AM 08:54 PM 15h 40m 07:39 AM 04:21 PM 8h 42m
Toronto America/Toronto 05:36 AM 09:02 PM 15h 26m 07:47 AM 04:42 PM 8h 55m
Winnipeg America/Winnipeg 05:19 AM 09:40 PM 16h 21m 08:23 AM 04:28 PM 8h 5m
Edmonton America/Edmonton 05:04 AM 10:07 PM 17h 3m 08:47 AM 04:15 PM 7h 28m
Calgary America/Edmonton 05:21 AM 09:54 PM 16h 33m 08:36 AM 04:31 PM 7h 55m
Vancouver America/Vancouver 05:06 AM 09:21 PM 16h 15m 08:04 AM 04:15 PM 8h 11m
Victoria America/Vancouver 05:11 AM 09:18 PM 16h 7m 08:01 AM 04:20 PM 8h 19m

At the Ottawa reference in 2026, the longest civil day is Jun 22, 2026 (15h 41m 0s) and the shortest is Dec 21, 2026 (8h 42m 0s). Earliest sunrise and latest sunset often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.

Use this page for today’s times across Canada and a 7-day forecast. Times in the widget are computed for the capital reference (Ottawa) in America/Toronto. The month calendar below adds azimuth, twilight, golden hour, and blue hour. City pages pick up longitude-specific clock shifts and popular viewpoints.

Full Month Sun Calendar

Ottawa Sun Times — September 2026

Day-by-day sunrise, sunset, compass azimuth, day-length change, civil/nautical/astronomical twilight, golden hour, blue hour, and solar noon for Ottawa in America/Toronto. Times use NOAA/Meeus algorithms with standard atmospheric refraction (zenith 90.833°). Scroll sideways for photography and twilight columns, or use the arrows to browse other months.

Date Sunrise Sunset Day Length Diff Solar Noon Civil Nautical Astronomical Golden hour Blue hour
Time Azimuth Time Azimuth Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Morning Evening Morning Evening
Tue, Sep 106:24 AM77° ENE07:42 PM283° WNW13h 18m 0s—01:03 PM05:53 AM08:13 PM05:16 AM08:49 PM04:37 AM09:29 PM06:05 AM – 07:03 AM07:02 PM – 08:01 PM05:41 AM – 06:05 AM08:01 PM – 08:25 PM
Wed, Sep 206:25 AM78° ENE07:40 PM282° WNW13h 15m 0s−3m 0s01:02 PM05:54 AM08:11 PM05:18 AM08:47 PM04:39 AM09:26 PM06:06 AM – 07:04 AM07:01 PM – 07:59 PM05:42 AM – 06:06 AM07:59 PM – 08:23 PM
Thu, Sep 306:26 AM78° ENE07:38 PM281° WNW13h 12m 0s−3m 0s01:02 PM05:56 AM08:09 PM05:19 AM08:45 PM04:40 AM09:24 PM06:08 AM – 07:06 AM06:59 PM – 07:57 PM05:44 AM – 06:08 AM07:57 PM – 08:21 PM
Fri, Sep 406:27 AM79° ENE07:36 PM281° W13h 9m 0s−3m 0s01:01 PM05:57 AM08:07 PM05:21 AM08:43 PM04:42 AM09:22 PM06:09 AM – 07:07 AM06:57 PM – 07:55 PM05:45 AM – 06:09 AM07:55 PM – 08:19 PM
Sat, Sep 506:29 AM79° E07:35 PM281° W13h 6m 0s−3m 0s01:02 PM05:58 AM08:05 PM05:22 AM08:41 PM04:44 AM09:19 PM06:10 AM – 07:08 AM06:55 PM – 07:53 PM05:46 AM – 06:10 AM07:53 PM – 08:17 PM
Sun, Sep 606:30 AM80° E07:33 PM280° W13h 3m 0s−3m 0s01:01 PM06:00 AM08:03 PM05:23 AM08:39 PM04:45 AM09:17 PM06:11 AM – 07:09 AM06:53 PM – 07:51 PM05:48 AM – 06:11 AM07:51 PM – 08:15 PM
Mon, Sep 706:31 AM80° E07:31 PM279° W13h 0m 0s−3m 0s01:01 PM06:01 AM08:01 PM05:25 AM08:37 PM04:47 AM09:15 PM06:13 AM – 07:10 AM06:52 PM – 07:49 PM05:49 AM – 06:13 AM07:49 PM – 08:13 PM
Tue, Sep 806:32 AM81° E07:29 PM279° W12h 57m 0s−3m 0s01:00 PM06:02 AM07:59 PM05:26 AM08:35 PM04:49 AM09:13 PM06:14 AM – 07:11 AM06:50 PM – 07:47 PM05:50 AM – 06:14 AM07:47 PM – 08:11 PM
Wed, Sep 906:34 AM82° E07:27 PM278° W12h 53m 0s−4m 0s01:00 PM06:04 AM07:57 PM05:28 AM08:33 PM04:50 AM09:10 PM06:15 AM – 07:13 AM06:48 PM – 07:45 PM05:52 AM – 06:15 AM07:45 PM – 08:09 PM
Thu, Sep 1006:35 AM82° E07:25 PM278° W12h 50m 0s−3m 0s01:00 PM06:05 AM07:55 PM05:29 AM08:31 PM04:52 AM09:08 PM06:16 AM – 07:14 AM06:46 PM – 07:43 PM05:53 AM – 06:16 AM07:43 PM – 08:07 PM
Fri, Sep 1106:36 AM83° E07:23 PM277° W12h 47m 0s−3m 0s12:59 PM06:06 AM07:53 PM05:30 AM08:29 PM04:53 AM09:06 PM06:18 AM – 07:15 AM06:44 PM – 07:42 PM05:54 AM – 06:18 AM07:42 PM – 08:05 PM
Sat, Sep 1206:37 AM83° E07:21 PM277° W12h 44m 0s−3m 0s12:59 PM06:07 AM07:51 PM05:32 AM08:27 PM04:55 AM09:04 PM06:19 AM – 07:16 AM06:42 PM – 07:40 PM05:56 AM – 06:19 AM07:40 PM – 08:03 PM
Sun, Sep 1306:38 AM84° E07:19 PM276° W12h 41m 0s−3m 0s12:58 PM06:09 AM07:49 PM05:33 AM08:25 PM04:56 AM09:02 PM06:20 AM – 07:17 AM06:40 PM – 07:38 PM05:57 AM – 06:20 AM07:38 PM – 08:01 PM
Mon, Sep 1406:40 AM84° E07:18 PM276° W12h 38m 0s−3m 0s12:59 PM06:10 AM07:47 PM05:35 AM08:23 PM04:58 AM08:59 PM06:21 AM – 07:19 AM06:39 PM – 07:36 PM05:58 AM – 06:21 AM07:36 PM – 07:59 PM
Tue, Sep 1506:41 AM85° E07:16 PM275° W12h 35m 0s−3m 0s12:58 PM06:11 AM07:45 PM05:36 AM08:21 PM04:59 AM08:57 PM06:23 AM – 07:20 AM06:37 PM – 07:34 PM06:00 AM – 06:23 AM07:34 PM – 07:57 PM
Wed, Sep 1606:42 AM85° E07:14 PM275° W12h 32m 0s−3m 0s12:58 PM06:12 AM07:43 PM05:37 AM08:19 PM05:01 AM08:55 PM06:24 AM – 07:21 AM06:35 PM – 07:32 PM06:01 AM – 06:24 AM07:32 PM – 07:55 PM
Thu, Sep 1706:43 AM86° E07:12 PM274° W12h 29m 0s−3m 0s12:57 PM06:14 AM07:41 PM05:39 AM08:17 PM05:02 AM08:53 PM06:25 AM – 07:22 AM06:33 PM – 07:30 PM06:02 AM – 06:25 AM07:30 PM – 07:53 PM
Fri, Sep 1806:45 AM87° E07:10 PM273° W12h 25m 0s−4m 0s12:57 PM06:15 AM07:40 PM05:40 AM08:15 PM05:04 AM08:51 PM06:26 AM – 07:24 AM06:31 PM – 07:28 PM06:03 AM – 06:26 AM07:28 PM – 07:51 PM
Sat, Sep 1906:46 AM87° E07:08 PM273° W12h 22m 0s−3m 0s12:57 PM06:16 AM07:38 PM05:41 AM08:12 PM05:05 AM08:48 PM06:28 AM – 07:25 AM06:29 PM – 07:26 PM06:05 AM – 06:28 AM07:26 PM – 07:49 PM
Sun, Sep 2006:47 AM88° E07:06 PM272° W12h 19m 0s−3m 0s12:56 PM06:17 AM07:36 PM05:43 AM08:10 PM05:07 AM08:46 PM06:29 AM – 07:26 AM06:27 PM – 07:24 PM06:06 AM – 06:29 AM07:24 PM – 07:47 PM
Mon, Sep 2106:48 AM88° E07:04 PM272° W12h 16m 0s−3m 0s12:56 PM06:19 AM07:34 PM05:44 AM08:08 PM05:08 AM08:44 PM06:30 AM – 07:27 AM06:25 PM – 07:22 PM06:07 AM – 06:30 AM07:22 PM – 07:45 PM
Tue, Sep 2206:49 AM89° E07:02 PM271° W12h 13m 0s−3m 0s12:55 PM06:20 AM07:32 PM05:45 AM08:06 PM05:10 AM08:42 PM06:31 AM – 07:28 AM06:23 PM – 07:20 PM06:08 AM – 06:31 AM07:20 PM – 07:43 PM
Wed, Sep 23 Today06:51 AM89° E07:00 PM271° W12h 9m 0s−4m 0s12:55 PM06:21 AM07:30 PM05:47 AM08:04 PM05:11 AM08:40 PM06:33 AM – 07:30 AM06:21 PM – 07:18 PM06:10 AM – 06:33 AM07:18 PM – 07:41 PM
Thu, Sep 2406:52 AM90° E06:58 PM270° W12h 6m 0s−3m 0s12:55 PM06:22 AM07:28 PM05:48 AM08:02 PM05:12 AM08:38 PM06:34 AM – 07:31 AM06:19 PM – 07:16 PM06:11 AM – 06:34 AM07:16 PM – 07:39 PM
Fri, Sep 2506:53 AM90° E06:56 PM269° W12h 3m 0s−3m 0s12:54 PM06:24 AM07:26 PM05:49 AM08:00 PM05:14 AM08:36 PM06:35 AM – 07:32 AM06:17 PM – 07:14 PM06:12 AM – 06:35 AM07:14 PM – 07:37 PM
Sat, Sep 2606:54 AM91° E06:54 PM269° W12h 0m 0s−3m 0s12:54 PM06:25 AM07:24 PM05:50 AM07:58 PM05:15 AM08:34 PM06:36 AM – 07:33 AM06:15 PM – 07:13 PM06:13 AM – 06:36 AM07:13 PM – 07:35 PM
Sun, Sep 2706:56 AM92° E06:53 PM268° W11h 57m 0s−3m 0s12:54 PM06:26 AM07:22 PM05:52 AM07:56 PM05:17 AM08:32 PM06:38 AM – 07:35 AM06:13 PM – 07:11 PM06:15 AM – 06:38 AM07:11 PM – 07:33 PM
Mon, Sep 2806:57 AM92° E06:51 PM268° W11h 54m 0s−3m 0s12:54 PM06:27 AM07:20 PM05:53 AM07:54 PM05:18 AM08:30 PM06:39 AM – 07:36 AM06:11 PM – 07:09 PM06:16 AM – 06:39 AM07:09 PM – 07:31 PM
Tue, Sep 2906:58 AM93° E06:49 PM267° W11h 51m 0s−3m 0s12:53 PM06:29 AM07:18 PM05:54 AM07:53 PM05:19 AM08:28 PM06:40 AM – 07:37 AM06:10 PM – 07:07 PM06:17 AM – 06:40 AM07:07 PM – 07:30 PM
Wed, Sep 3006:59 AM93° E06:47 PM267° W11h 48m 0s−3m 0s12:53 PM06:30 AM07:16 PM05:56 AM07:51 PM05:21 AM08:26 PM06:41 AM – 07:39 AM06:08 PM – 07:05 PM06:18 AM – 06:41 AM07:05 PM – 07:28 PM

Tip: pair this calendar with our Day Length, Twilight, and Golden Hour tools for photography and planning.

Canada Sunrise & Sunset by Month (2026)

This table shows the sunrise, sunset, and day length in Canada on the 1st of every month, computed with the same NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms used across this site. Day length is longest in July and shortest in January.

MonthSunriseSunsetDay Length
January 107:42 AM04:29 PM8h 47m 0s
February 107:24 AM05:08 PM9h 44m 0s
March 106:41 AM05:48 PM11h 7m 0s
April 106:43 AM07:29 PM12h 46m 0s
May 105:51 AM08:08 PM14h 17m 0s
June 105:18 AM08:43 PM15h 25m 0s
July 105:18 AM08:55 PM15h 37m 0s
August 105:46 AM08:31 PM14h 45m 0s
September 106:24 AM07:42 PM13h 18m 0s
October 107:01 AM06:45 PM11h 44m 0s
November 106:41 AM04:51 PM10h 10m 0s
December 107:21 AM04:21 PM9h 0m 0s
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Sunrise Across Canada: Why Halifax Sees Dawn Hours Before Vancouver Canada Guides
10 min read • August 15, 2026

Sunrise Across Canada: Why Halifax Sees Dawn Hours Before Vancouver

Canada spans six time zones and high northern latitudes. Compare 2026 solstice times for Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Montreal, Calgary, and Edmonton — including prairie evenings past 10 PM.

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Canada Sunrise & Sunset FAQ

Toronto daylight reaches 15 hours and 26 minutes during the summer solstice.
Yes, towns like Inuvik experience 56 days of continuous 24-hour daylight in summer.
Sunrise and sunset in Canada are calculated daily from its coordinates and the America/Toronto timezone. Check the live solar cards on this page for today’s exact local times, day length, and the countdown to the next event.
Today the sun rises at 76° ENE and sets at 284° WNW in Canada. Face that compass bearing from an open viewpoint — sunrise is rarely due east, and sunset is rarely due west.
Evening golden hour in Canada starts about an hour before sunset; evening blue hour follows as the Sun drops below the horizon. Morning windows are listed in the golden hour section on this page.
In 2026, the longest day in Canada is Jun 22, 2026 with 15h 41m 0s of daylight, and the shortest is Dec 21, 2026 with 8h 42m 0s.
In 2026, the earliest sunrise in Canada is 05:13 AM on Jun 16, 2026. The latest sunset is 08:55 PM on Jun 22, 2026. The latest sunrise is 07:42 AM on Jan 1, 2026, and the earliest sunset is 04:19 PM on Dec 5, 2026. These clock-time extremes often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.
Yes, Canada shifts its clocks for Daylight Saving Time, which changes sunrise and sunset by one hour on the local clock during part of the year.

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