Seasonal time changes in N.W.T. officially end as of Nov. 1

The territory announced that seasonal time changes will end on Nov. 1, following an announcement earlier this year that the N.W.T. would move to one consistent time zone. (Carson Asmundson/CBC)Social SharingOn Nov. 1 when N.W.T. residents would normally turn back their clocks by one hour, no change will occur. 

In a news release Wednesday, the territory announced seasonal time changes will end on Nov. 1, following an announcement earlier this year that the N.W.T. would move to one consistent time zone. 

The change keeps the Northwest Territories’ time in line with Alberta, which officially moved to keep the province on year-round daylight time in June. Alberta’s change also comes into effect Nov. 1.

According to public feedback, over 87 per cent of respondents to a survey from the territorial government expressed support for maintaining one time zone. 

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The change provides greater consistency, Premier R.J. Simpson is quoted as saying in Wednesday’s news release. 

The new Northwest Territories Time, as the territory is calling it, brings the N.W.T. permanently one hour ahead of Yukon and only one hour behind Iqaluit over the winter. Nunavut’s Kitikmeot region, historically on Mountain Time with the N.W.T., will now be one hour behind the Northwest Territories over the winter, and continue to be on the same time over the summer.