Spring Forward One Hour This Sunday

Brockville – It is that time of year again as we switch from standard time to daylight savings time.

Clocks move or (Spring) forward one hour this Sunday morning, March 10th.

Starting at 2 a.m. on March 10, Ontarians will “lose” an hour as Standard Time comes to an end.

Most of Ontario observes Daylight Saving Time, which comes nine days ahead of the official start of spring this year.

The bi-annual event is meant to maximize sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere by “adding” daylight in the evening in the summer and in the morning in the fall.

Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 3, 2024, at 2 a.m., which some say is the “easier” of the two-time changes observed in a calendar year due to the additional hour of sleep.

The Ontario government did pass legislation back in 2020 to stay on Daylight Saving Time, effectively doing away with the twice-yearly time-change tradition, but nothing has changed yet due to the bill, which has since received royal assent, is contingent on Quebec and New York following suit.