Current time in Edmonton, Canada
The current local time in Edmonton is shown below. Edmonton observes MST in winter and MDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Edmonton?
Edmonton uses Mountain Standard Time at UTC-7, switching to Mountain Daylight Time at UTC-6 from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November. The city's high latitude produces dramatic seasonal day-length variation: mid-December daylight is around seven and a half hours, while June solstice daylight stretches past 17 hours with summer twilight extending close to midnight. Alberta has held intermittent debate over abolishing DST through provincial referendums, but has consistently maintained the federal-aligned schedule.
What are the working hours in Edmonton?
Edmonton's working economy is anchored by the oil and gas industry (the petroleum refining capacity around the city is the largest concentration in Canada), the provincial government, the University of Alberta, and a substantial winter-resilient construction and trades sector. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00, with extended shifts in the resource industries. The Klondike Days fair (now K-Days) in late July and the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in August are the major public events. Winter conditions from November through March routinely produce sub-zero working days.
Where is Edmonton?
Edmonton sits in the boreal forest belt of central Alberta on the North Saskatchewan River, around 530 kilometres south of Yellowknife and 300 kilometres north of Calgary. The metropolitan area holds around 1.5 million residents, making it Canada's sixth-largest city and the northernmost large city in North America at around 53.5 degrees north. The river valley, the largest urban parkland system in the country, divides the city centre and produces a distinctive ravine network. The provincial capital function anchors a substantial government employment base.