Current time in Regina, Canada
The current local time in Regina is shown below. Regina observes CST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Regina does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Regina
- Standard abbreviation
- CST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Regina?
Regina uses Central Standard Time at UTC-6 year-round. Saskatchewan is the only Canadian province that does not observe daylight saving (with minor local exceptions in border communities), having permanently adopted CST in 1966. In summer, Regina's wall time aligns with the rest of the central provinces operating CST/CDT, providing operational simplicity. In winter, Regina runs an hour behind those provinces. The unusual decision reflects the province's near-Mountain longitude (Regina sits at around 104.6 degrees west) being administratively assigned to Central.
What are the working hours in Regina?
Provincial government, the Crown corporations (SaskTel, SaskPower, SGI), agriculture commodity trading, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police training academy at Depot Division anchor employment. Office hours run 08:30 to 16:30. Saskatchewan's substantial agriculture-dependent economy produces strong seasonal cycles in commercial activity. The Canadian Western Agribition cattle and agriculture exhibition in late November is the largest single calendar event. Provincial holidays include Saskatchewan Day (first Monday of August) on top of the federal calendar. Winter weather between November and March produces frequent scheduling adjustments.
Where is Regina?
Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan, sitting on the south-eastern Canadian prairie around 580 kilometres west of Winnipeg and 760 kilometres east of Calgary. The city proper holds around 230,000 residents and the wider metropolitan area roughly 260,000. The city sits at around 580 metres elevation on flat prairie land, with Wascana Lake at the centre forming a 9 square kilometre artificial body around which the Legislative Building, the University of Regina, and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum cluster. The Trans-Canada Highway runs through the city east-to-west.