Don’t forget to spring forward this weekend
In most parts of Nunavut and Nunavik, clocks will move ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on March 8
In Nunavik and most of Nunavut, clocks will move forward one hour at 2 a.m., Sunday, March 8. One exception is Coral Harbour, which does not use daylight saving time. Like the province of Saskatchewan, Coral Harbour stays on central standard time all year long.
It’s here already: that time of year when most of us move our clocks ahead by one hour to get more daylight in the evening and less daylight in the morning.
Daylight saving time comes into effect across most of North America on Sunday, March 8, at 2 a.m.
That means you should move your clocks forward by one hour before you go to sleep on Saturday, March 7.
You’ll lose one hour of sleep that night. But afterward, you’ll see one extra hour of light in the evenings.
Most digital devices like smartphones, tablets and laptops will likely change their internal clocks automatically.
But don’t forget to change any manual time-keeping devices that are not connected to the internet.
If you live in Coral Harbour, however, you can ignore that advice.
That’s because Southhampton Island’s time has for many years been tied to that of Saskatchewan, which does not use daylight saving time and stays on central standard time all year long.
According to www.timeanddate.com, other regions of Canada that don’t use daylight saving time include the Lower North Shore of Quebec, parts of British Columbia and parts of southwest Ontario.
This year, Yukon will also move into daylight saving time—but after that, Yukon residents will no longer be required to change their clocks.
That’s because the Yukon government has decided to remain on Pacific daylight saving time all year round.
Please, please can we end this time change business? It is amazing what one hour does to the body’s circadian rhythm. It never fully adjusts. And it’s super pointless up here. Why do we have daylight savings in Nunavut?
I really don’t see the point of time change. it’s like if you want to make the blanket bigger you cut the top of the blanket and sew it at the bottom of the same blanket. it just ruins our routine.
I agree that it’s pointless in Nunavut. Why should we lose one hour of early morning sunlight especially our hunters. And why do we need the extra hour of daylight in the evening?
There is no energy crisis which requires us to conserve fuel. Donald Trump stated that we won’t have to turn back our clocks when DST ends. That would mean we’d still have lost one hour of early morning sunlight. My thinking is it would be better not to turn back our clocks next time daylight savings time comes around again in 2021. But who am I to have that view, eh?