Manitobans fall back: Clocks move back 1 hour to mark end of daylight time this weekend
Clocks move back 1 hour at 2 a.m. Sunday
It's that time of year again when Manitobans get an extra hour of sleep, as clocks will fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday.
Daylight time ends on the first Sunday in November and resumes the second Sunday in March, under the Official Time Act, the province said in a Friday reminder.
The transition back to standard time will happen at 2 a.m. on Sunday, as the clocks will turn back to 1 a.m., in Manitoba and most of the rest of Canada.
However, there are exceptions — in Yukon and Saskatchewan, the clocks stay on standard time year-round (meaning Saskatchewan and Manitoba will both be on central standard time after this weekend).
The province reminds residents that changing your clocks is also a good opportunity to check smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to make sure they're in working condition.
The twice-yearly time change has long been controversial, with some Manitobans wishing to axe it.
In 2022, then municipal relations minister Eileen Clarke introduced a bill in the legislature that would let the province ditch the time change — but only to stay in sync with trading partners if the U.S. first moved to do so.