Current Time in Waterloo, Canada 🇨🇦
Lat/Long: 43.47° N, 80.52° W
Province: Ontario
Country: 🇨🇦 Canada
IANA Timezone: America/Toronto
Timezone: EST
Daylight Saving Time: Yes ✅ (Abbreviation: EDT)
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Canada: AST, CST, EST, MST, NST, PST
Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in Canada: ADT, CDT, EDT, MDT, NDT, PDT
Time now in other cities in Canada:
Weather forecast for Waterloo provided by Weather.now
Sunrise & Sunset Times for Waterloo
Sunrise
in Waterloo
↑
5:41 AM
Sunset
in Waterloo
↓
9:05 PM
Day Length
15h 24m
Dawn
in Waterloo
5:04 AM
Dusk
in Waterloo
9:42 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Waterloo
Current Phase
Waxing Crescent
Illumination
28.4%
Next Moonrise
↑
Tomorrow, 12:09
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 00:34
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FAQ — Time in Waterloo
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 15:37:33 in Waterloo, Canada. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Waterloo uses America/Toronto (EST) — UTC-05:00. The IANA time zone identifier is America/Toronto, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
Yes, Waterloo observes Daylight Saving Time. Clocks move forward by one hour in spring and back by one hour in autumn. During DST, the local abbreviation becomes EDT (UTC-04:00). Check the Canada public holiday calendar for the exact transition dates each year.
Waterloo is currently -05:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Waterloo's local time, use our time calculator.
In Canada, daylight saving time changes typically happen twice a year. Clocks shift forward by one hour in spring (entering daylight saving time) and shift back by one hour in autumn (returning to standard time). Exact dates vary; see the Canada calendar for this year's transition.