Welcome back to Daylight Saving Time (DST).
It’s the time of year where you adjust the various clocks in your home to reflect the new time.
Or, you are one of those that never needs to adjust your clocks because you didn’t get around to do it in the fall. That’s ok too.
A brief history of DST dates back to the first world war when in 1918 the federal government joined the US and practiced DST to work during more daylight hours to support war efforts.
After the war ended, so did DST. It made a come back during WWII, again to support war efforts.
But, that is Canada wide.
DST actually made it’s first appearance in Canada in Thunder Bay.
It was a (hopefully) sunny day on July 1, 1908 when residents of Port Arthur literally turned their clocks forward by one hour. It wasn’t long after that in neighbouring Manitoba and Saskatchewan some cities followed suit.
However, it not all of Canada follows DST; Saskatchewan, Yukon and parts of Northern British Columbia don’t participate.
Across the globe there are more than 70 countries that have Daylight Saving Time, but their start and end dates vary.
