Indexed entity
Ottawa is the ottawa-CA record in Canada: country slug canada, city slug ottawa, ISO CA, continent America, canonical IANA zone America/Toronto.
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Live local time
Ottawa, Canada
06:39:24 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · America/Toronto
Quick answer
It is currently 06:39:24 AM (EDT, UTC-04:00) in Ottawa, Canada — Early morning.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
13°C
Cloudy
3-day forecast
Tue
27°C
13°C
37% rain
Wed
22°C
13°C
Thu
19°C
10°C
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Code
Canadian Dollar
1 USD = 1.38 CAD
Quick conversions
Today
Sunrise
05:17 AM
Sunset
08:44 PM
Day length
15h 27m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Ottawa, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:39 AM UTC.
Current local time
06:39:24 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
EDT
America/Toronto · UTC-04:00
Next holiday
National Aboriginal Day
Sunday, June 21, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Ottawa right now
Nearest airport
YOW
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 10 km
Indexed airports
13
Curated airport references available for Canada
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Ottawa, Canada.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 06:39 EDT
No reference-city overlap right now
Ottawa is currently outside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
Out of window
Offset now
UTC-04:00
Zone label
EDT
London
11:39 AM / +5h
New York
06:39 AM / +0h
Los Angeles
03:39 AM / -3h
Schedule risk
National Aboriginal Day on Sunday, June 21, 2026
Travel cue
YOW Ottawa, 10 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 05:17 AM to 08:44 PM, with solar noon around 01:01 PM and total daylight of 15h 27m.
Mapped location
45.41°N, 75.70°W
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
London
11:39 AM / +5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
New York
06:39 AM / +0h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:39 AM / -3h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:39 PM / +8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Singapore
06:39 PM / +12h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Ottawa.
YOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
Ottawa
YUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montréal
YQB · Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport
Quebec
YYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport
Toronto
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use America/Toronto for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC-04:00; seasonal offset, UTC-05:00 in January and UTC-04:00 in July.
Pick a live coordination window
No reference city overlaps Ottawa right now, so use the comparison table below before sending meeting invites.
Check local interruptions
National Aboriginal Day on Sunday, June 21, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: YOW Ottawa, 10 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
Next detected clock change: November 1, 2026, moving back from 2026-11-01 01:59 (EDT) to 2026-11-01 01:00 (EST).
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Ottawa has a detected clock-change edge. Re-check recurring meetings within two weeks of November 1, 2026, especially if the other city does not change clocks on the same weekend.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Ottawa.
Canonical route
/time/canada/ottawa/
Catalog identity
ottawa-CA · CA · America
Coordinate cell
45.41°N, 75.70°W · lat 45.411 · lon -75.698 · cell 4541:-7570
Population record
1,017,449 residents · country rank 4
Zone snapshot
America/Toronto · EDT · UTC-04:00
January / July offsets
UTC-05:00 / UTC-04:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Montréal, Canada · 165 km
Nearest world hub
New York · 540 km
Closest airport references
YOW Ottawa 10 km · YUL Montréal 153 km · YQB Quebec 366 km · YYZ Toronto 366 km
Zone peer roster
Toronto, Canada · Montréal, Canada · Mississauga, Canada
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Ottawa: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Ottawa is the ottawa-CA record in Canada: country slug canada, city slug ottawa, ISO CA, continent America, canonical IANA zone America/Toronto.
45.41°N, 75.70°W; Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 45 and longitude band -76; exact decimal pair 45.41117, -75.69812.
Canada: official name Canada; capital Ottawa; region Americas; subregion North America; country population 41,651,653; area 9,984,670 km²; languages English, French; currencies CAD Canadian dollar. This is the country layer behind the Ottawa clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
Canada: Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the second-largest country by total area, with the longest coastline of any country. Its border with the United States is the longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both meteorologic and geological regions. With a population of over 41 million, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in its urban areas and large areas being sparsely populated. Its capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Source: Wikipedia.
Montréal [montreal-CA, CA, America/Toronto, 165 km]; Toronto [toronto-CA, CA, America/Toronto, 349 km]; Mississauga [mississauga-CA, CA, America/Toronto, 374 km]; New York City [new-york-city-US, US, America/New_York, 540 km]; Queens [queens-US, US, America/New_York, 547 km]; Brooklyn [brooklyn-US, US, America/New_York, 548 km]; Philadelphia [philadelphia-US, US, America/New_York, 609 km]; Moncton [moncton-CA, CA, America/Halifax, 849 km]
Ottawa is part of this indexed country cluster: Toronto [toronto-CA, America/Toronto, pop 2,794,356]; Montréal [montreal-CA, America/Toronto, pop 1,762,949]; Calgary [calgary-CA, America/Edmonton, pop 1,306,784]; Ottawa [ottawa-CA, America/Toronto, pop 1,017,449]; Edmonton [edmonton-CA, America/Edmonton, pop 1,010,899]; Winnipeg [winnipeg-CA, America/Winnipeg, pop 749,607]; Mississauga [mississauga-CA, America/Toronto, pop 717,961]; Vancouver [vancouver-CA, America/Vancouver, pop 662,248]; Surrey [surrey-CA, America/Vancouver, pop 568,322]; Halifax [halifax-CA, America/Halifax, pop 471,559].
New York 540 km; Los Angeles 3,800 km; London 5,362 km; São Paulo 8,213 km; Tokyo 10,325 km; Dubai 10,730 km; Singapore 14,815 km; Sydney 15,864 km
YOW Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa [CA, 10 km]; YUL Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montréal [CA, 153 km]; YQB Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec [CA, 366 km]; YYZ Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto [CA, 366 km]; YHZ Halifax / Stanfield International Airport in Halifax [CA, 957 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include YEG Edmonton International Airport in Edmonton [CA]; YHZ Halifax / Stanfield International Airport in Halifax [CA]; YLW Kelowna International Airport in Kelowna [CA]; YOW Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa [CA]; YQB Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec [CA]; YUL Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montréal [CA]; YVR Vancouver International Airport in Vancouver [CA]; YWG Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg [CA]; YXE Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport in Saskatoon [CA]; YYC Calgary International Airport in Calgary [CA].
Ottawa renders Jun 2, 2026 · 06:39 EDT; EDT at UTC-04:00; January UTC-05:00; July UTC-04:00; next holiday National Aboriginal Day on 2026-06-21.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Ottawa.
Ottawa is a manual-dossier city; rank #4 of 34 retained Canada city pages. The route is /time/canada/ottawa/ and the city id is ottawa-CA.
Ottawa has 16 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Ottawa is pinned at 45.41°N, 75.70°W; Montréal (165 km); New York (540 km).
America/Toronto resolves to seasonal offset split: UTC-05:00 in January and UTC-04:00 in July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside Canada.
YOW Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (10 km) · National Aboriginal Day (Sunday, June 21, 2026) · 13 country airport references · 31 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Ottawa uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Ottawa: Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area (CMA) and the National Capital Region (NCR). As of 2021, Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
Observes daylight saving time. Civil clocks shift forward by one hour during the local summer, swinging between standard UTC-05:00 and summer UTC-04:00. Transitions follow the IANA zone America/Toronto.
Ottawa is listed in the dataset snapshot as 4 hours behind UTC (offset -04:00). 5 hours behind London, 13 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude -75.70°, Ottawa's mean solar noon falls about 1 hour 3 minutes after civil 12:00 under the sampled -04:00 civil offset; during the alternate seasonal offset this shifts by about one hour on the clock — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Ottawa sits at 45.41°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 29 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 31 minutes on the December solstice.
Ottawa sits at 45.41°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 29 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 31 minutes on the December solstice.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 17 (15h 40m)
Shortest day
Dec 18 (8h 43m)
Year-round average
12h 14m
Annual swing
6h 57m
See the full daylight curve for Ottawa at /sun/ottawa/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Ottawa local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Ottawa |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| London | Europe/London | 04:00 - 12:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 03:00 - 11:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 01:00 - 09:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 23:30 - 07:30 (next day) |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 21:00 - 05:00 (next day) |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 21:00 - 05:00 (next day) |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 20:00 - 04:00 (next day) |
IANA time zones in country
10
Public holidays in 2026
31
Capital status
National capital of Canada
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the largest city in eastern Ontario, with a population of roughly 1 million in the city proper and a national-capital region of more than 1.4 million that spans the Ontario-Quebec border. The city observes Eastern Time (EST, UTC-5; EDT, UTC-4 during daylight saving, from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November). Chosen as the capital by Queen Victoria in 1857 as a compromise between rival cities, Ottawa sits on the Ottawa River and is home to Parliament Hill, the federal government, the Supreme Court of Canada, and many national museums. The historic Rideau Canal that runs through the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Ottawa's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 06:39:24 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Ottawa (UTC-04:00, EDT).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
05:17 AM to 08:44 PM
Day length 15h 27m · Solar noon 01:01 PM
Next country holiday
National Aboriginal Day
Sunday, June 21, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Ottawa local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1M
Coordinates
45.41, -75.70
Timezone
America/Toronto
Indexed airports
13
Capital
Ottawa
Languages
English, French
Currency
CAD ($)
Country area
9,984,670 km²
Ottawa, Canada (population rank #4 in this dataset). Time zone: America/Toronto (EDT, UTC-04:00); population ~1M.
Coordinates: 45.41°N, 75.70°W. Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, ~5041 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 05:17 AM and sets around 08:44 PM in Ottawa — about 15h 27m of daylight. Canada observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Montréal (165 km from Ottawa) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 13 curated airport pages indexed for Canada.
Next national holiday: National Aboriginal Day, 2026-06-21.
Ottawa is indexed as a America city in the CA country record, using America/Toronto as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/canada/ottawa/.
Location context: 45.41°N, 75.70°W; population 1,017,449; nearest indexed city Montréal is about 165 km away; closest reference hub is New York, about 540 km away.
Country planning context: capital Ottawa; subregion North America; languages English, French; currency CAD ($); area 9,984,670 km²; 13 curated airport references; next holiday National Aboriginal Day on 2026-06-21.
Observes daylight saving time. Civil clocks shift forward by one hour during the local summer, swinging between standard UTC-05:00 and summer UTC-04:00. Transitions follow the IANA zone America/Toronto.
Ottawa is listed in the dataset snapshot as 4 hours behind UTC (offset -04:00). 5 hours behind London, 13 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude -75.70°, Ottawa's mean solar noon falls about 1 hour 3 minutes after civil 12:00 under the sampled -04:00 civil offset; during the alternate seasonal offset this shifts by about one hour on the clock — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Ottawa sits at 45.41°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 15 hours 29 minutes on the June solstice and about 8 hours 31 minutes on the December solstice.
Major metropolitan area with around 1 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Ottawa: Toronto (same time), Sydney (+14h), Tokyo (+13h), Paris (+6h), New York City (same time).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
canada
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
EDT
IANA Zone
America/Toronto
UTC Offset
UTC-04:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC-04:00
Brazil, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Canada, Montserrat, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique, Saint Lucia
Other cities in this timezone
London
+5h
New York
+0h
Los Angeles
-3h
Dubai
+8h
Singapore
+12h
Tokyo
+13h
Sydney
+14h
São Paulo
+1h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Ottawa.
City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Ottawa: closest hubs New York (~540 km), Los Angeles (~3,800 km), London (~5,362 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~15,864 km).
Ottawa sits inside Canada — the North America subregion, capital Ottawa, languages English, French, currency CAD ($).
Closest indexed cities to Ottawa: Montréal (165 km), Toronto (349 km), Mississauga (374 km), New York City (540 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Ottawa: National Aboriginal Day, Discovery Day, National Holiday. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Canada.
Closest curated airport references from Ottawa: YOW Ottawa (10 km), YUL Montréal (153 km), YQB Quebec (366 km).
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportYOW
Ottawa · 10 km from Ottawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportYUL
Montréal · 153 km from Ottawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 57m
Quebec Jean Lesage International AirportYQB
Quebec · 366 km from Ottawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 13m
Toronto Pearson International AirportYYZ
Toronto · 366 km from Ottawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 13m
Halifax / Stanfield International AirportYHZ
Halifax · 957 km from Ottawa
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 59m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:39 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 06:39 AM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:39 AM | -3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:39 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:39 PM | +12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:39 PM | +13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:39 PM | +14h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:39 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportYOW
Ottawa · 10 km away
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportYUL
Montréal · 153 km away
Quebec Jean Lesage International AirportYQB
Quebec · 366 km away
Toronto Pearson International AirportYYZ
Toronto · 366 km away
Halifax / Stanfield International AirportYHZ
Halifax · 957 km away
Montréal
Canada
Approx. 165 km away
Toronto
Canada
Approx. 349 km away
Mississauga
Canada
Approx. 374 km away
New York City
United States
Approx. 540 km away
Queens
United States
Approx. 547 km away
Brooklyn
United States
Approx. 548 km away
Philadelphia
United States
Approx. 609 km away
Moncton
Canada
Approx. 849 km away
Ottawa is in the America/Toronto timezone (EDT), with a UTC offset of -04:00.
Ottawa uses seasonal daylight saving rules in America/Toronto. The current offset is UTC-04:00; January resolves to UTC-05:00 and July resolves to UTC-04:00.
The current UTC offset for Ottawa is UTC-04:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Ottawa, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 06:39 EDT. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Ottawa sits at 45.41°N, 75.70°W in Canada, with about 1M residents (rank #4 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Ottawa is New York, about 540 km away as the crow flies.
Montréal is the closest indexed city, roughly 165 km from Ottawa.
Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) is the closest curated airport reference, about 10 km from Ottawa.
National Aboriginal Day is the next upcoming holiday in Canada, on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
Ottawa uses Canadian dollar (CAD, symbol $) as the local currency of Canada.
The longest day of 2026 in Ottawa falls on Jun 17 with about 15h 40m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 18 with 8h 43m; the year-round average is 12h 14m.
Canada spans 10 IANA time zones in total; Ottawa's canonical zone for this page is America/Toronto.
In Ottawa local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 09:00-17:00; London 04:00-12:00; Frankfurt 03:00-11:00; Dubai 01:00-09:00. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.