Manitoba · 2026
92% want to stop changing the clocks; 58% prefer daylight time, 34% standard time5
Permanent daylight time announced on September 17, 2026
91% of respondents want to stop changing the clocks.
72% of those want to keep daylight time all year.
25,000+ written comments from participants.
Out of 100 respondents who want to stop changing the clocks
- 72 want to keep daylight saving time all year
- 25 want to keep standard time
- 3 other answers
What these figures say, and what they don’t
What they say: a very large majority of the people who took the trouble to respond want to stop the time change, and of those, nearly three in four want to keep daylight time. Across all respondents, that is about two in three.
What they don’t say: it was an online consultation open to all, not a scientific poll. Participants selected themselves, and one response is not necessarily one distinct person; so we cannot write that “72% of Quebecers” want daylight time. This site doesn’t, and it is best not to either: it is the surest way to hand ammunition to those who would like to dismiss the result.
A consultation of this size is still an important political fact. And polls survey a weighted sample to represent the population. They point the same way: in September 2024, Léger found that 57% of Quebecers prefer daylight time all year, versus 18% for standard time3. In March 2026, the Angus Reid Institute found 56% versus 29% in Québec, and 53% versus 33% across Canada4.
Elsewhere, people said the same thing
Yukon · 2020
Over 4,800 responses; 93% want to stop changing the clocks, 70% of whom prefer daylight time6
No longer changes the clocks since November 2020 (UTC−7 all year)
British Columbia · 2019
223,273 participants; over 93% in favour of daylight time all year7
Permanent daylight time since March 8, 2026
European Union · 2018
4.6 million responses; 84% for abolishing clock changes8
No final decision by the EU Council to date
Note: the European figure (84%) concerns abolishing the time change, not the choice of daylight time.
The 2026 consultations are coming
The government has announced quick consultations on which time to keep. As soon as they open, the link will be here.
In the meantime, the most useful thing you can do is write to your MNA.
Write to my MNAYour turn
Québec is deciding now.
MNAs will vote. Two minutes is all it takes to tell them you want to keep daylight saving time all year.