Overview
- Premier Wab Kinew announced Thursday that Manitoba will not set clocks back on Nov. 1 and will remain on daylight saving time year‑round after a provincial survey of nearly 72,000 people showed 92 percent want to end seasonal clock changes.
- The government cited a Manitoba Health analysis and Manitoba Public Insurance data showing a roughly 20 percent rise in collisions the Monday after the spring time change to argue removing the shifts will lower short‑term health and safety harms.
- Some sleep and circadian researchers criticized the choice of permanent daylight time, arguing permanent standard time better matches human biological clocks, while a doctors’ group and business leaders backed the daylight option for evening activity and social benefits.
- The change places Manitoba with other western jurisdictions that have ended clock changes and creates year‑round time offsets that will affect travel and commerce, with the province now out of step seasonally with neighbouring provinces and territories.
- Residents in northern communities worry about much later winter sunrises and school travel in darkness, and the province says it will implement the shift this fall while monitoring effects and feedback over the coming year.