Most in B.C. and Manitoba say ending clock changes was right, but devices that didn't adjust were the top complaint
Majorities in B.C. (55%) and Manitoba (59%), and a plurality in Alberta (46%), say opting out was right. Devices not adjusting was the most common complaint.
Sources · Angus Reid Institute
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Saskatchewan has kept permanent Central Standard Time since 1966. This fall, British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba joined it by dropping the twice-yearly clock change.
An Angus Reid Institute survey finds most people in those three provinces think the move was right. In B.C., 55 per cent agreed. In Manitoba, 59 per cent did. In Alberta, 46 per cent did, a plurality rather than a majority.
The complaints came anyway. Among those with problems since the clocks would normally have fallen back last Sunday, 42 per cent said devices did not adjust. 28 per cent reported dark mornings. 27 per cent had calendar and meeting trouble. Ten per cent worried about children walking to school in the dark.
Support for permanent daylight saving time has slipped since March. In B.C. it fell from 55 per cent to 45. In Alberta it fell from 47 to 33, and a plurality there now prefers permanent standard time. In Manitoba it held at 52 per cent.
Nationwide, 14 per cent prefer the spring-forward, fall-back system. Eastern provinces still change their clocks twice a year.
The survey ran Nov. 3–6, 2026, among 1,634 adults in the Angus Reid Forum. Its margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points, 19 times in 20.
