(Victoria, Canada) – People in British Columbia’s Pacific time zone will leave their clocks unchanged on Sunday, November 1, when an autumn rollback would previously have been scheduled.

The province’s March 2 decision made the March 8 spring-forward its final seasonal change for that zone. It remains seven hours behind coordinated universal time, or UTC−7, throughout the year.

In September, the government announced PCT as the abbreviation for the year-round Pacific time standard. Sunday marks the first skipped fall change under the policy, rather than a newly announced decision.

Regional exceptions remain. Northeastern communities already observing year-round mountain standard time stay at UTC−7. Southeastern communities such as Cranbrook and Golden that observe seasonal mountain time continue their existing clock changes.

Border hours change

The Canada Border Services Agency says nine B.C. land ports of entry will adjust operating hours at 2 a.m. Pacific time November 1 to remain aligned with neighbouring U.S. crossings. The listed winter hours run until 2 a.m. March 14, 2027.

Travellers should check their particular crossing’s published hours; the change does not give every border office the same operating schedule.

Source: B.C. government, March2 time-change decision; B.C. government, September17 Pacific/PCT code; CBSA, October9 border-hours announcement.

Editorial illustration of a clock and Pacific coastal setting; not a photograph of a specific location.