TIME ZONES OF CANADA (SHAPEFILE)


SPATIAL REFERENCE
Projected Coordinate System	NAD 1983 Canada Atlas Lambert
Projection	Lambert Conformal Conic
WKID	3978
Authority	EPSG
Linear Unit	Meters (1.0)
False Easting	0.0
False Northing	0.0
Central Meridian	-95.0
Standard Parallel 1	49.0
Standard Parallel 2	77.0
Latitude Of Origin	49.0

Geographic Coordinate System	NAD 1983
WKID	4269
Authority	EPSG
Angular Unit	Degree (0.0174532925199433)
Prime Meridian	Greenwich (0.0)
Datum	D North American 1983
Spheroid	GRS 1980
Semimajor Axis	6378137.0
Semiminor Axis	6356752.314140356
Inverse Flattening	298.257222101


CREDIT
Produced by the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada. 2025. Carte produite par le Centre canadien de cartographie et d’observation de la Terre, Ressources naturelles Canada. 2025.

DATA SOURCES
National Research Council, 2024. Information on the Canadian time zone boundaries for official time. Conseil national de recherches, 2024. Informations sur les limites des fuseaux horaires canadiens pour l'heure officielle.

Natural Resources Canada, 2012. Cartographic base data, 1:7,000,000; Natural Resources Canada, Canada Centre for 
Mapping and Earth Observation. Ressources naturelles Canada, 2012. Données cartographiques de base, 1:7 000 000; Ressources naturelles Canada, Centre canadien de cartographie et d’observation de la Terre.

Statistics Canada, 2021. Census subdivision boundary files. Statistique Canada, 2021. Fichiers des limites des subdivisions de recensement.

© His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources, 2025
© Sa Majesté le Roi du chef du Canada, représenté par le ministre des Ressources naturelles, 2025




ATTRIBUTES

OBJECTID:	Number
Shape:		Polygon
ZONE_ABBR: 	Time Zone abbreviation 
ABRÉV_: 	Abréviation du fuseau horaire
UTC: 		Coordinated Universal Time
UTC_Calc: 	Time difference from UTC (Greenwich, UK) to time zone 
STZ_Legisl: 	Name of official standard time zone
HN_Officielle: 	Nom du fuseau horaire officiel 
DST_Legisl: 	Name of official daylight saving time zone
HA_Officielle: 	Nom du fuseau horaire d'heure advancée









