Canadian Time Zones

Why would Regina and Winnipeg be in the same time zone?

• Economic reasons

• Political reasons

• Residents were getting confused with 2 different time zones

• Wanted to have the same competitive advantages for trade

Newfoundland time zone is how many hours ahead of Atlantic ST

• 2 hours

• 1 hour

• 30 min

• 45 min

If it is 4pm in Vancouver what time would it be Whitehorse?

• 4pm

• 3pm

• 2pm

• 1pm

If it is 2pm in Richmond Hill, what time would it be in Toronto?

• 1pm

• 2pm

• 3pm

• 4pm

Who founded Time Zones?

• Sir Lyon Mackenzie King

• Justin Trudeau

• Sir Stanford Fleming

• Willford Lauier

Lines of Longitude that relate to time zones are:

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• International Date Line

Instead of using the term Greenwich standard time, we now use...

(a)  

What time zone (s) is Saskatchewan?

• Central Time Zone

• Atlantic Time Zone

• Eastern Time Zone

• Mountain Time Zone

How many time zones are there in Canada?

• 4

• 12

• 6

• 8

Why would we need to make time standard?