Canaan in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.0285, -64.4827
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 879 km away
- Same name
- 54 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Canaan, Nova Scotia, Canada
What follows is the current local time in Canaan, Nova Scotia, Canada, in the America/Halifax zone (−3).
Canaan, Canada
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Canaan
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Canaan keeps America/Halifax clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:46 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Canaan right now
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Canaan and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B4N Kentville — 6.2 km away
- B4R Coldbrook — 8.9 km away
- B4P Wolfville — 11.0 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Nova Scotia
- Halifax 471 559
- Sydney 105 968
- Dartmouth 101 343
- Lower Sackville 51 749
- Downtown Halifax 25 555
- Halifax West End 22 664
Other places named Canaan
- Canaan Maine, United States
- Canaan Connecticut, United States
- Canaan New Hampshire, United States
- Canaan Vermont, United States
- Canaan Oaxaca, Mexico
Nearby places
- Highbury — 2.4 km
- North Alton — 4.0 km
- Sunken Lake — 4.6 km
- New Minas — 4.6 km
- South Alton — 4.8 km
- Casey Corner — 5.4 km
Canaan: clock, sun and surroundings
Today's daylight in Canaan begins at 7:46 AM and finishes at 6:20 PM. The total is 10 h 34 min.
In Highbury and North Alton the clock agrees with Canaan.
Canaan takes in 3 postal codes.
In Canaan the time zone is America/Halifax and the offset is UTC−3. Daylight saving time used: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Canaan based on America/Halifax?
- Yes, local time in Canaan is based on America/Halifax, with an offset of −3.
- Are the clocks in Canaan adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Canaan: Yes.
- Looking for sunrise and sunset in Canaan — what are they?
- Sunrise at 7:46 AM, sunset at 6:20 PM.