Canton in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.5297, -91.9299
- Elevation
- 410 m above sea level
- Population
- 345
- Region
- Minnesota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1346 km away
- Same name
- 45 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Canton, Minnesota, United States
This page shows the time of day in Canton, Minnesota, United States as it stands now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Canton, United States
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Canton
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Canton keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 10 h 47 min Night 13 h 13 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Canton right now
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Canton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 02021
- 04221
- 06019
- 13617
- 17724
- 28716
- 30114
- 30115
- 30169
- 39046
- 44701
- 44702
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 Minnesota
- Minneapolis 410 939
- Saint Paul 303 176
- Rochester 112 225
- Bloomington 86 435
- Duluth 86 110
- Brooklyn Park 79 149
Other places named Canton
- Canton Michigan, United States
- Canton Ohio, United States
- Canton Georgia, United States
- Canton Massachusetts, United States
- Canton Illinois, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Prosper — 5.4 km
- Lenora — 6.1 km
- Harmony — 7.1 km
- Harmony Mobile Home Park — 7.1 km
- Vikre Manufactured Home Park — 7.1 km
- Henrytown — 7.2 km
Local time details for Canton
Addresses in Canton fall under 12 postal codes.
The time zone in effect for Canton is America/Chicago, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Today Canton gets sunrise at 7:30 AM and sunset at 6:17 PM. That leaves 10 h 47 min of daylight.
The hours shown for Canton apply equally in Prosper and Lenora.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Canton?
- The value associated with Canton is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does daylight saving time have any effect on the clock in Canton?
- Daylight saving in Canton: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Canton?
- Today the sun sets at 6:17 PM.