Sydney to Toronto: time difference and best times to meet
Toronto is 14 hours behind Sydney. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
Australia/Sydney
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Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Sydney day and the matching hour in Toronto. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Sydney | Toronto | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 10am | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 1am | 11am | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 2am | 12pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 3am | 1pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 4am | 2pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 5am | 3pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 6am | 4pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 7am | 5pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 9am | 7pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 10am | 8pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 11am | 9pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 12pm | 10pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 1pm | 11pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 2pm | 12am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 3pm | 1am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 4pm | 2am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 5pm | 3am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 11pm | 9am | Working hours in Toronto only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, October 4, 2026 — Toronto goes from 14 hours behind to 15 hours behind Sydney.
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — Toronto goes from 15 hours behind to 16 hours behind Sydney.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Toronto goes from 16 hours behind to 15 hours behind Sydney.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Toronto goes from 15 hours behind to 14 hours behind Sydney.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on these dates.
Public holidays to avoid
Dates where one side is off work while the other is not are the most common cause of no-shows on this route.
- Friday, September 25, 2026 — Friday before AFL Grand Final — Sydney is off, Toronto is working.
- Monday, September 28, 2026 — King's Birthday — Sydney is off, Toronto is working.
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026 — National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — Toronto is off, Sydney is working.
- Monday, October 5, 2026 — King's Birthday — Sydney is off, Toronto is working.
- Monday, October 12, 2026 — Thanksgiving — Toronto is off, Sydney is working.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Melbourne Cup — Sydney is off, Toronto is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Remembrance Day — Toronto is off, Sydney is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Toronto is off, Sydney is working.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Sydney is off, Toronto is working.
Sydney and Toronto have no shared working hours, so a recurring live meeting always costs someone their morning or their evening. Rotating the burden, or moving the update to written form, is usually the better answer.
Sending a booking link avoids the arithmetic entirely: each side picks a time in their own zone and both calendars get the correct local time, including after a daylight-saving change. See how LemCall handles cross-timezone bookings.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between Sydney and Toronto?
- Toronto is currently 14 hours behind Sydney. That changes to 15 hours behind on Sunday, October 4, 2026, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Sydney and Toronto?
- There is no hour where both cities are inside normal working hours, so one side has to take the call early or late.
- How many hours do Sydney and Toronto overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the Sydney–Toronto gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 4 times: Sunday, October 4, 2026 (14 hours behind becomes 15 hours behind); Sunday, November 1, 2026 (15 hours behind becomes 16 hours behind); Sunday, March 14, 2027 (16 hours behind becomes 15 hours behind); Sunday, April 4, 2027 (15 hours behind becomes 14 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Sydney–Toronto meetings?
- Yes. The next is Friday, September 25, 2026 — a public holiday where Sydney is, but a normal working day in Toronto.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Sydney
- Sydney ↔ Madrid1 hours of overlap
- Sydney ↔ Amsterdam1 hours of overlap
- Sydney ↔ Stockholm1 hours of overlap
- Sydney ↔ New YorkNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ ChicagoNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ São PauloNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ LondonNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ DublinNo working-hours overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved