Tokyo to Toronto: time difference and best times to meet
Toronto is 13 hours behind Tokyo. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
Asia/Tokyo
America/Toronto
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Tokyo day and the matching hour in Toronto. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Tokyo | Toronto | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 11am | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 1am | 12pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 2am | 1pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 3am | 2pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 4am | 3pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 5am | 4pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 6am | 5pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 9am | 8pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 10am | 9pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 11am | 10pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 12pm | 11pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 1pm | 12am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 2pm | 1am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 3pm | 2am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 4pm | 3am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 5pm | 4am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 10pm | 9am | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 11pm | 10am | Working hours in Toronto only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — Toronto goes from 13 hours behind to 14 hours behind Tokyo.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Toronto goes from 14 hours behind to 13 hours behind Tokyo.
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.
- Monday, September 21, 2026 — Respect for the Aged Day — Tokyo is off, Toronto is working.
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026 — Autumnal Equinox Day — Tokyo is off, Toronto is working.
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026 — National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — Toronto is off, Tokyo is working.
- Monday, October 12, 2026 — Sports Day and Thanksgiving; both cities are off.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Culture Day — Tokyo is off, Toronto is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Remembrance Day — Toronto is off, Tokyo is working.
- Monday, November 23, 2026 — Labour Thanksgiving Day — Tokyo is off, Toronto is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day — Toronto is off, Tokyo is working.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Toronto is off, Tokyo is working.
Tokyo 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 Tokyo and Toronto?
- Toronto is currently 13 hours behind Tokyo. That changes to 14 hours behind on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Tokyo 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 Tokyo and Toronto overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the Tokyo–Toronto gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 2 times: Sunday, November 1, 2026 (13 hours behind becomes 14 hours behind); Sunday, March 14, 2027 (14 hours behind becomes 13 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Tokyo–Toronto meetings?
- Yes. The next is Monday, September 21, 2026 — a public holiday where Tokyo is, but a normal working day in Toronto.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Tokyo
- Tokyo ↔ San Francisco1 hours of overlap
- Tokyo ↔ London1 hours of overlap
- Tokyo ↔ Dublin1 hours of overlap
- Tokyo ↔ New YorkNo working-hours overlap
- Tokyo ↔ ChicagoNo working-hours overlap
- Tokyo ↔ DenverNo working-hours overlap
- Tokyo ↔ Mexico CityNo working-hours overlap
- Tokyo ↔ São PauloNo working-hours overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved