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🇨🇦 Toronto (UTC−4) · 🇨🇳 Shanghai (UTC+8) · 12 hours difference — Shanghai is ahead
Best Time to Meet
No standard business-hours overlap. Extended window: 07:00–20:00 in TorontoAt least one city will be in early morning or evening hours.
24-Hour Schedule
| City | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| 🇨🇦 Toronto | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 |
Quick Reference
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Open Meeting Planner →What Toronto and Shanghai have in common is technology; that is the usual reason for a call between them. Put simply, when it is 09:00 in Toronto it is already 12 hours later in Shanghai, on the following date.
Both cities work Monday to Friday, Toronto typically 09:00–17:00 and Shanghai 09:00–18:00 local time. Watch for Canada Day (1 July) and Thanksgiving (second Monday of October) in Toronto and Chinese New Year (seven days in January or February) and National Day Golden Week (1–7 October) in Shanghai.
The office days never overlap; the workable slots are Toronto's early morning against Shanghai's evening. Rotate the inconvenience rather than fixing it on one side. Only Toronto changes its clocks, so the gap shifts by an hour twice a year while Shanghai stays put.
Shanghai is 12 hours ahead of Toronto. The gap changes by an hour around the clock changes.
There is no hour when both offices are open. The closest is early morning in Toronto against the end of the day in Shanghai; alternate which side takes the awkward slot.
Alternate. A standing call that is always 07:00 for Toronto or always 19:00 for Shanghai is resented within a month; rotating it keeps both sides in the room.
Not always. At 09:00 in Toronto it is already the next calendar day in Shanghai, so every invitation should carry the date in both cities.
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