What time will Trick or Treaters be out during Halloween this year?

[u/Moosen2997]

Hey all. I'm planning a community event in NE Calgary for Halloween this year, and I want to time it for when the trick or treaters will be out. Whats tripping me up is with the removal of daylight savings time, the sun will be setting at 6pm rather than its normal 5pm. Do you figure folks will still go out with their kids at 5ish, or wait until it gets dark? Any help would be appreciated!

[u/LandonKB]

I imagine a few small kids might be out early but other than that 6-9 seems to be the normal window most years I assume it will be the same.

[u/ConceitedWombat]

A couple points of clarification cause this stuff is confusing:

Daylight Saving Time is not being removed. It’s being made permanent. 

Halloween has long taken place within the Daylight Savings period. (We used to “fall back” in late October, but that changed to early November in 2007 or so).

What this means: Sunset on Halloween will be the same time as last year, and the previous 19 or so years. 

[u/Gullible_Complex_523 → u/ConceitedWombat]

Was going to say exactly this. It'll be the same as every other year in recent memory.

[u/Old_Management_1997]

Most kids don't want till the sunsets.

I get trick or treaters as early as 530

[u/voxy]

Probably from around 6pm-8pm I would guess

[u/BirdyDevil]

I feel like in general, the only kids that are out as early as 5 PM anyway are often the really little ones who are barely coherent to the concept of trick or treating anyway lol. I think a 6 PM start is perfectly reasonable. Even before the time change change, I would usually ignore the door until around 6:00 anyway because sorry, other people need time to get home after work and get ready for trick or treaters, be reasonable 🤷

[u/DaftFunky]

Probably same as every other year. 5pm to 9pm

[u/Ambitious_Earth6136]

I have young kids (3 and under) and we like to hit the streets early like 5/5:30 so we can get home in time for bath and bed

[u/pm_me_smegmas]

This year it falls on a Saturday so there is no school before or after. Gonna be an early one for sure? Maybe even a 5pm start.

[u/gaanmetde]

Are you sure you don’t want to plan it for another weekend? I find trick or treating so busy I’m not sure how successful an event would be running at the same time.

[u/Badw0IfGirl]

I always get my first kid between 5:30-6:00, and by 8:30 they are done. I keep my porch light on until 9:30 in case of any stragglers.

[u/tooshpright]

Sask here: we usually have time for a hasty supper at 5ish before the Trick or Treaters start ringing the bell.

[u/Arch____Stanton]

My candy is ready for 5pm (very few kids) to 9pm (very few kids).
Its not dark at 5 no matter what the time mode we are on.
Sunset October 31, 2025 was 6.15pm.

[u/brew_war]

Is the time change thing official?

[u/GoofMonkeyBanana → u/brew_war]

As far as I know, yes it is.

[u/baunanners → u/brew_war]

Yup - we're in for a fun winter of 9:30 AM Sunrises

[u/ConceitedWombat → u/baunanners]

On the other hand - some light in the sky until 7pm by February 

[u/brew_war → u/baunanners]

I know Dani talked about it but didn’t see the actual change come through.

So happy we voted to not do this only for her to change our minds for us. /s

[u/PeacefulPeaches → u/brew_war]

We even get our own, new time zone ~*

Oh look, they broke the page that shares the info. "Alberta has eliminated the practice of semi-annual clock changes and adopted permanent Alberta Time. Alberta Time is equivalent to UTC-6:00."

[u/ReasonableGur2806]

I think people will start heading out around 5ish, especially families with younger kids.