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Offshore software development from Nepal for teams in Canada

No shared hours, as with the US — so what sets Canada apart is the law around the data: who stays accountable for it abroad, and what Quebec asks before it leaves.

Time difference between Nepal and Canada

Kathmandu local time at the start and end of a working day in Canada, your local time when a 10:00–18:00 Kathmandu day starts and ends, and the number of working hours the two share.
Your zone9:00 am for you5:00 pm for youKathmandu opens, your timeKathmandu closes, your timeShared hours
Toronto / Montreal (Eastern)EST7:45 pm3:45 am (next day)11:15 pm (previous day)7:15 amnone
Toronto / Montreal (Eastern)EDT6:45 pm2:45 am (next day)12:15 am8:15 amnone
Vancouver (Pacific)PCT · same all year9:45 pm5:45 am (next day)9:15 pm (previous day)5:15 amnone

Kathmandu times shown for a 10:00–18:00 working day in Nepal against 09:00–17:00 in Canada. Toronto / Montreal (Eastern) is 10 hours 45 minutes behind Kathmandu on EST. On a standard working day the two do not overlap at all. “Previous day” means Kathmandu's working day starts on your evening before. Convert other hours in the Nepal time converter and overlap calculator.

Working with a team in Nepal from Canada

Neither Toronto nor Vancouver shares a working hour with Kathmandu, in any season. The arrangement that works is an overnight handoff: the Canadian day ends with a written brief, the Kathmandu day runs on it, and the result is waiting when your next morning starts. A call that one side takes outside its normal hours stays the exception, kept for the questions that cannot survive in writing.

Privacy law shapes the setup more than the clock does. Federal privacy law does not stop a business sending personal information abroad to be processed, but the business stays accountable for it wherever it goes, and the protection is expected to be written into the contract. Three provinces have their own private-sector laws in its place, and Quebec's adds a step before personal information leaves the province.

The practical line runs between environments. Development and testing on synthetic data, which holds no personal information, sit outside those rules; production access and real customer records are where the contract — and, for Quebec data, a privacy impact assessment — need to be in place before the work starts.

Toronto and Montreal still change their clocks twice a year; Vancouver no longer does. British Columbia moved to a single year-round Pacific time in 2026, so the Vancouver gap to Kathmandu is now fixed while the eastern one still shifts with the seasons.

Worth knowing in Canada

  • PIPEDA

    Accountability stays in Canada

    Federal privacy law does not prohibit sending personal information to another country for processing. The Canadian organization remains accountable for it there, and the Privacy Commissioner's guidance names the contract as the main way to keep it protected.

    Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

  • AB · BC · QC

    Three provinces, their own laws

    Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have private-sector privacy laws deemed substantially similar to PIPEDA, and those generally apply in its place to personal information handled within the province.

    Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

  • Law 25

    Quebec assesses before it sends

    Since September 2023, a Quebec business must carry out a privacy impact assessment before communicating personal information outside the province, may go ahead only if the information will be adequately protected, and must put the arrangement in a written agreement.

    Source: Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec

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Offshore development questions from Canada

What is the time difference between Toronto and Kathmandu?

Kathmandu is 9 hours 45 minutes ahead of Toronto and Montreal during daylight saving time and 10 hours 45 minutes ahead in winter. Vancouver is 12 hours 45 minutes behind Kathmandu all year, because British Columbia stopped changing its clocks in 2026.

Do Canadian and Nepal working hours overlap?

No. A 10:00–18:00 day in Kathmandu runs from 12:15 am to 8:15 am in Toronto in summer and from 9:15 pm to 5:15 am in Vancouver, so it sits between the end of one Canadian working day and the start of the next.

Can a Canadian business send personal information to a developer in Nepal?

Federal law allows it. PIPEDA applies to personal information that crosses provincial or national borders in commercial activity, whichever province the business is in, and the business stays accountable for the information abroad, with the contract as its main safeguard.

What does Quebec's Law 25 require before data leaves the province?

Three things, in order: a privacy impact assessment, a conclusion that the information will be adequately protected, and a written agreement covering the arrangement. The requirement has applied since September 2023 to personal information a Quebec business communicates outside the province.

Does Vancouver's clock change affect working with Nepal?

It makes the schedule steadier. Since British Columbia moved to year-round Pacific time in 2026, a 9:00 am start in Vancouver is always 9:45 pm in Kathmandu, while Toronto's 9:00 am still moves between 6:45 pm and 7:45 pm with the seasons.

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