Time difference between Chicago and Toronto
Chicago is 1 h behind Toronto.
See the current local time in Chicago and Toronto side by side. The difference updates live and automatically accounts for daylight saving time.
When it is 12:00 noon in Chicago, the clock in Toronto shows 13:00. For meetings within business hours (9:00–17:00), the shared window is 09:00–16:00 Chicago time. As the crow flies, the two cities are about 700 km (430 mi) apart — roughly 1.5 h nonstop by plane.