Para Transpo Fares
Para Transpo fares can be paid with cash, or with OC Transpo passes and tickets.
- Even if you are registered on Para Transpo, you can still use conventional transit without affecting your eligibility.
- If you ride on Para Transpo you can't use PRESTO, and must continue to use your existing pass, tickets or cash. Para Transpo is developing a new advance-payment service that will let customers set up a transit fare account to pay for their travel remotely – either over the phone or internet - just like with PRESTO.
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AM Peak
Premium fare is charged during the weekday morning rush hour, from 6:30 am - 8:59 am:
Cash and Tickets
- $4.65 or 3 tickets, or
- 2 tickets plus $2.05, or
- 1 ticket plus $3.35
The only tickets that are accepted on the bus as fare are the purple ($1.30) tickets.
If payment is made with a combination of tickets and cash, each ticket is worth its face value.
Passes
- Express pass or U-Pass (no top-up required)
- Regular pass or ECOPASS plus $1.35 or plus 1 ticket
- Senior pass or Community pass plus $2.00 or plus 1 ticket
Off Peak
Regular fare is charged on weekdays after 9 am and also all day Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays,
Cash and Tickets
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Adults & Students:
$3.30 or 2 tickets, or
1 ticket plus $2.00 -
Seniors 65+:
$2.00 or 2 tickets
The only tickets that are accepted on the bus as fare are the purple ($1.30) tickets.
If payment is made with a combination of tickets and cash, each ticket is worth its face value.
Passes
- Regular pass, Express pass, Senior pass, ECOPASS or U-Pass (no top-up required)
- Communiy Pass plus $2.00 or plus 1 ticket
FREE O-Train service
Registered Para Transpo customers are eligible to ride FREE on the O-Train.
However, because the O-Train operates on a Proof of Payment (POP) system, be prepared to provide your Para Transpo registration number if you're asked to show proof of payment.
If you transfer from the O-Train to OC Transpo bus service or Para Transpo service, you will continue to pay the applicable Para Transpo or OC Transpo bus fare.
Rural Zone Fares
Cash and Tickets
- $8.25 or 7 tickets
The only tickets that are accepted on the bus as fare are the purple ($1.30) tickets.
If payment is made with a combination of tickets and cash, each ticket is worth its face value. For example: 4 bus tickets (worth $5.20) + $3.05 cash = $8.25.
Transit passes are no longer accepted as valid fare on rural service.
Rural flat rate of $8.25 per passenger includes companions, for a one-way trip between a rural zone and the urban transit area. (see map)
Trips from a rural address to another rural address are longer available, except via the Taxi coupon program.
Para Transpo Fare Zone Map
» download map (PDF)
For more detailed information on the rural fares please contact the Para Transpo administration office at 613-244-1289
Night Stop Transitway
Safety is our priority. On the Transitway, all buses serve the 'Night Stop' after 9 pm.
Lost and found
Retrieve lost passes and other articles through our Lost and Found Office.
Para Transpo
For registered riders who are unable to use conventional OC Transpo buses.