Where to Buy Passes and Tickets

OC Transpo bus passes are available to residents of Ontario.

OC Transpo Sales and Information Centres


PRESTO cards available starting May 27, 2013

All OC Transpo passes and tickets are available at our four Sales and Information Centres:

  • Rideau Centre
  • St. Laurent
  • Lincoln Fields
  • Place d’Orléans


Methods of payment: cash, Interac, Visa, Mastercard or American Express.


Rideau Centre

Located on the third floor near the exit to Mackenzie King Station.
(view Map)

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.



St. Laurent, Lincoln Fields & Place d’Orléans

Located in the Transitway Stations.
(View maps: Lincoln Fields, St. Laurent, Place d'Orléans)

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday  Closed
Sunday  Closed 
Also open the following Saturdays from 11 am to 5 pm: May 4, June 1 & 29, August 3 & 31, September 7 & 28, November 2 & 30, December 28

City of Ottawa Client Service Centres



PRESTO cards are available at City Hall, Kanata and Ben Franklin locations starting May 27, 2013.

OC Transpo passes and tickets are available at these 4 locations:
Photo IDs are not available

  • City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue
  • Kanata, 580 Terry Fox Drive
  • Orléans, 255 Centrum Blvd.
  • Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Dr.

Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Closed statutory holidays

Visit the City of Ottawa's Client Service Centres website for more information.

Vendors


PRESTO Cards are NOT AVAILABLE at vendor locations.
View our vendor map to find a vendor near you: 
 

» Vendors


OC Transpo monthly pass vouchers and bus tickets are sold at hundreds of locations around the city, including most of these stores:

Loblaws (tickets only); Mac's Milk; Pharma Plus; Quickie; Shoppers Drug Mart (most sell passes) and Zellers.

If you see the sign below,
you've found a ticket vendor!

Vendor map

Person using their cell phone at a bus station

Register for Alerts!

Register and we will e-mail or text your cell with the latest transit information, including cancelled trips, detours, fare changes or changes in service to your route.

Register
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Family Pass

Get ahead with a $7.75 Daypass!

On weekends and statutory holidays, the DayPass also serves as a 'Family Pass' giving you unlimited same day travel for up to 6 people.

DayPass

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