Information about TTC fares and passes

• Load a PRESTO card with funds to pay-as-you-go, or a monthly pass by:
  • Using the PRESTO App available for free on the Google Play or Apple App stores
  • Going online to prestocard.ca
  • Setting up Autorenew or Autoload
  • Using a Self-Serve Machine at a station, or visiting a Shoppers Drug Mart, or Loblaws

• You can load a digital PRESTO card, for free, in your Google or Apple wallets.
• Once loaded, you can tap device on a PRESTO reader on a vehicle when boarding on the street or on a faregate when entering a station to pay. 
• The digital PRESTO card in Google or Apple wallets can only be active on one device at a time – either an Android or Apple phone or a Wear OS smartwatch/Apple watch. Customers wishing to change devices must transfer their digital card to the other device to pay their fare. 

For more information visit PRESTO in Apple Wallet or PRESTO in Google Wallet

Yes. You can use the non-monthly pass balance on any of the 10 other transit agencies in the GTHA and Ottawa using PRESTO.

Yes. If you have a My PRESTO Account (registered card) you can report your lost card by calling PRESTO’s Contact Centre at 1-877-378-6123 or by visiting prestocard.ca . Your PRESTO card will be cancelled and your TTC Monthly Pass will be transferred to your new PRESTO card. You will be required to purchase another card for $6. It may take up to 24 hours for your card and monthly pass to be cancelled and transferred to the new card.

TTC transaction times for online card loads made through prestocard.ca are ready within a few hours. To be safe, we advise our customers to give themselves extra time to ensure their cards are ready to use by the time of travel.

The passes will be available twelve days before the end of the month and will remain for sale until eight days after the start of the month.

You should buy your pass before the first day of the month. It can take a few hours from the time you purchase a pass to process your transaction. Once it’s processed, the pass will be added to your card when you tap it on a PRESTO device.

Autorenew is available for TTC Monthly Passes. If you purchase a 12-Month Pass it will automatically renew each year.

You can set up and manage Autorenew online through your My PRESTO Account at prestocard.ca. You only have to sign up once and your monthly pass will always be available for the first of each month. Autorenew can only be set up online using your credit card or Visa Debit. If you would like to set up your Autorenew using your bank account (pre-authorized debit), please use a paper form.

If you set up Autorenew in the first 14 days of the month, the current month’s pass will be added to your card and a monthly pass will automatically be added every month. You will be charged for the next month’s pass six days before the end of each month. After that, the next time you tap your card on a PRESTO reader as part of a regular trip your monthly pass will be added to your card. If you set up Autorenew in the second half of the month, you will be charged for the next month’s pass six days before the end of the month. The next time you tap your card on a PRESTO reader as part of a regular trip your Autorenew contract will be added to your card. If you want to Autorenew by mail download an Autorenew form from the Forms page, and mail it to PRESTO.

No. PRESTO card customers should not be tapping their PRESTO card on a TTC bus in York Region or Mississauga. Customers should be paying their TTC fare by cash, ticket or token plus a supplement, cash only on YRT and/or Mi-Way fare product. PRESTO card customers should only be tapping their PRESTO card on TTC buses within Toronto.

Yes. You have to purchase a TTC Monthly Pass on PRESTO to benefit from the unlimited travel for a month.

Yes. However, you will need to activate your card after it arrives in the mail before you can use it.

To activate your PRESTO card you must:

• Enter the 17 digit PRESTO number and PIN number that you chose when you purchased the card online
• Tap your card on a card reader within 30 days to complete the activation process

Please note, it can take up to 24 hours to process the activation. During this time you won’t be able to use your card.

The TTC Monthly Pass and Post-Secondary Monthly Pass on PRESTO are available at Shoppers Drug Mart locations, from a PRESTO Fare Vending Machine at all TTC subway station entrances and online at prestocard.ca (opens in a new window).

All monthly passes are available for sale from the last twelve days of the month until eight days after the start of the next month.

Seniors, youths and post-secondary students must set a senior, youth or post-secondary fare type on their card at Shoppers Drug Mart locations or at the TTC’s Customer Service Centre above Davisville Station, before they can purchase a monthly pass. Government issued identification is required to set your child, youth, and senior fare type and you must have TTC post-secondary photo identification to set your post-secondary student fare type on your card.

• TTC Monthly Pass: This pass costs $156 for adults and $128.15 for seniors/youths. It provides unlimited travel on the TTC per month.
• 12 Month Pass: This pass costs $143 for adults and $117.45 for seniors/youths. It requires a 12-month commitment and provides unlimited travel on TTC regular each month.
• Post-Secondary Monthly Pass: This pass costs $128.15 and provides unlimited travel on the TTC per month. Post-secondary students need to have TTC post-secondary student photo ID to set their post-secondary student fare type on their PRESTO card and carry it while travelling on the TTC.
• All customers are required to show proof of payment upon request. Even if a customer has a monthly pass they are required to tap their card on a PRESTO reader to obtain proof of payment.

No, monthly passes expire at the end of each month and pro-rated refunds aren’t given if cancelled mid-month

PRESTO is a reloadable payment system that you can use to pay your fare by loading funds or money onto your physical or digital card. Set up Autoload or Autorenew and always have what you need to travel. Take advantage of the lowest fares, balance protection, Autoload, and two-hour transfers.  

All PRESTO cards are automatically set to deduct an adult fare, $3.30. If you need your card to deduct another fare, such as youth, post-secondary or senior, you will need to take your card along with your government issued identification or TTC Photo ID to a Shoppers Drug Mart location or a PRESTO Customer Service Centre, and your fare type will be changed.

Learn more about TTC fare types.

You can buy a physical PRESTO card and load it with funds for pay-as-you-go travel or a monthly pass for unlimited travel. Cards are available at: 

Fare Vending Machines at all stations 

• All participating Shoppers Drug Mart locations 
• Prestocard.ca 
• TTC Customer Service Centre, above Davisville station.  
• A limited quantity of complementary PRESTO cards are available at select Toronto Public Library branches.    

You can buy a TTC Monthly pass through: 

• the PRESTO app  
• PRESTO in Google Wallet 
• Prestocad.ca 
• Participating Shoppers Drug Mart location 
• One of our Fare Vending Machines or Self-Serve Reload Machines located at all TTC subway stations. 

 If you are eligible for a discounted monthly pass rate, such as youth, post-secondary or senior, you will need to take your card along with your government issued identification or TTC Photo ID to a Shoppers Drug Mart location or a PRESTO Customer Service Centre, and your fare type will be changed. Learn more about TTC fare types.

You can load a digital PRESTO card, for free, in your Google or Apple Wallets. Once loaded, customers can tape their smartphone or smartwatch on a PRESTO reader on a vehicle when boarding on the street or on a faregate when entering a station to pay. 

The digital PRESTO card in Google or Apple Wallets can only be active on one device at a time – either an Android or Apple phone or a Wear OS smartwatch/Apple watch. Customers wishing to change devices must transfer their digital card to the other device to pay their fare. 

PRESTO in Apple Wallet

PRESTO in Google Wallet

You can purchase one-ride, two-ride, and day pass PRESTO Tickets here: 

• Participating Shoppers Drug Mart location 

• One of our Fare Vending Machines or Self-Serve Reload Machines located at all TTC subway stations. 

You can use cash to purchase PRESTO Tickets, or use exact cash to pay your fare. Operators on buses and streetcars do not sell fares or carry change, so you must have a form of payment ready before you board a vehicle. Please remember to obtain a paper transfer from an operator or transfers machine to have as a Proof of Purchase.

The TTC has stopped accepting legacy tickets, tokens and day passes as of June 2, 2025. As per the TTC’s fare policy, refunds, exchanges or credits are not provided for any unused fares, including remaining legacy tickets, tokens or day passes people may have left after June 1, 2025. If you are a Wheel-Trans customer, you will be able to use legacy tickets, tokens and day passes on Wheel-Trans door-to-door trips until December 31, 2025. If you’re not a Wheel-Trans customer, you may be eligible to apply. For more information on Wheel-Trans, please visit https://www.ttc.ca/wheel-trans .

Learn more about stop acceptance of TTC legacy tickets, tokens, and day passes.

Customers paying by cash must get a transfer where they pay their fare i.e. from an Operator on bus, from the Fares and Transfers Machine on a streetcar or the red Transfers machine at a subway station. Paper transfers are valid at transfer points on the day of issue for a one-way continuous trip, or as otherwise noted on the transfer. TTC paper transfers are only valid on TTC vehicles, or contracted Wheel-Trans vehicles. They are not valid on any other transit agency. 

In some cases, two routes operate near each other but do not serve the same intersection and do not have any stops in common. In these cases, where specifically identified, customers can use paper transfers to transfer between routes at the walking transfer locations.

A list of transfer locations is available here

MiWay (in Mississauga) does not accept TTC paper transfers, except “Zone 3” punched transfers from TTC Route 52 Lawrence.

York Region Transit (YRT) does not accept TTC paper transfers, except “Zone 3” punched transfers from TTC Routes 17 Birchmount, 68 Warden, 102 Markham Road, 129 McCowan North and 160 Bathurst North. 

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