Para Transpo fares
Para Transpo service costs the same as trips on buses or the O-Train, making it easy to travel across the system. Para Transpo trips from an urban to rural, or rural to urban location cost extra.
Your fare allows one support person to ride with you at a time. Support persons must be registered in advance.
Fare types
Para Transpo fares effective Jan. 1, 2026
| Cash | $4.15 |
 O-Payment |
$4.10 |
| Adult | $4.10 |
| Senior (ages 65 and up) | $3.28 |
| Pre-Teen (ages 11-12) | $2.05 |
| Child (ages 10 and under) | Free |
| EquiPass What is EquiPass? |
$1.75 |
| Community What is a Community Pass? |
$1.75 |
| Rural
Flat rate |
$11.00 |
Discounted single-ride fares must be paid with a Presto card or with ParaPay. Discounted fares, including Senior fares, cannot be paid by cash. Cash, credit card and debit card payments will be charged the price of an Adult fare (see O-Payment below). O-Payment is not accepted for rural fares.
| Fare | Presto or ParaPay |
|---|---|
| Adults | $138.50 |
| Seniors 65+ | $59.75 |
| Community | $43.25 |
| EquiPass | $58.25 |
| Access (Not available on ParaPay) |
$43.25 |
Exceptions
- A supplement payment of $2.75 per ride is required by Access pass holders on Para Transpo trips.
- The a-card is not accepted on Para Transpo.
Rural fare zones
Para Transpo Fare Zone Map
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Trips from a rural address to another rural address are only offered through the Taxi coupon program.
Payment options
Para Transpo fares can be paid with:
DayPasses and multi-day passes
Para Transpo customers or their companions can buy a DayPass or multi-day pass to use as regular fare on Para Transpo trips.
DayPass exception
- Day Passes apply to regular fares only. They are NOT valid for Para Transpo rural zone fares.
- You can buy a DayPass on a regular (non-Para) bus or at a ticket machine. You can only buy a multi-day pass at a ticket machine.
For more information about DayPasses and multi-day passes, visit our Where and how to pay page.
Presto
Customers can pay for trips on Para Transpo using a Presto card. Load your Presto card with a monthly pass or load funds to pay per ride.
Find out more about where to buy a Presto card and how to load it.
O-Payment: credit card, debit card or mobile wallet
You can pay with a credit card, debit card or mobile wallet if you are paying an Adult fare only. Register your credit card at o-payment.octranspo.com to view your transaction history.
You can't use a credit card, debit card or mobile wallet to pay the fare of another person.
Fare capping
Both Presto and O-Payment offer automatic fare capping. This means that you will not pay more than the maximum fare amount for a time period, no matter how many trips you take.
Fare capping with Presto
Presto offers monthly fare capping. This means you can take as many trips as you want all month and never pay more than the price of your monthly pass.
For rural trips, only the base fare amount counts towards the monthly cap. The base fare is the cost of a single urban trip. When you reach the monthly fare cap, you will still have to pay the difference between the base fare and the rural fare.
For example: If you have a Senior discount, $3.28 from your rural fare will count towards your monthly cap, but $7.72 will not. ($3.28 + $7.72 = $11.00)
Fare capping with O-Payment
O-Payment offers both daily and monthly fare capping. This means that when you pay for your trip with a credit card, debit card or mobile wallet, you will never pay more than the price of a DayPass or Adult monthly pass. You can't pay for rural trips with O-Payment. These trips won't count towards your daily or monthly cap.
Tap Tip!
Make sure to pay with the same credit card or mobile wallet each time you pay a fare to benefit from daily fare capping.
For seniors on Para Transpo
NEW! Para Transpo seniors age 65 and up now get four free trips a month when they use a registered Presto card to pay per trip.
Your free monthly trips will be refunded as a Presto credit at the start of the following month. We’ll issue the credit for the first part of 2026 later this spring and move to monthly credits after that point. We’ll share more information closer to the date.
Some seniors age 65 and up who currently buy a monthly pass may choose to start paying per trip instead, to receive the credit. We can't give refunds to monthly passes or unregistered Presto cards.
There is no action required by customers to receive this credit if you already have a Senior discount on your registered Presto card and are paying per trip. Be sure to use the same Presto card for all of your Para Transpo trips. Simply tap your Presto card and enjoy the ride!