Montreal STM customers have a few month to organize for a worth improve on their month-to-month passes.
The Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain introduced in early Could that fares throughout the Better Montreal community will improve by 3% beginning July 1, 2026, in step with the minimal indexation charge set out underneath its 2025-2028 funding settlement with the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal and the Quebec authorities.
ARTM director common Benoît Gendron acknowledged the timing is not nice. “We’re absolutely conscious of the affect that the annual indexation represents in a context the place the price of residing is placing important strain on households,” he mentioned in a launch.
There may be one piece of excellent information buried within the announcement. Single and two-ride fares are usually not altering, so occasional STM riders will not really feel this one in any respect.
Here is what these costs will stay at:
Single and two-ride fares (unchanged)
Tous modes A: 1 trip $3.75 common / $2.75 diminished, 2 rides $7.00 common / $5.00 diminished
Tous modes AB: 1 trip $5.00 common / $3.50 diminished, 2 rides $9.75 common / $7.00 diminished
Tous modes ABC: 1 trip $7.00 common / $4.75 diminished, 2 rides $13.50 common / $9.00 diminished
Tous modes ABCD: 1 trip $9.50 common / $6.75 diminished, 2 rides $18.50 common / $13.00 diminished
The place STM riders will really feel it
Month-to-month go holders are the place the rise lands. The ARTM is making use of a flat greenback bump throughout all Tous modes month-to-month passes: $5.50 extra for normal fares and $3.25 extra for diminished fares.
Here is what every go will value beginning July 1:
- Tous modes A (island of Montreal): $110.00 common / diminished charge applies
- Tous modes AB (Montreal, Laval, Longueuil agglomeration): $170.00 common
- Tous modes ABC: $206.00 common
- Tous modes ABCD (areas outdoors ARTM territory): $281.00 common
Restricted-time passes like night and weekend choices will even see slight will increase of some cents, and 10-ride blocks are going up by roughly $1 on common.
One different change coming July 1
Transitional REM fares for the South Shore hall are being phased out. Launched in 2023 to ease the shift to the brand new community, these tickets are being changed by the usual Tous modes choices. South Shore REM riders might want to choose up whichever go corresponds to their journey zones going ahead.