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OPUS Card and the ARTM's Regional Fare System

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6: publication dates recorded
0: archives linked
0: exact locators
0: content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

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Claim 1 clm-f97a1814054e7ff0 quantitative

The OPUS contactless card launched across Quebec transit in 2008

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The STM's April 2008 release announces OPUS deployment from April 2008 to June 2009: students at the 2008 school start, regular customers in Montreal, Laval and Longueuil in November 2008.
Caveat: The rollout ran from April 2008 to June 2009.

Sources carrying this claim

STM — Lancement de la carte OPUS dans les transports collectifs au Québec (2008)

Claim 2 clm-16fb3f3832ede6af descriptive

is accepted by every operator in Greater Montreal — the STM, exo, the RTL, the STL and the REM

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The Opus card's infobox lists validity on Exo, the Réseau express métropolitain, the STM, the STL and the RTL.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

Wikipedia — Opus card

Claim 3 clm-7825df35f7e86f6a quantitative

Since the 2017 reorganisation the ticketing platform belongs to the ARTM

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: Wikipedia: since the reorganisation effective 1 June 2017 the Opus ticketing system has been the property of the ARTM; the ARTM's Concerto page describes replacing 'la plateforme billettique OPUS' as its own project.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Claim 4 clm-92b129a49bebe76e quantitative

a reform rolled out from July 2021 to 2023 replaced 17 separate fare grids and more than 750 fare products with four zones

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The ARTM says that before the first phase in July 2021 the region had more than 750 distinct fare products across 17 fare grids, and that the reform uses four zones instead of eight, with phases in 2021, 2022 and 2023; Québec's 2022 release confirms the four-zone structure.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — Refonte tarifaire
Gouvernement du Québec — La refonte tarifaire se déploie à Laval, Longueuil et Montréal le 1er juillet 2022

Claim 5 clm-9d72a1c76e7edc93 quantitative

Bank cards work only on the STL's Laval buses, which have taken credit cards since 2017 and fleet-wide since 2022

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The ARTM's pilot page calls the STL 'le premier organisme de transport au Canada à avoir offert, dès 2017, le paiement par carte de crédit'; Mass Transit reports in April 2022 that the STL now accepts credit cards on its entire bus fleet.
Caveat: 'Only' rests on the ARTM's Concerto roadmap, which still schedules network-wide bank-card payment for 2027.

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo
Mass Transit — Credit card payments now accepted on all STL buses (13 Apr 2022)

Claim 6 clm-3bc01279fa02bfa2 quantitative

on nine exo bus lines north of the city where a two-year pilot began in December 2024

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The ARTM pilot, 'démarré en 2024, et prévu pour une durée de 2 ans', launched in December 2024 on exo's Saint-Jérôme local lines 100, 101, 102, 103, 105 and 107, line 9 and lines 23 and 24.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo

Claim 7 clm-09eebe88735239fe quantitative

A CAD 146M replacement programme, Concerto, contracted to Masabi

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The ARTM announces a contract to the British company Masabi and says the project respects the approved budget envelope of 146 M$, contingency included.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — L'ARTM s'associe à Masabi pour développer une nouvelle solution billettique

Claim 8 clm-76e703f8c6c04943 quantitative

is meant to bring contactless bank cards to the whole regular network in 2027, after tests in 2026

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The Concerto roadmap lists 2026 for virtual titles on phones and tests for bank-card payment, and 2027 for 'lancement du paiement par carte bancaire sur l'ensemble du réseau régulier du transport collectif'.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — Le projet Concerto

Claim 9 clm-f38ae01806b25a26 quantitative

since July 2026 some Android users can validate a virtual OPUS at metro turnstiles

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: La Presse reports on 22 July 2026 that an update to the Chrono app extends virtual titles gradually to Android users, who can validate at metro turnstiles with their phone; iPhone users must wait.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

La Presse — Des usagers d'Android peuvent maintenant valider un passage avec leur téléphone (22 July 2026)

Claim 10 clm-c02091d62b1e5e3b quantitative

Fare reform replaced 17 fare grids and more than 750 distinct fare products with 4 zones across the metropolitan region (ARTM)

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The ARTM states the pre-reform region carried 'plus de 750 titres de transport distincts' across '17 grilles tarifaires', replaced by '4 zones tarifaires plutôt que 8'.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — Refonte tarifaire

Claim 11 clm-76d27970ce840ec5 quantitative

Single fare held at CAD 3.50 through the July 2022 phase

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: Québec's release on the 1 July 2022 phase: 'Le tarif unitaire est maintenu à 3,50 $'.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

Gouvernement du Québec — La refonte tarifaire se déploie à Laval, Longueuil et Montréal le 1er juillet 2022

Claim 12 clm-129e32a239594619 quantitative

fares indexed about 3% on 1 July 2026

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The ARTM says that from 1 July 2026 most fare products are indexed by an average of about 3%, with no increase for single-trip titles.
Caveat: Single-trip fares were not increased in 2026.

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — Grille tarifaire 2026-2027

Claim 13 clm-f38bb0564360a1a6 quantitative

Montreal cut its zones from eight to four between 2021 and 2023

Published field: lesson · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The ARTM describes four zones instead of eight, introduced in phases from July 2021 to 2023.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — Refonte tarifaire

Claim 14 clm-4bba0c58875bbd57 quantitative

yet in 2026 a bank card still works only on Laval's buses and a handful of suburban exo routes

Published field: lesson · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says: The Concerto roadmap schedules network-wide bank-card payment for 2027; until then the ARTM documents the exo pilot lines, and the STL's own fleet-wide credit-card acceptance dates from 2022.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

ARTM — Le projet Concerto
ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo
Mass Transit — Credit card payments now accepted on all STL buses (13 Apr 2022)

Source dossiers and revision state

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10: source dossiers
6: publication dates recorded
0: archives linked
0: exact locators
0: content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator: Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM); card accepted by the STM, exo, the RTL, the STL and the REM
Actor types: utility
Funding model: public
Funding description: ARTM (regional transit authority), Quebec public funding
Cost: ≈CAD 146M (Concerto ticketing replacement, incl. contingency)
Ownership: Not recorded
Decision rights: Not recorded
Exit conditions: Not recorded

10 source dossiers

ARTM — Le projet Concerto artm.quebec · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-47eef5188c6b964f
Publisher: Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Roadmap: 'Paiement par cartes bancaires dans certaines lignes d'autobus d'exo en couronne nord' (H2 2024), bank card payment network-wide plus 'mise en place du compte de mobilité' in 2026, alternative payment and post-payment in 2027. Also states the shift from a card-centric system to 'un compte client virtuel (compte centrique)', and that Concerto replaces 'la plateforme billettique OPUS'. Load-bearing source for the absence of open payment today.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-7825df35f7e86f6a
clm-76e703f8c6c04943
clm-4bba0c58875bbd57

ARTM — Projet pilote de paiement par carte bancaire chez exo artm.quebec · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-e1b13daa9aba67d6
Publisher: Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
'Démarré en 2024, et prévu pour une durée de 2 ans' — a two-year pilot launched December 2024. 'Payer avec une carte de crédit ou de débit, physique ou numérisée' on the Saint-Jérôme local lines '100, 101, 102, 103, 105 et 107, de la ligne 9 et des lignes 23 et 24'. Sole verified location of open-loop payment in the region.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-9d72a1c76e7edc93
clm-3bc01279fa02bfa2
clm-4bba0c58875bbd57

ARTM — L'ARTM s'associe à Masabi pour développer une nouvelle solution billettique artm.quebec · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-317d256087cd5977
Publisher: Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2025-07-16
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Authority's own statement of supplier and cost: 'L'Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) annonce l'octroi un contrat à l'entreprise britannique Masabi'; 'Le projet respecte l'enveloppe budgétaire approuvée de 146 M$, incluant les fonds de contingence'; the platform 'prend en charge divers modes de paiement, notamment les cartes bancaires sans contact, les téléphones intelligents, les cartes à puce et les billets mobiles'.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-09eebe88735239fe

ARTM — Refonte tarifaire artm.quebec · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-fa283d040a388aa8
Publisher: Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
'4 zones tarifaires plutôt que 8'; before the reform the region carried 'plus de 750 titres de transport distincts' across '17 grilles tarifaires'. Phases: July 2021 (zones C and D), 2022 (four zones region-wide), 2023 (24h and 3-day titles). Source of the impact figures.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-92b129a49bebe76e
clm-c02091d62b1e5e3b
clm-f38bb0564360a1a6

Gouvernement du Québec — La refonte tarifaire se déploie à Laval, Longueuil et Montréal le 1er juillet 2022 quebec.ca · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-bfbe880a23d9a757
Publisher: Name not classified · quebec.ca
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2022-04-28
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Independent confirmation of the phase-2 date and structure: 'L'Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) déploiera la deuxième phase de la refonte tarifaire le 1er juillet 2022'; 'un découpage du territoire en quatre zones'; 'Le tarif unitaire est maintenu à 3,50 $'.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-92b129a49bebe76e
clm-76d27970ce840ec5

ARTM — Grille tarifaire 2026-2027 artm.quebec · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-da079efccdf4e700
Publisher: Name not classified · artm.quebec
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2026-05-01
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Current fare year: 'À compter du 1er juillet 2026, la majorité des titres de transport feront l'objet d'une indexation moyenne d'environ 3 %'. Contains no mention of fare capping.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-129e32a239594619

La Presse — Des usagers d'Android peuvent maintenant valider un passage avec leur téléphone (22 July 2026) lapresse.ca · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-d9b7ac680578e7ec
Publisher: Name not classified · lapresse.ca
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2026-07-22
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Currency anchor, four days before review: some Android users can now validate a trip with their phone. This is a virtual OPUS title in the Chrono app, not a bank card. Article body blocked (403); headline and outlet verified by search, so treated as media-grade support only.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-f38ae01806b25a26

STM — Lancement de la carte OPUS dans les transports collectifs au Québec (2008) stm.info · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-4e90df5d7e848cdf
Publisher: Name not classified · stm.info
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2008-04-21
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Operator press release announcing the OPUS launch in 2008, with students served in autumn 2008 and regular customers in Montreal, Laval and Longueuil in November 2008. Basis for yearStart.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-f97a1814054e7ff0

Wikipedia — Opus card en.wikipedia.org · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-72b34e4f90a3922a
Publisher: Name not classified · en.wikipedia.org
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Weakest source, used only for two supporting details: the card follows the Calypso / ISO-IEC 14443 standard, and 'Following Montreal's public transport reorganization effective June 1, 2017, the Opus ticketing system has been the property of the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM), which has delegated its management to the STM.' The delegation detail is single-sourced and deliberately kept out of the entry fields.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-16fb3f3832ede6af
clm-7825df35f7e86f6a

Mass Transit — Credit card payments now accepted on all STL buses (13 Apr 2022) masstransitmag.com · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-773005ba1f81a75a
Publisher: Name not classified · masstransitmag.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2022-04-13
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-10-05
Dossier created: 2026-10-05
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
STL press release: 'now accepting credit card payments on its entire bus fleet', after introducing them on some buses five years earlier; supported and funded by the ARTM, with Flowbird and Moneris.
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Claims linked: clm-9d72a1c76e7edc93
clm-4bba0c58875bbd57

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