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PRESTO: a provincial fare card on a city transit system

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Claims, one by one

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Claim 1 clm-76029b310300fc70 quantitative

The City of Toronto's Auditor General estimated the TTC lost at least $64M CAD in passenger revenue in 2018: $61M to fare evasion and $3M to malfunctioning Metrolinx equipment.

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Caveat: The auditor said the figure understates the loss, because revenue lost to broken subway fare gates could not be quantified.

Sources carrying this claim

Auditor General, City of Toronto -- Review of TTC Revenue Operations, Phase One (21 Feb 2019)

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator: Metrolinx (PRESTO division), an agency of the Government of Ontario, under contract to the Toronto Transit Commission
Actor types: utility
Funding model: public
Funding description: Province of Ontario through Metrolinx; the TTC purchases PRESTO as a managed service
Cost: 2006 Accenture master agreement $232M CAD, expanded by more than $1.7B in work added without competitive procurement (Ontario Auditor General, 2020)
Ownership: Not recorded
Decision rights: Not recorded
Exit conditions: Not recorded

8 source dossiers

Metrolinx -- About us metrolinx.com · background

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Publisher: Name not classified · metrolinx.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
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Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
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Locator: Open the recorded source note
'Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario under the Metrolinx Act, 2006, was created to improve the coordination and integration of all modes of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.' Lists GO Transit, UP Express and PRESTO among its services, PRESTO being 'an automated fare collection system trusted by 11 different transit agencies'.
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TTC -- Debit and credit payment on the TTC starts tomorrow (14 Aug 2023) ttc.ca · background

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Stable source ID: src-dba8685891cac095
Publisher: Name not classified · ttc.ca
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2023-08-14
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Record last verified: 2026-07-26
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'More than 8,700 PRESTO card readers have been upgraded to accept debit and credit cards', accepted 'at subway station fare gates, and on board all streetcars, buses and Wheel-Trans vehicles' from 'Tues., Aug. 15'. 'The debit and credit card fare is $3.30, the same as an adult single use PRESTO fare.' Concession riders must keep a configured PRESTO card.
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TTC -- Reminder: TTC stops accepting tickets, tokens and day passes (May 2025) ttc.ca · background

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Publisher: Name not classified · ttc.ca
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2025-05-29
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Record last verified: 2026-07-26
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'Sun., Jun. 1, 2025, is the last day tickets, tokens, and day passes ... will be accepted as valid fare payment.' 'Today, fewer than one per cent of TTC customers pay with legacy fares.' Corrects the common claim that legacy media were retired in 2019 -- 2019 ended their sale, not their acceptance.
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TTC -- Fare capping coming to the TTC in September (May 2026) ttc.ca · background

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Publisher: Name not classified · ttc.ca
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2026-05-05
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Record last verified: 2026-07-26
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'Customers who pay their fare with PRESTO, debit or credit card, or mobile wallet, will ride free after 47 paid trips in a calendar month.' 'the Youth, Adult, Senior, and Fair Pass Transit Discount Program TTC Monthly Passes and the Youth and Senior 12-Month Passes will be discontinued' as of 31 August 2026.
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TTC -- Fares and passes / Fare types ttc.ca · background

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Publisher: Name not classified · ttc.ca
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
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Record last verified: 2026-07-26
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'Monthly fare capping starts September 1, 2026.' Fair Pass Transit Discount Program gives low-income Toronto residents aged 20-64 '36% on TTC single adult fare rides and 21% on TTC adult monthly passes', and the discount is 'programmed onto a PRESTO card'. The cap threshold falls to 40 paid trips in 2027, and only accrues if the rider uses the same card or device all month.
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Auditor General, City of Toronto -- Review of TTC Revenue Operations, Phase One (21 Feb 2019) torontoauditor.ca · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-e85633400f01c757
Publisher: Name not classified · torontoauditor.ca
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2019-02-21
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
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Archive: Open archived copy ↗ · 2025-08-16
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Locator: Open the recorded source note
'We estimate that TTC lost at least $64M in passenger revenue in 2018 due to: $61M from fare evasion ... $3M from malfunctioning Metrolinx equipment (TTC's analysis).' The auditor is the city's, independent of both the TTC and Metrolinx, and notes the figure understates the loss.
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Claims linked: clm-76029b310300fc70

Office of the Auditor General of Ontario -- Metrolinx Operations and Governance, 2020 Value-for-Money Audit auditor.on.ca · background

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Publisher: Name not classified · auditor.on.ca
Type / language: pdf · language not classified
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Finds that reliance on Accenture 'for over 14 years for all aspects of design, implementation and operation of the PRESTO electronic fare system has led to a high degree of dependency on this service provider', and that work worth more than $1.7B was added to the 2006 $232M master agreement without competitive procurement. PDF would not render in review; figures taken from consistent summaries attributing them to this audit -- confirm before sealing.
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Daily Hive -- TTC considering getting rid of PRESTO for a new payment system dailyhive.com · background

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Stable source ID: src-1165d865d057115e
Publisher: Name not classified · dailyhive.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2021-02-10
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
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The TTC's 'PRESTO agreement with Metrolinx is set to end as early as 2027' and the TTC 'is currently undertaking a Fare Collection Request for Information (RFI)' to survey alternative suppliers. Press summary of a TTC board item.
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