OPUS card with photo for students
The OPUS card for students, which is personal and non-transferable, is proof of your eligibility for a reduced or student fare. If you don’t have it with you when you travel, you will have to pay the regular fare.
If you are a full-time student, you need to renew your OPUS card with photo by October 31 of every year for benefiting from the fare reduction on your travel tickets..
Tip: to skip the line-ups, you can apply for or renew your OPUS card with photo as soon as the beginning of August!
Just go to a metropolitan ticket office or a service centre. Bring along the appropriate required documents.
When and how to renew an OPUS card with photo
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The OPUS card will be valid until October 31 following the holder’s 12th birthday.
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How to proceed?
The OPUS card is valid for two years. Please not that the validity of the OPUS card expires on October 31 of the second year.
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How to proceed?
The OPUS card expires on October 31.
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An OPUS card issued between August 1 and December 31 will expire on October 31 of the following year.
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An OPUS card issued between January 1 and July 31 of an ongoing year will expire on October 31 of the same year.
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Criteria to meet: Being enrolled as a full-time student in an educational institution recognized by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur (MEES).
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Fill in the application form for the OPUS card with photo (PDF - 544 ko)*
(marked with the official seal of the educational institution as proof of full-time study)
or proof of school attendance available on the colleges and universities website.
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Go to a ticket office with an ID document mentioning your age (e.g. health insurance card, birth certificate or passport). Student cards ARE NOT accepted as ID.
- Pay the $15.00 fee for the OPUS card with photo.
The OPUS card expires on October 31.
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An OPUS card issued between August 1 and December 31 will expire on October 31 of the following year.
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An OPUS card issued between January 1 and July 31 of an ongoing year will expire on October 31 of the same year.
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For students of Concordia, ÉTS, McGill, UdeM, UQAM, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Louis-Riel high school or Collège Lionel-Groulx only.
If you meet the following conditions, you could have your card issued online from the Intranet portal.
Conditions:
- Have a valid student card issued by Concordia, ÉTS, McGill, UdeM, UQAM, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Louis-Riel high school or Collège Lionel-Groulx.
- Be a full-time student at one of these academic institutions.
- Have a mailing address in Québec.
However, go to a ticket office if:
- You are a part-time student at two different academic institutions but the amount of credits or classes you take add up to a full-time status.
- You do not have a mailing address in Québec.
- You are a paratransit customer.
Note: Allow 7 business days to receive your OPUS card in the mail.
Download the checklist here!
Frequently asked questions
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REDUCED FARE: Children aged between 6 and 15 on October 31 of the current school year. (Children between 0 and 11 years old need to be accompanied by an adult holding a valid free of charge fare travel.)
REDUCED FARE: Students who are between the ages of 16 and 17 on October 31 of the current school year AND enrolled as full-time students in an educational institution recognized by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur (MEES).
STUDENT FARE: Persons who are between 18 years old or over on October 31 of the current school year AND are enrolled as a full-time student in an educational institution recognized by the ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec (MELS).
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An OPUS card with photo is always registered in the name of its holder. To replace your card or retrieve the balance of unused fares on your lost OPUS card, go to a metropolitan ticket office.
We recommend that students who lose their OPUS card with photo after August 1 take the opportunity to renew their card while retrieving their fares. Go to a metropolitan ticket office with the documents required to obtain a new OPUS card with photo.
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The privilege to a reduced fare ends on October 31. Unless it is renewed by this date, a student OPUS card will stop working on November 1. Preferential rate fares will therefore no longer be available to a student when purchasing fares.
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An expiry date is shown on your OPUS card. Your current fare privilege is valid until that date.
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Every year, certain local carriers organize an OPUS tour of schools in the region. However, fares loaded onto an old OPUS card with photo cannot be transferred onto a new one.
To retrieve your TRAIN and TRAM fares, you will have to go to a metropolitan ticket office.
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Some ticket offices have two separate queues. Ask a staff member which queue is for student clientele.
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Waiting time for the issue of an OPUS card with photo can be under 10 minutes. However, during the back-to-school period (from August to November), a large number of students will report to ticket offices to renew their fare privileges.
You should allow for a wait during this period. Find out the opening hours for metropolitan ticket offices and choose the best time to visit. Depending on customer traffic, some queues may be closed before the ticket office’s scheduled closing time to ensure that all waiting customers are served before closing.
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The information shown on student ID cards varies from one institution to another. The student ID card does not show certain items of information needed for us to identify you correctly when used alone (your date of birth, for example).
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Please contact your school for tour dates.
