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GO Student ID

Elementary, junior high, and high school students (public, Catholic, and private)

Students must have their valid, current year, Canadian school-issued ID when traveling. This ID must be kept handy for ticket checks with the 10-ride student ticket, PRESTO or monthly pass; students in this category do not require a separate GO Student ID card unless their school does not issue student identification. School-issued IDs distributed in the 2010-11 school year are valid for student fares until October 31, 2011; school-issued IDs distributed in the 2011-12 school year are valid for student fares until October 31, 2012.


Post-secondary students

To qualify for the student fare, passengers must have GO-approved student identification..

To be eligible for a GO Student ID card, students must be registered full-time (excluding online courses/institutions) at a Canadian university, college or career college registered under the Private Career Colleges Act (check with your school to see if they meet this criteria). This GO Student ID must be kept with the student when traveling on a student 10-ride ticket, PRESTO or monthly pass for ticket checks. The GO Student ID is valid for the entire period of full-time study and must be renewed each new school year.

For students registered for seven months or more of full-time classes, GO Student ID cards are valid throughout the summer months. For the 2011-12 school year, these cards expire October 31, 2012.

Please see the list of post-secondary schools below for the process for obtaining your GO Student ID.

Durham College,
University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) &
Trent University (Oshawa campus)

  • School-issued student cards from Durham College, UOIT, and Trent University's Oshawa campus, that indicate the cardholder's full-time status, are accepted as valid fare on DRT and GO Buses traveling within Durham Region.
  • These student cards, which feature a small bus icon, are not accepted as fare on GO Trains, but are considered valid student identification when traveling with a student-discount fare. Although DRT U-Passes are not valid for travel after the end of the school year, they can be used as GO Transit Student Identification to qualify for student fares during the summer months. Student cards from 2011-12 expire October 31, 2012.
  • Registered full-time students at these schools can use their school-issued student cards to purchase GO tickets and passes at the student discount rate for travel anywhere on the GO system. A separate GO Student ID card is no longer required.
  • To qualify for free bus travel within Durham Region, and for the discounted rate on GO travel outside the region, students must have a card from one of these three schools that indicates full-time status and that includes a small bus icon.

George Brown College

  • Registered full-time George Brown College students can obtain their GO Student ID at the George Brown St. James campus.

University of Guelph

Humber College

  • Registered full-time students at Humber College can receive a GO validation sticker. The sticker will be adhered to their school-issued student card.
  • Please visit Humber College's Registrar's Office for your sticker.

McMaster University

Ryerson University

Seneca College

Sheridan College

  • Registered full-time students at Sheridan College can receive a GO validation sticker. The sticker will be adhered to their school-issued student card.
  • Please visit Sheridan College's Registrar's Office for your sticker.

University of Toronto (St.George, Mississauga and Scarborough campuses)

  • Registered full-time students at U of T can get their GO Student ID by bringing their TCard to the TCard Office on their campus, http://www.utoronto.ca/tcard.

Trent University, Peterborough campus

  • Registered full-time students at Trent University's Peterborough campus can receive a GO validation sticker. The sticker will be adhered to their school-issued student card.
  • Please visit Trent University's Registrar's Office for your sticker.

University of Waterloo

  • For the 2011/12 school year, GO Transit accepts photo identification cards that are issued by University of Waterloo indicating full-time students status and a valid expiry date when purchasing student fare.

York University

  • Registered full-time students at York University can order their GO Student ID cards online. Please visit http://gocard.yorku.ca.

Is your school not listed above?

Full-time students attending post-secondary schools not listed above may obtain a GO Student ID card by using a paper application available in their school’s Registrar’s office. They must have an authorized official at their school sign the completed application form.

To obtain a card, the signed application form can be submitted to the Union Station Customer Service Centre in one of three ways:

  1. Take the signed form to Union Station Customer Service where a card will be made up on the spot.
  2. Take the signed form to any GO Train station. It will be sent to Union Station to be processed, and then returned for pick-up at the station of the student’s choice. (Please allow 2-4 weeks for processing.)
  3. Mail the signed form, along with a self-addressed, stamped return envelope to:
    Union Station, Customer Service
    140 Bay St.
    Toronto
    M5J 2L5

To learn more about student fares, please visit our Ticket Types page.