Highlights
In October, 142.6 million passenger trips were made on urban transit networks in Canada, down 3.6% from October 2024, representing 5.4 million fewer trips.
Data on total passenger trips and operating revenue for selected urban transit agencies are available in table 23-10-0307-01.
Ridership down year over year again
Canada's urban transit networks provided an estimated 142.6 million rides in October 2025, down 3.6% (-5.4 million rides) from the same month in 2024. This was the sixth consecutive year-over-year decline.
On a monthly basis, ridership increased by 3.2% (+4.4 million trips) from September to October 2025. This is slightly below the average increase of 4.4% recorded over the same period in the two years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic (2018 and 2019).
While the October 2025 Labour Force Survey estimated an overall increase in employment, it also reported that an elevated number of employees lost work hours due to labour disputes. These labour disputes include a province-wide teachers' strike in Alberta from October 6th to 29th that closed most elementary and secondary schools, and they may have impacted local transit ridership.
Revenue steady
In October 2025, transit agency operating revenue (excluding subsidies) totalled $362.7 million, an increase of 2.9%, or $10.1 million, from the same month the previous year.
Chart 1: Urban public transit operating revenue and passenger trips, monthly, 2019 to 2025
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Data table: Urban public transit operating revenue and passenger trips, monthly, 2019 to 2025
Source: Table 23-10-0251-01.
Note to readers
The table 23-10-0307-01—Passenger bus and urban transit statistics, by Urban transit agency—includes operating revenue and ridership at the city level for selected transit agencies. Statistics Canada appreciates the cooperation of these transit agencies in making this information available to Canadians.
Survey data are revised on a monthly basis to reflect new and updated information.
The data in this release are not seasonally adjusted.
This survey collects data on operating revenue (excluding subsidies) and the number of passenger trips from a panel of urban transit companies that represents at least 75% of revenue in each province and territory. Note that the panel is adjusted annually to maintain the 75% coverage and could differ slightly from what it was in the same month the previous year.
One-time payments from secondary and post-secondary institutions for academic-year student passes are typically reported as revenue during the early fall and early winter months.
Data prior to January 2017 can be found in table 23-10-0078-01.
Random tabular adjustment
The random tabular adjustment (RTA) technique, which aims to increase the amount of data made available to users while protecting the confidentiality of respondents, was applied to the totals of the Monthly Passenger Bus and Urban Transit Survey.
Using RTA, Statistics Canada identifies sensitive data and randomly adjusts values rather than suppressing them. The size of the adjustment is calculated to protect respondent confidentiality.
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