Compass Card Fares 2026: 1, 2 & 3 Zone Prices, Monthly Pass

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Every current TransLink fare on one page, with a calculator that turns two station names into a price. Adult stored-value fares are $2.85 (1 zone), $4.20 (2 zones) and $5.40 (3 zones); a DayPass is $12.55; monthly passes run $117.20, $156.70 and $211.65. Buses are always one zone, and after 6:30 pm on weekdays, on weekends and on holidays every trip is charged as one zone.

TransLink fare table (CAD, 2026)

• DayPass: $12.55 adult, $9.75 concession. All zones, all day, until the end of service.
• Concession Monthly Pass: $66.95 for all zones (ages 5–18 and 65+ with ID; children 12 and under ride free with a fare-paying rider).
• YVR AddFare: $6.50 on top of the fare when you start at YVR–Airport, Sea Island Centre or Templeton and leave Sea Island. Not charged on a Monthly Pass, on a DayPass or ticket bought anywhere other than Sea Island, or on trips that stay on Sea Island.
• Transfers: 90 minutes in the direction of travel on one fare. Tap in and tap out on SkyTrain and SeaBus; tap in only on buses.

Fares are TransLink's published 2026 rates (CAD), checked on 10 November 2026. TransLink reviews fares each July; if a date later than that appears on translink.ca, that page wins.

Monthly Pass or stored value: where it pays off

Divide the pass by the single fare and round up: a 1-zone Monthly Pass ($117.20) beats stored value from trip 42 in a calendar month, a 2-zone pass ($156.70) from trip 38, a 3-zone pass ($211.65) from trip 40. Twice a day on working days is 40–46 trips, so a daily commuter wins with the pass; a visitor on a ten-day trip almost never does, and a DayPass only pays when you make five or more 1-zone trips in a day.

Which zone is my station?

The fare counts the zones you touch. Zone 1 is the City of Vancouver; Zone 2 is Burnaby, New Westminster, Richmond, Sea Island and the North Shore; Zone 3 is Surrey, Coquitlam, Port Moody and everything farther out. Waterfront to Metrotown is two zones, Waterfront to Surrey Central is three, Metrotown to Surrey Central is two.

• Zone 1: Waterfront, Burrard, Granville, Stadium–Chinatown, Main Street–Science World, Commercial–Broadway, Nanaimo, 29th Avenue, Joyce–Collingwood, VCC–Clark, Renfrew, Rupert, Vancouver City Centre, Yaletown–Roundhouse, Olympic Village, Broadway–City Hall, King Edward, Oakridge–41st Avenue, Langara–49th Avenue, Marine Drive.
• Zone 2: Lonsdale Quay (SeaBus), Patterson, Metrotown, Royal Oak, Edmonds, 22nd Street, New Westminster, Columbia, Sapperton, Braid, Lougheed Town Centre, Production Way–University, Gilmore, Brentwood Town Centre, Holdom, Sperling–Burnaby Lake, Lake City Way, Bridgeport, Aberdeen, Lansdowne, Richmond–Brighouse, Capstan, Templeton, Sea Island Centre, YVR–Airport.
• Zone 3: Scott Road, Gateway, Surrey Central, King George, Burquitlam, Moody Centre, Inlet Centre, Coquitlam Central, Lincoln, Lafarge Lake–Douglas.

Compass card, ticket or tap-to-pay: which to use

• Tap-to-pay with a contactless credit or debit card, or a phone, charges the cash fare ($3.50 for one zone) with no card to buy. Use the same card or device to tap in and out, and do not mix a physical card with its phone wallet copy in one trip.
• A Compass card costs a $6 refundable deposit at any SkyTrain station machine and charges the stored-value fare, 19% less on a 1-zone trip. Load it once and it works on buses, SkyTrain, SeaBus and the West Coast Express.
• Compass tickets are single-use paper fares at the cash rate; buy the DayPass as a ticket before you reach Sea Island to skip the AddFare.
• Concession fares need a concession Compass card (ages 5–18) or a seniors' card (65+) from Compass customer service or a station attendant, with ID.

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Fare questions, answered

How much is a 2-zone fare in Vancouver?

$4.20 on a Compass card with stored value, $5.10 by cash, Compass ticket or tap-to-pay, for adults. Concession stored value is $3.40. After 6:30 pm on weekdays and all day on weekends and holidays the same trip is charged as one zone.

How much is a Compass card monthly pass?

$117.20 for one zone, $156.70 for two zones and $211.65 for three zones; the concession pass is $66.95 and covers all zones. Passes load onto a Compass card for a calendar month, not 30 days from purchase.

Is the SkyTrain to the airport extra?

Only on the way out of Sea Island: leaving YVR–Airport, Sea Island Centre or Templeton adds the $6.50 AddFare to a stored-value, tap-to-pay or Sea Island-bought ticket fare. Riding to the airport costs the normal two-zone fare from downtown, $4.20 on stored value.

Can I use one Compass card for two people?

No. Each rider taps their own card, ticket or contactless card; the system tracks one fare per card. Tap-to-pay with two different bank cards works fine for a pair.

Does a DayPass include the airport AddFare?

If you buy it before you reach Sea Island, yes, the AddFare is waived. A DayPass bought at YVR–Airport, Sea Island Centre or Templeton includes the AddFare in its price once.

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