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===Fares===
{{Main|Toronto Transit Commission fares}}
[[File:Toronto Transit Commission Token-2007.jpg|thumb|right|Legacy fare media, such as the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) single-ride token (showing the obverse and reverse), are being phased out in favour of [[Presto card|Presto]] fare media; tokens will no longer be accepted after June 1, 2025.]]
Since March 1, 2015, children 12 and under have been able to ride the TTC for free year-round. As of August 15, 2023, the TTC's fare payment system consists of cash fares, [[Presto card]]s and Presto tickets. Customers also have the option to pay the equivalent of the adult single-ride TTC Presto card fare prices by tapping a contactless credit or debit card on TTC Presto fare readers. Although legacy fare media products, such as concession tickets (for youths ages 13 to 19 and seniors 65 or older), tokens, and physical day passes (including weekend family and group day passes) are no longer available for the general public to purchase from the TTC, they are still accepted as valid fare payments, but only until June 1, 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ttc.ca/news/2024/October/TTC-announces-final-day-to-use-old-TTC-tickets | title=TTC announces final day to use old TTC tickets, tokens, and day passes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2024/12/04/deadline-to-use-ttc-tickets-tokens-day-passes-extended-until-june-2025/ | title=Deadline to use TTC tickets, tokens, day passes extended until June 2025 | date=December 4, 2024 }}</ref> As of January 1, 2019, TTC monthly passes and the 12-month pass are only available on Presto, following the phase-out of the TTC's own monthly Metropass and the Metropass discount plan (MDP). Since April 3, 2023, the adult cash fare and single-ride Presto tickets has been $3.35 for a single trip.<ref name="apr2023fares">{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Updates/New-TTC-fares |title=New TTC fares coming April 3, 2023 |publisher=TTC |access-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404115546/https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Updates/New-TTC-fares |archive-date=April 4, 2023}}</ref><ref name="CityNews-Fare">{{cite news |title=TTC approves 10 cent fare hike |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2011/12/14/ttc-approves-10-cent-fare-hike/ |work=[[CityNews]] |date=December 14, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2011/12/14/ttc_approves_10cent_fare_hike.html |work=Toronto Star |first=Paul |last=Moloney |title=TTC approves 10-cent fare hike |date=December 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/2017_TTC_Budget.jsp |title=2017 TTC Fare Increase |website=ttc.ca |access-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103003231/http://ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/2017_TTC_Budget.jsp |archive-date=January 3, 2017 }}</ref> Since April 3, 2023, the cost of adult single fares using a Presto card has been $3.30.<ref name="apr2023fares" /> The Fair Pass program allows those eligible for the [[Ontario Disability Support Program]] (ODSP) or [[Ontario Works]]<!--Don't bypass redirect per [[WP:NOTBROKEN]]--> to receive a discount when using a Presto card.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Passes/Fair_Pass_Discount_Program.jsp |title=The City of Toronto's Fair Pass Discount Program |website=www.ttc.ca |access-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-date=May 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519170840/http://www.ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Passes/Fair_Pass_Discount_Program.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Victoria Park Station 49.jpg|thumb|Paddle-style fare gates at Toronto subway stations are equipped with [[Presto card|Presto]] readers, as seen in [[Victoria Park station (Toronto)|Victoria Park station]].]]
The Presto card is an electronic unified [[contactless smart card]]–based fare payment system, owned and managed by [[Metrolinx]], for use across the TTC transit network, along with several other transit service providers throughout the [[Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area]] (GTHA) including the Metrolinx-owned [[GO Transit]], [[Union Pearson Express]] services and on [[OC Transpo]] in [[Ottawa]]. The TTC also provides limited-use paper Presto tickets, mainly for occasional riders, which come in 1-ride, 2-ride and day pass varieties. Users tap their Presto card or ticket on a Presto reader as they enter a TTC station or vehicle. Either their fare is automatically paid through stored value, verifies if the Presto user has a valid TTC transit pass on it, or validates the TTC's two-hour Presto transfer. Their card or ticket then acts as [[proof-of-payment]] (POP) to present to TTC staff such as fare inspectors, who carry hand-held devices to verify Presto fare payments, upon request. {{As of|2018|06|df=US}}, Presto readers are available at the entrances of all subway stations and on all buses and streetcars.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Presto Fare System |url=https://ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/Presto_Fare_System/index.jsp |website=ttc.ca |access-date=September 21, 2016 |date=September 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919153821/http://ttc.ca/Fares_and_passes/Fare_information/Presto_Fare_System/index.jsp |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3146526/presto-fare-card-system-now-operating-across-the-ttc/ |title=Presto fare card system now operating across the TTC |website=Globalnews.ca |access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref>

Unlike the Presto card, Presto tickets can only be used on TTC services (subway and surface vehicles within the City of Toronto). They are not reloadable and cannot be used on any other transit service providers that use Presto.