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Using the Presto card on the TTC, a cardholder can pay adult single fares by default with the option of lower concessionary fares for senior, Fair Pass, post-secondary student, youth, or child riders. [1] (Even though children ride free, a child Presto card allows the child to pass through the fare gates at unstaffed subway station entrances.) [3]
The Presto card (stylized as PRESTO) is a contactless smart card automated fare collection system used on participating public transit systems in the province of Ontario, Canada, specifically in Greater Toronto, Hamilton, and Ottawa. Presto card readers were implemented on a trial basis from 25 June 2007 to 30 September 2008.
Canada Child Tax Benefit was eliminated in 2016 and replaced by the Canada Child Benefit (CCB), a tax-free payment targeting low- and middle-income families; those with incomes higher than $150,000 will receive less than the previous system. In 2018-19 benefit year, the CCB payments are up to $6,496 per year per child under the age of 6, and up ...
Employment and Immigration Canada; Human Resources Development Canada; Government of Canada; The 2012 Canadian federal budget contained provisions to phase out the Social Insurance Number cards because they lacked modern security features and could be used for identity theft. [1] As of 31 March 2014, Service Canada no longer issues plastic SIN ...
Medicaid recipients who find it hard to afford soaring food prices will soon get a boost thanks to a Biden administration decision to allow Medicaid benefits to be used for groceries in certain...
Since 2000, Canada has seen a 20% increase in maternal mortality rate, and now ranks 14th among G20 nations with a maternal mortality rate of 11.0 deaths per 100,000 live births. This places Canada in the middle range of G20 countries, performing better than countries like Brazil, but worse than most European nations and other developed ...
In 1989, with a million children living in poverty in Canada, members of parliament voted unanimously to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. [2] By 2013, the rate child poverty in Canada was higher than it was in 1989, and was approaching the poverty rates of the mid-1970s in spite of the growth of Canada's economy between 1981 and 2010. [2]
One Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) route, 52B/52D Lawrence West, is operated by the TTC contracted on behalf of the City of Mississauga. The fare payment method is the same as for regular MiWay buses; via a Presto card, contactless, or cash. As a result of the One Fare program, transfers between the two systems are now free.