Student bus passes
If you’re enrolled in at least one on-campus course for credit, you’re automatically charged for a U-Pass as per UVSS/GSS policies.
Starting September 2023, you’ll need to use the new Umo mobile app or a reloadable Umo card to show proof of payment on all buses in the Victoria Regional Transit System. The UVic ONECard will no longer operate as your bus pass.
Activate your U-Pass
You can choose to use either the Umo app or a reloadable Umo card as your U-Pass—you cannot use both. As the app includes travel tools such as real-time information, maps, and alerts, it is BC Transit’s recommended fare product.
- Download the Umo Mobility mobile app from the Apple App or Google Play Store
- International students: you may need to use remote access/VPN or change your Apple ID country/region or Google Play country once you are in Canada
- Create an Umo account. We recommend you use an email address as your username
- Visit MyBusPass (in online tools) to get your unique-to-you UVic benefit code
- Inside the Umo app, select Redeem Benefit from the top menu
- Tap Change Agency and select the Victoria Regional Transit and enter your bus pass code to link your U-Pass to your app
- Pick up a card for free from your student union or a BC Transit Umo vendor
Locations on campus: UVSS info booth (SUB); Room 102 in Halpern Graduate Centre for Graduate Students; Continuing Studies Building second floor - Visit MyBusPass (in online tools) to get your unique-to-you UVic benefit code
- Visit ca.umopass.com to create an account and register your card
- Once inside, click on the left menu, select Change Agency and select Victoria Regional Transit
- Select My Wallet, Redeem Benefit Code and enter your benefit code to link your U-Pass to your card
Ready to travel
When you are ready to travel, please have your payment ready prior to stepping aboard the bus.
- If you are using the Umo app, select Validation Code to display your account’s dynamic QR code. Aboard the bus, present your QR code to the centre of the Umo validator
- If you are using the Umo card, tap your card at the base of the validator
You’ll know your U-Pass was accepted when you see the Umo validator’s green checkmark.
Visit the BC Transit website for route information.