Winnipeg Fares & Ridership Timeline
1925–2004
Data Compiled by Citizens for Better Public Transit in Winnipeg
Year Adult Cash Fare Adult Monthly Pass Fare Effective Date Ridership Events/Initiatives
1925 Winnipeg Electric Co. (WECo.)
1929 61,239,000 Great Depression Begins
1939 41,639,539 WW II Begins
1941 0.069 51,246,410
1945 0.066 97,718,754 WW II Ends
1946 0.066 105,983,270
1947 0.066 $6.00 102,802,620
1948 0.066
1949 $0.10 $9.00 Nov. 1/1949 95,000,000
1950 91,631,604
1951  85,760,916
1952  78,966,409
1953 75,619,638
1954  73,798,050
1955 70,968,682 Last streetcar eliminated.
1956  70,989,273
1957 Nov. 1/1957
1980
1981
1982 $0.60 Mediacom aluminum shelters installed throughout metro area. Two-way bus radio installed.
1983
1984 "Ride by Route Number" introduced.
1985 Tele-bus installed. Electronic fareboxes tested.
1986 Tele-bus officially opens. Several Express routes introduced.
1987 $0.90
1988 $1.00
1989 $1.05
1990 $1.10 Green and white "environmental" on series 170-177 painted buses.
1991 $1.15
1992 $1.20
1993 $1.25
1994 $1.30
1995 $1.35
1996 $1.40
1997 $1.45
1998 $1.50 TransPlan 2010 released.
1999 $1.55
2000 $1.60
2001 $1.65
2002 $1.70
2003 $1.75
2004 $1.80
2005 $1.85 $69.00 Jan. 1/2005 38,000,000 Rapid Transit Task Force report released
2006$2.00$71.00Jan 1/200637,000,000Excuse given was higher oil prices, and easier to drop in a $2 coin.