Important Dates

December  16, 2024

Winter Term U-Pass can be loaded on your phone but can’t be activated until January 1. Winter Term U-Pass allows you to access Saskatoon Transit from January 1 to April 30. You will be required to activate your U-Pass each term.

December 16, 2024

Opt-out applications may be submitted online for eligible students enrolled in Winter Term. You will be required to submit a U-Pass opt-out application each term.

December 31, 2024

Fall Term U-Pass is deactivated at the end of the day. Winter Term U-Pass will be required effective January 1, 2025.

January 1, 2025

Winter Term U-Pass is active. You can activate your U-Pass on your phone after the start of the term (12:00 am on January 1st for the Winter Term).

January 17, 2025

Last day to submit opt-out applications for eligible students enrolled in Winter Term. Completed online forms are due no later than 4:30 pm.

April 30, 2025

Winter Term U-Pass is deactivated at the end of the day. Spring Term U-Pass will be required effective May 1, 2025.

Setup Your Smartphone


1. Go to your phone’s app store and download the Saskatoon Transit mobile ticketing app, Transit Go (TGo)

Link to Apple’s App Store
Link to Google Play Store

2. Once you have downloaded and installed the app, follow these steps to create an account:

3. Open the Transit Go app, and in the top right corner, click the three lines to be presented with the Utilities menu

4. Select “My Account”

5. Select “New account” if you haven’t created an account for the Transit Go app

6. Enter your Usask email address in this format abc123@usask.ca

It is essential that you use that email format, do not use abc123@mail.usask.ca or firstname.lastname@usask.ca. If you do not use the abc123@usask.ca format, PAWS will not recognize your account, and your U-Pass will not be available on your phone.

Enter a password for your Transit Go account; we recommend not using the same password as your University accounts.

After entering your password a second time, select the “Create a new account” button.

7. Check your Usask email account (abc123@usask.ca) for a verification email from Saskatoon Transit. The email will be from noreply@justride.com (if you don’t see it within 5 minutes, check your spam/junk folder)

8. You will need to click the Verify Account link in the email to complete your account creation setup

9. After you have verified your account, you can follow the next steps on “Load Your U-Pass.”

Load Your U-Pass

  1. Log in to PAWS and go to the U-Pass portal paws.usask.ca/go/upass
  2. You will then be shown a list of term options that are available to you.
  3. If the system shows that you are not eligible for a U-Pass, you are either:
    1. Not enrolled in classes for that term.
    2. Only taking classes that do not have the U-Pass fee associated with them (such as online classes)
    3. It has been less than 48 hours since you registered for classes, please try again the next day.
  4. If you are eligible for a U-Pass for a term, you will see a [Activate] button next to the list; click that button.
  5. Please check your Saskatoon Transit Go app on your mobile phone, and your U-Pass will appear in less than 3 minutes.
  6. If you don’t see the pass after that time, select the “My Passes” button in the app and press the refresh icon in the top right corner.
  7. You will then be able to activate your U-Pass on your phone after the start of the term (after 12:00 am on January 1, 2025, for the Winter Term)

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