Parking

General information

Winter semester student parking passes

• Current permit holder gated lot

  • If you're a current fall semester permit holder, you can request a winter semester pass through IPASS and enter the existing access card number for continued use upon approval. Otherwise, the fall semester pass expired on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

  • If you’re purchasing a winter semester parking permit, you must ensure the activation date on the IPASS application indicated Thursday, January 1, 2026.

• Current permit holder hang-tag lot

  • Existing fall semester hang-tag holders can obtain a winter semester permit through IPASS. Upon approval, visit the Parking office with your existing hang tag (Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) to have a new permit sticker applied to the hang-tag. Otherwise, the fall semester pass expired on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

  • If you’re purchasing a winter semester parking permit, you must ensure the activation date on the IPASS application indicated Thursday, January 1, 2026.

• New users

  First time purchasers who require a winter semester or annual parking pass are required to register online through IPASS.

  If you’re purchasing a winter semester parking permit, you must ensure the activation date on the IPASS application indicates Thursday, January 1, 2026. Payment for parking permits can be made through the IPASS registration website by credit card or pre-authorized payment.

  You must use your student (ontariotechu.net) email address when registering. After completing the registration, an email will be sent within 48 hours from IPASS. The email response from IPASS can be any of the following:

  • An approval email with follow-up instructions.
  • A disapproval email due to non-institutional email on the application.
  • A disapproval email due to incorrect credit card or banking information.
  • A disapproval email due to full capacity reached in the requested lot. 

  In the instance of a disapproval email, re-submit your parking request through IPASS, making the appropriate correction. You should pick up your access card or hang tag prior to Friday, January 9 at the north Oshawa campus Parking office.

  Initial access cards will be provided at no charge. Replacement cards can be requested for $25.

Employee parking passes

• Extending your existing fall semester permit

  If you already have a fall semester permit valid from September to December 2025, you can extend it to cover the winter semester valid from January to April 2026 by registering and paying for it on the Interactive Parking Access Subscriber System (IPASS) website.

  If you don’t extend your fall semester permit, your parking access card or hang tag expired after Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

• Purchasing a new annual or semester permit

  If you don’t already have a semester or annual parking permit, use the IPASS website to register and pay for your winter semester or annual permit online.

  Please ensure the IPASS application indicated January 1, 2026 as the activation date.

  Important: A semester permit is only valid for four months at a time:

  • Fall - September 1 to December 31.
  • Winter - January 1 to April 30.
  • Spring/summer - May 1 to August 31.

  All annual permits expire on August 31, regardless of date of purchase.

• Pay-As-U-Go (PAUG) option

  • Register for this option on the IPASS website using a credit card. You will receive an access card to park in a designated gated lot.

  • Charge per day is $12 and allows the user to exit and re-enter the lot (in-and-out privilege) with no additional charge during a single 24-hour calendar day from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

  • Precise ParkLink monitors PAUG card use. Charges on the registered credit card will be applied at the end of each month; you will receive a monthly email statement.

  • Only available for Founders 2 and Commencement lots.

• Registration information

  Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. You must use your ontariotechu.ca email address to register.

  • Use the IPASS registration website to pay for your parking permit. You can choose to pay in full, or set up equal monthly payments through credit card or pre-authorized payment.

  After completing the registration, you will receive an email response from IPASS within 48 hours indicating:

  • Approval, with follow-up instructions.
  • Declined registration due to:
    • Non-institutional email on application.
    • Incorrect credit card or banking information.
    • Full lot

  If declined registration is due to the use of non-institutional email or incorrect credit card/banking information, re-apply on the IPASS registration website with the appropriate correction.

  If declined registration is due to full lot, forward the email indicating declined registration to the Parking Services office for alternative options.

• Access cards and hang tags

  • Those with parking access cards can input the card number while registering. This card will be activated upon IPASS approval. No further action will be required.

  • Those without parking access cards will receive one at no charge. You can request a replacement card for $25.

  • By Friday, January 9, visit the Parking Services office in the Gordon Willey Building at the north Oshawa campus, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to:

    • Pick up your new access card or hang tag.
    • Have a new permit sticker applied to your existing hang tag.

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