US EditionMontreal public transit agency says ridership fell in 2025 due to rotating strikes
Rotating strikes caused a 9% weekday and 12% weekend ridership decline, with 294.1 million trips taken in 2025, down 20 million from 2024, agency says.
- On Jan. 19, 2026, Montreal's public transit agency said passengers took 294.1 million trips in 2025, about 20 million fewer than the previous year on the STM network.
- Rotating strikes disrupted metro and bus services in summer and fall 2025, while shifting immigration policies reduced international student trips, agency spokesperson Amélie Régis said.
- Data show weekday ridership was down nine per cent and weekend ridership decreased by 12 per cent in end of November estimates, excluding a December overtime strike.
- The agency suggested the strikes' impacts could ease in 2026, and The Canadian Press first published the report on Jan. 19, 2026.
- Labour tensions culminated as a tribunal approved STM weekend strikes in mid-November 2025, raising shutdown risks while an STM bus was photographed in Montreal on Nov. 14, 2025.
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Montreal public transit agency says ridership fell in 2025 due to rotating strikes
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Strikes blamed for fall in STM users
I’m a little shocked that La Presse bought Aref Salem’s flat claim that last year’s STM strikes are solely responsible for a decline in ridership, so far as to express it as a simple statement in the headline. The stinginess of the CAQ government in supporting public transit isn’t even mentioned, although the reduced numbers of immigrants and foreign students is noted. Le Devoir’s piece on the same numbers is rather more even‑handed.
Montreal public transit ridership fell in 2025 due to rotating strikes, agency says
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 19, 2026 3:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal’s public transit agency says commuters took about 20 million fewer trips on its network in 2025 as metros and buses were disrupted by rotating strikes. Agency spokesperson Amélie Régis says passengers took 294.1 million trips in 2025, down from 314.6 million trips in the pre…
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