Iqaluit taxi fares are rising starting Thursday
Standard fares, elders’ rates all affected by increase
Iqaluit taxis, like those in this file photo, will be allowed to charge higher fares, effective May 1. The City of Iqaluit is raising the standard fare to $9.50 and elders’ fares to $8. (File photo)
Updated May 1 at 11:30 a.m. ET
Taxi fares are going up in Iqaluit.
Starting May 1, the standard fare will increase to $9.50 from $9.25. Elders can also expect to pay more, as their fares rise to $8 from $7.50, the City of Iqaluit announced Wednesday.
Children under 10 will continue to ride for free when accompanied by an adult.
The fare changes apply to all areas of Iqaluit where taxi tariffs are enforced, the announcement said.
In April 2022, after not increasing fares during the COVID-19 pandemic, council approved a bylaw that raises fares every year through 2024. During that period, the standard rate increased to $9.25 from $8.
In February 2024, elders’ rates were raised to $7.50 from $5.
Note: This story was updated so the photo caption correctly notes elders’ fares are rising to $8.
Fares should be going down since the carbon tax is gone now. Guess it’s only about making as much money as possible.
They need to quit saying thank you when I give them a $10 bill as if expecting me to get out and not wait for my change. I’m already paying for an overpriced service I’ll wait here for my 50 cents
As frequent customer and bothered other co-riders too often, the fare going up is fine. BUT can the taxi companies start taking single customers at a time now? Ae riders we are take for a “ride” and the routing can be time consuming as will to many drop of point by a sigle cab.
You can tell the driver/dispatcher that you don’t want to share your ride
tell that to the public, make into a By-Law….
Fix the app and allow payments with card!!!
If they’re going to make more money, can they also hire better drivers? Or improve the condition of their vehicles? Or improve wait times?
Tired of seeing taxis around town that don’t follow the rules of the road or can’t get around in winter. Tired of waiting for someone to pick up the phone and tired of long wait times too.
You are more than welcome to apply.
Who did you want them to hire? You can only hire who applies.
When there was competition between two cab companies, there was more pride, and the cars were clean and maintained. The current operator should not be allowed to have some of their cars on the roads that are falling apart, with dirty engines that are polluting and beyond dirty on the interior. The cab company needs to do better, otherwise people with their own clean and well-maintained cars will start their own cab businesses. Maybe they should anyways, it would drive the price down.
price is set by the City council. if anyone started another Taxi company they likely arnt going to charge less then what the city allows.
Good time to start Inuit owned and operated taxi
Five bucks a ride with nti card and eight bucks for non nti member
Great idea. What’s stopping you?
I live in a small town
I don’t mind the increase in fares as costs have gone up for everyone and our poor roads cause a lot of damage and resulting maintenance and repair costs. Cab drivers are not exactly raking in the cash and I have compassion for how badly done clients treat them. I do have one peeve and that is that there are no Elder fare vouchers so when using vouchers to pay for Elders, that is not honoured.
6 figure salaries and much is untaxed fares like when you flag them down or jump in with another person. There’s a reason so many drivers come here despite no housing. They’re making a fortune. Just ask, some will tell you.
When it was $8 I would just hand them a tenner and tell them to have a good day.
Now I wait for my change and refuse to ride share.
im confused … is there now more road they have to go down to get to locations? and why hasnt the city got public bus’s , there should be two buses running per location of iqaluit. people should have to be forced to pay higher taxi rates … f cabs! they are scum bags to begin with.
This is not rant and rave. Please NN, if you want to be considered as a serious publication, stop publishing these useless heinous messages.
it’s only 25c
Can they please get set up for the year 2000 and accept debit and credit cards? There is no legitimate excuse.
That is an amazing idea. Nothing has stopped anyone from doing that for the past 50 years, but no one has shelled out the money to start a company. No locals appear interested in starting that business. And no locals seem to want to go any apply, so I am not sure how you expect your idea to get off the ground.
Just make it $10.00 already, i need a quarter! said no one ever lmao
Uber? Why not? Iqaluit is into everything that has a possibility of making $$$.
How old is considered and “elder”? 55? 50? 60? 65?
Louise, it used to be 60 but they changed it to 65 and they can ask for ID to make sure you are 65 and over.
What happen to the $5 for elders.
I agree with the people that said that Taxi’s need to be kept more clean now plus stop picking up others. There is nothing worse then Underarm odour smell when you get in a taxi, plus hardly speaking English drivers.
I took a taxi from the Discovery last Friday and Taxi driver said he was going to wait beside the Legion to pick up others until his Taxi Van is full illaraluin Money Hungers.
I had no choice to stay in his dirty Van because there was no other cabs around plus dirty cab, with his horrible music from his country and loud.
Please Name withheld and my Email.