If you live in Quebec, you will need to provide your driving record from the SAAQ and your claims history statement.
You have 1 month, following your subscription, to send these two documents. See “Am I eligible?” to learn how to obtain these.
Once your membership is confirmed (around 4 business days), you can immediately start using the vehicles with the mobile app or your authorized transit card (the OPUS card in Montreal and Quebec City, the Multi card in Gatineau or the Vermeilleuse in Sherbrooke).
All the advantages of a company fleet, without the hassle.
Easy access: use the mobile app 24/7 without the hassle of managing a fleet.
Save money on business transportation: less expensive than paying employees’ mileage and add or remove drivers to the Business Membership at any time at no cost.
Included in your plan: gas, insurance, maintenance, and even snow tires.
The benefits keep coming:
Available for in-town or out-of-town business trips.
Pay only for the hours and kilometers your business needs.
Advantageous flat rates for long distance trips.
Enjoy greater autonomy.
Say goodbye to expense accounts. Receive an invoice each month detailing the costs.
Hire the best person for the job regardless of whether they have a car.
Promote sustainable commuting options such as transit or cycling, as employees will maintain access to vehicles for work trips.
*First year FREE on the Value Extra plan (regular $30/month).
Maximize your savings with the Workday Rate – $19.20/10 hours, 40 km included.
No charge per hour for use between 1am and 6am (km billed at the regular rate).
Advantageous flat rates for long distance trips.
Preferred rates for the use of FLEX vehicles.
For complete daily, hourly, per km rates, and conditions, see the Value Extra plan details on the Rates page.
Other plans available
Value: Annual Fee: $80.
Value Plus: Annual Fee: $200.
Important Details
Business Members are required to pay a refundable membership bond of $1000 to join. (Not required for public institutions). The bond is non-taxable and fully refundable if you leave, after a minimum membership period of one year. Payable by credit card or cheque before the membership is activated.
Choose your Damage Protection Plan, to limit your financial responsibility in the event of a collision or damage to a vehicle (at-fault or not). This annual cost covers all drivers on your account.
$0 per collision or damage event: $140/year.
$300 per collision or damage event: $110/year.
$600 per collision or damage event: $1/trip.
We can set up different billing accounts if you are an organization with many departments, and want each department to receive its own invoice for more streamlined accounting.
Business Registration
Signing up your business is fast and easy! Fill out the Business Registration form to register the business, and use the Authorized Driver Registration form to register authorized drivers, who will be able to use vehicles on behalf of the business. Our Business Membership team will respond within 2-3 business days.
It is possible to separate your drivers into different accounts or billing units (a separate monthly invoice will be produced for each account). If you are interested in this feature, let us know in the message box on the registration form. Please include a name for each account, and tell us how to distribute drivers between the accounts. If your business has already signed up, use the Contact form to send us your request for this feature.
Sign up for free on the Open plan. A minimum commitment of 12 months is required for plans with a monthly subscription fee. Annual fees are nonrefundable.
All our prices include gas, maintenance and insurance! Taxes extra.
* Add 30¢/hour or $3/day on Saturday and Sunday. A minimum of 4 hours per trip will be billed when applying these rates on One-Way FLEX trips (see “Access to FLEX vehicles at the round-trip vehicle price of your Open Plus or Value plan if cheaper“). ** The refundable membership bond is payable only once for life, is non-taxable, and is fully refundable if you leave the service after one year (3 month’s notice is required for reimbursement).
Once you’ve located a FLEX vehicle using our mobile app, you can block it free of charge for up to 30 minutes, giving you time to reach it. You can block the same vehicle one additional time if you do not access it within the first 30 minutes.
- 20 minutes credit if you are refueling
A time credit of 20 minutes will be applied for any trip of an hour or less billed at the FLEX vehicle rate if it costs at least $20 (taxes included) to fill up the tank.
In the case of a trip of less than 20 minutes, the maximum credit will be equivalent to the length of the trip.
- Up to 15 minutes to clear snow in the winter
During winter, a credit of up to 15 minutes is applied to your trip for snow removal. Your billed trip time will begin when you start driving, or 15 minutes after you unlock the vehicle, whichever comes first.
The snow removal credit is applied regardless of the weather. If you use more than one FLEX vehicle in a day, the credit applies to each vehicle used. If you happen to use the same vehicle again during the day, the credit will only apply once.
Perks for Open Plus and Value Plan Members
Open Plus
Value
Value Plus
Value Extra
Access to FLEX vehicles at the round-trip vehicle price of your Open Plus or Value plan if cheaper. Learn more
Access to FLEX vehicles at the round-trip vehicle price of your Open Plus or Value plan if cheaper
This extraordinary perk is exclusive to Open Plus and Value plans members. If cheaper, any trip made with a FLEX vehicle will automatically be charged at the most economical rate (cost of 40¢/min or $12.75, etc. compared to the cost of the same trip calculated at the round-trip vehicle price of your Open Plus or Value plan). This comparison will be made no matter the duration of the trip, however a minimum of 4 hours will be charged if round-trip vehicle rates are applied (i.e $2.55 x 4 = $10.20 on Value Extra plan).
Here is an example, using Value Extra plan rates:
If you use a FLEX car for 2 hours and drive 20km, you will be charged only $15,60 ($2.55/hr x 4 + 27¢/km X 20). The regular FLEX rate would have been $25.50 ($12.75/hr x 2).
The benefit is even greater if you keep the vehicle longer. For example, for 3 hours/20km, the price for the trip remains $15.60, versus $38.25 ($12.75/hr x 3).
Try out your own scenarios and see how much you can save with this advantageous feature of the Open Plus and the Value plans.
Long Distance rate
For trips that require traveling a lot of kilometers, Communauto offers through all Value plans highly advantageous daily and weekly Long Distance rates. This pricing formula also allows you to take advantage of cheaper prices per kilometer than the regular rate provided in your Value plan.
Depending on the duration of the trip and the total number of kilometers traveled, the lowest price between the "Local" rate (the regular rate of your Value plan) or the "Long Distance" rate is applied automatically.
From October 16 to June 14 (low season):
First day
Additionnal day
Per week
Time rate *
$37.50
$29.95
$159.75
First 300km
21¢/km
After 300km
13¢/km
Gas included
From June 15 to October 15 (high season):
First day
Additionnal day
Per week
Time rate *
$45
$35
$185
First 300km
21¢/km
After 300km
13¢/km
Gas included
* A charge of $10/h applies for each additional hour, the maximum being the cost of an extra day.
Terms
Long distance rates are reserved to any one of the Value plans.
Quick round-trip preferred rate
Value plans members automatically enjoy the Open Plus plan rates when calculating the trip price if it works out to be cheaper for them.
For example, if you do a quick one-hour round trip to drop someone off and drive 60km, this trip will end up costing you
only $18.35 instead of being charged $28.65, $23.75 or $18.75, respectively, depending on whether you are enrolled in the Value, Value Plus or Value Extra plan.
Family Membership
Join as a family to maximize your savings!
All members of a household living at the same address have the option to register together on a single account, to enjoy great savings on their membership fees (offer available for Value plans members only).
Terms
The refundable membership bond for a household is $750. The additional fee for each additional driver is $3.75/month or $45/year, depending on the Value plan chosen by the family.
For example, a family of three who chooses to subscribe to the Value Extra plan will have a total monthly invoice of $37.50 instead of $90 ($30/month X 3), saving more than 60% of the regular cost.
Family members under 19 years old are eligible to join.
People under the age of 19 who wish to join Communauto will be able to do so by joining as a co-member if living at the same address as their parent/guardian at the time of registration.
Workday Rate (round-trip vehicles only)
Use a vehicle for the flat rate of $19.50 per day, with 40km included! This great bargain is exclusive to Value Extra plan members and only applies on trips made with Station-Based vehicles. It does not apply to trips made with FLEX vehicles, even if the trip ends up being charged at round-trip rates (see Access to FLEX vehicles at the round-trip vehicle price of your Open Plus or Value plan if cheaper”).
Conditions
$19.50 per day flat fee.
40km included.
27¢ per additional km.
Available Monday to Friday only.
Max. of 10 consecutive hours. If your trip exceeds this period, it will be fully charged at your regular plan rates. An unbilled period from midnight to 6am is included (one more hour than when regular Value Extra rates apply). This means that, for example, you can pick up the car at 5pm and return it the next day at 9am (16 hours later) without incurring any extra costs.
FLEX Pass
A different way to use Communauto FLEX vehicles. This exceptional offer lets you take advantage of 30 free minutes of driving for the whole month (100km included per trip, 22¢ per km after 100km). Learn more >
Plans
FLEX Unlimited Pass
20-trip FLEX Pass
Open or Open Plus
$85 per month
$50 per month
Value
$75 per month
$45 per month
Value Plus
$65 per month
$35 per month
Value Extra
$60 per month
$35 per month
DUO Auto + Bus
Subscribe to public transportation year-round by purchasing 12 consecutive monthly passes and save on the regular price of your pass while also gaining privileged access to Communauto’s self-service vehicles. Learn more
Damage Protection Plan
Damage Fee (per event)*
Cost per driver
$0
$70 per year
$300
$55 per year
$600
$1 per trip
*Liable or not.
**Damage Protection Plan fees are non-refundable.
All monthly Damage Protection Plan options, except for the default ($600 Damage Fee for $1 per trip), are a minimum 12 month commitment.
Other Fees
Family vehicles: 10% surcharge on displayed prices (time + km). The surcharge also applies on Long Distance and Workday rates.
Online reservation or modification: free.
Reservation or modification by phone: $1.50 per transaction from 8am to 5pm and $2.50 in the evenings.
Family membership: $40/year per additional driver, regardless of the Value plan chosen by the household. Learn more >
