Adding funds to your uOttawa card
Your uOttawa card is linked to a declining balance account. You can add funds whenever you want. The card allows you the convenience of just one card to make purchases on campus. Be sure to check out the list of locations where you can use your uOttawa card. There are several ways to add funds to your uOttawa card.
Online
Students and parents can add funds to a uOttawa card any time, day or night, by logging on to the secure uOttawa card webpage on the top right-hand corner of this page. On the site, students can monitor their accounts. Funds can be added to a card online using Visa, MasterCard or Interac online (BMO - Bank of Montréal, TD Canada Trust - Toronto Dominion, RBC - Royal Bank of Canada and ScotiaBank). A minimum deposit of $25 is required when adding funds online.
At uOttawa card dispensers and reloading machines
You can add funds using cash by gently tapping your uOttawa card at any of the dispensing and reloading machines on campus. The machines accept $5, $10 and $20 bills.
You can reload your uOttawa card at any of these locations:
- Morisset Hall (1st floor)
- Fauteux Hall (4th floor – in library)
- Lamoureux Hall (2nd floor – in library)
- Montpetit Hall (computer lab - in room 140)
- Desmarais Hall (room 2129)
- SITE (1st floor - near photocopiers)
- Roger Guindon Hall (basement – in library)
In person
You can add funds on your uOttawa card in person at the uOttawa Card Service. Just bring your uOttawa card and make your payment using cash, debit card, Visa, MasterCard or certified cheque or money order. The minimum cash deposit is $5; we only accept $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. Non-cash deposits are a minimum of $25.
Make certified cheques or money orders payable to the uOttawa Card Service. Cash deposits or certified cheques and money orders deposited in your card account at the uOttawa Card Service office must be in Canadian funds.