Ontario Tech Campus Guide: North and Downtown Oshawa

Ontario Tech has two locations in Oshawa, about an hour east of Toronto. The north Oshawa campus at 2000 Simcoe Street North holds four faculties, the residences, the main library and the athletics facilities, and it's shared with Durham College. The downtown Oshawa campus holds the Education and Social Science and Humanities faculties. The trip between them is about 15 minutes by bus or 10 by car.

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Which campus you'll study on

Your faculty decides your home campus. Check it before you choose housing, because the first-year residences are all on the north campus.

Which campus you'll study on
Location	Faculties	Main buildings
North Oshawa	Business and Information Technology; Engineering and Applied Science; Health Sciences; Science	Business and IT Building, OPG Engineering Building, Science Building, Shawenjigewining Hall, Software and Informatics Research Centre (home of the Registrar's office), Energy Research Centre, ACE, the North Oshawa Library, the CRWC and the Campus Ice Centre
Downtown Oshawa	Frazer Faculty of Education; Social Science and Humanities	Charles Hall at 61 Charles Street, the Regent Theatre at 50 King Street East, Bordessa Hall and the Baagwating Indigenous Student Centre

The Regent Theatre is a large lecture hall by day and hosts community events in the evenings and on weekends.
Charles Hall was built in 1903 as the Alger Press Building and holds the downtown library.
The Energy Research Centre houses the campus retail store and the Brilliant Catalyst startup incubator.

Brick facade of the Regent Theatre at 50 King Street East in downtown Oshawa, with a blue Regent Theatre canopy over glass doors — The Regent Theatre on King Street East, photographed on September 7, 2026. Ontario Tech uses it as a lecture theatre on the downtown campus. Dillan Payne / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized to 1,600 pixels wide and converted to WebP; no crop. Shared under the same licence.

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Sharing the north campus with Durham College

Durham College's Oshawa campus has the same 2000 Simcoe Street North address, and the two schools share several services there. Knowing which ones are shared saves you from going to the wrong office.

The Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre serves students from both schools, and recreation bookings go through a joint DC-OT portal.
Parking Services is a shared service for both schools. From Fall 2026 it's run by Ontario Tech.
The DRT U-Pass covers full-time students at Durham College, Ontario Tech and Trent University Durham.

Ontario Tech: Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre Ontario Tech: Parking Services Durham Region Transit: U-Pass framework Durham College: the FLEX and fitness classes (Oshawa campus address)

Getting around with the U-Pass

Eligible full-time students pay a mandatory U-Pass fee of $168.20 each term in 2026-27. It gives you unlimited travel on Durham Region Transit (DRT) for that term, including OneFare DRT-GO routes.

Ontario Tech emails a voucher code to your ontariotechu.net inbox. You redeem it on a PRESTO card in your phone's wallet or on a physical PRESTO card, which costs a one-time $4. Once redeemed, you also get 40% off the standard GO Transit fare.

Getting around with the U-Pass
Term	Pass valid	When codes go out
Fall	September 1 to December 31	From the last week of August, and throughout the term
Winter	January 1 to April 30	Before the December closure, then again from January
Spring/summer	May 1 to August 31	From the last week of April

Check the U-Pass charge under My finances, then Account information, in MyOntarioTech. Search for UPASS.
If you've registered but weren't charged, you may be able to opt in. Email upass@ontariotechu.ca near the start of term with your name and student number.
If you convert a physical PRESTO card to Apple Wallet, redeem your U-Pass voucher first so it carries over.

Ontario Tech Registrar: U-Pass Ontario Tech Registrar: undergraduate ancillary fee breakdown 2026-2027 Durham Region Transit: U-Pass framework

GO Transit and trains

GO Transit buses run to both campus locations from places such as Brampton, Scarborough, North York and Markham. The Oshawa GO and VIA Rail station is about 11 km from the north campus and 5 km from the downtown campus, and DRT buses connect them.

Ontario Tech publishes these approximate transit times. Use GO's trip planner for your actual trip.

GO Transit and trains
From	To north Oshawa	To downtown Oshawa
Union Station, Toronto	About 1 hour 28 minutes	About 1 hour 8 minutes
Unionville GO Station, Markham	About 41 minutes	About 50 minutes
Langstaff GO Station, Richmond Hill	About 50 minutes	About 1 hour 5 minutes
York University bus loop	About 1 hour 2 minutes	About 1 hour 15 minutes, plus a short walk from the Oshawa bus terminal
Bramalea GO Station, Brampton	About 1 hour 33 minutes	About 1 hour 46 minutes

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Parking on campus

Parking is paid around the clock on campus. Since September 1, 2026, every parked vehicle needs a valid digital permit or an active daily session in the HONK Mobile app. Most permits are now linked to your licence plate instead of a hang tag.

Daily parking at the north Oshawa campus costs $5 an hour on weekdays, up to $20, until 5 p.m. After 5 p.m. it's a flat $5 until 5 a.m., and weekends are a flat $5 for the day. A permit lets you park but doesn't guarantee a space, and a north Oshawa permit is valid only there.

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Sources and updates

This independent guide summarizes the official information linked below. Availability, access rules and application cycles can change; check the relevant university page before making a decision.