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I will be traveling to Toronto and flying into Billy Bishop Airport. I will then want to take the streetcar to my hotel, but will of course need to pay for it. The TTC says that I can do so using either coins with exact change or with their "Presto" farecard, but I am flying in from the US and have not been to Toronto since the Presto card was introduced, and so I will have neither of those things upon arrival.

Can I use a credit card to buy a Presto card upon arrival, either in the airport itself or nearby the land side of the ferry terminal? If so, how and where? As of Google Street View's most recent imagery (June 2021), there do not appear to be any vending machines at the nearby streetcar stop itself.

mlc
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Even if there were a vending machine, you wouldn't have been able to buy the physical card, as only some stations on the GO Transit and UP Express (Toronto Pearson International Shuttle) support buying at a surface vending machine.
If there were a subway station, you would have been able too, though. (link)

According to the site :

There is, though, a Shoppers Drug Marts, on the main Lake Short Blvd W (Google Maps Link) (walking further after passing the streetcar station, crossing the boulevard) who should allow you to buy your Presto card.

From @DJClayworth in the comments :

As well there is a free shuttle bus to Union Station, where you can definitely buy a Presto card.

Nicolas Formichella
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Nicholas's answer was correct and very helpful when written, but since August 2023, transit riders in Toronto have been able to pay their fares with a contactless credit or debit card directly and avoid the problem of trying to find a Presto card or coins.

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