Parking & Transit | KPU.ca - Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Pay parking is in effect at all KPU campuses: 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Vehicles are authorized to park in designated parking stalls only. Overnight parking is not allowed.

Manage permits, update vehicle details, view payments, and maintain your parking account in one place.

Student Parking Account

Pay/Dispute

Starting May 1, 2026, parking rates for hourly and daily parking permits will increase:

Hourly: $4.00 per hour
Daily: $10.00 per day

While KPU has held parking rates steady for over 10 years, enhancements to parking infrastructure, and rising operational and maintenance costs means previous rates were no longer sustainable. Note that future increases will bring parking rates in line with other post-secondary institutions.

For updates to KPU employee parking rates, please visit SharePoint.

Students, staff and visitors parked in a designated accessibility stall with a valid SPARC permit are not required to purchase a parking permit. Motorcycles and scooters parked in designated motorcycle/scooter stalls do not require a parking permit.

Long-term parking

Long-term parking permit options (monthly, semester or annual) offer discounts over hourly and daily rates. Semester and annual permits are non-refundable, in part or whole. Unfortunately, semester and annual permits cannot be automatically renewed.

Commute Sustainably

KPU encourages students, employees and guests to consider more cost-effective, active and environmentally friendly ways of commuting to campus, like carpooling, cycling, walking or transit.

U-Pass

KPU students may be eligible for U-Pass BC, a transit program that provides eligible post-secondary students in Metro Vancouver with unlimited, all-zone access to public transit. Learn more about U-Pass BC and taking transit to KPU.

Parking at KPU Civic Plaza

Parking for KPU Civic Plaza is not part of the campus. The parkade is public parking for Surrey City Hall and Civic Plaza, and parking rates are set by the City of Surrey.

Parking permits for KPU Surrey, KPU Richmond, KPU Langley and KPU Tech do not work at KPU Civic Plaza.

For information about employee parking at Civic Plaza, visit SharePoint.

Accessible Parking

Students, staff and visitors with a valid Accessible Persons' Parking (SPARC) permit parked in a designated accessible stall on campus are not required to purchase a parking permit. If you park in a non-designated parking stall on campus, you must purchase a parking permit.