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Carpooling for the public service and Crown corporations

Share the drive you're already making

Connect with neighbours and coworkers who make the same trip, and help each other out.

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Free · Work email verified · No payments processed · No GPS tracking

An independent project, not affiliated with any employer. Built and paid for by one public servant, on their own time.

One month in

1,200+ commuters.One growing community.

More than 1,200 commuters joined iHopOn in its first month. And already, the ride to work looks a little different.

Verified by work email
850+
Matched within 15 minutes
9 in 10
Pairs connected
90+
Carpool groups still going after their first week
20

Thanks for being part of our first month.Here’s to the road ahead.

Every route, open now

Find your route

Every route across Ottawa-Gatineau is open — pick the one you drive. The busiest routes are listed first, and each bar shows how close that route is to the point where a typical commuter reliably finds someone. Carpooling works best where people are going the same way, so the more of your neighbours who join, the better it gets for everyone.

See your savings

What carpooling actually saves you

Move the sliders to match your own commute — the numbers update instantly.

32 km
4 days
$195/month
1 other person

Not counting you

Your estimated savings

$139/month

$1,665 a year

Fuel saved
$41
Parking saved
$98
CO₂ avoided
54 kg / month

Estimates only. Assumes fuel and parking are split evenly between everyone in the car, and that the group parks one car instead of one each. Not a quote or a guarantee.

Try it on your own route

Built on $1.75/L for fuel, 8.5 L/100 km and 2.307 kg CO₂ per litre burned — the same figures as the cost study, last checked October 8, 2026.

Prefer sourced numbers to sliders? See what the commute costs from 27 places around Ottawa-Gatineau

How it works

Sign up, verify, share and connect

No documents, no phone number, no credit card. A personal email to sign up with, a work email to verify, and a few commute details.

1

Sign up, then verify your work email

Create your account with a personal email address and confirm the code we send. Then verify your work email with a second code. No ID, no badge photo, no phone number — once you're verified, other members can see that you have a work email at an eligible employer.

  • Two short codes, in that order
  • The address you verify with is hashed, never readable
  • No personal docs required
2

Share your commute preferences

Enter your postal code, your building and the days you're in — and, if you'd rather be picked up there, how far you'd go to a park-and-ride. What counts most is geography — where you both work, and how far off their route you'd be — then the days you share, then how close your hours are, with a small bump if one of you has a parking spot. Every suggestion is explained in plain English.

  • Where you both work — the largest factor
  • How far off their route your pickup is
  • Days you share, then hours
3

Connect and carpool

Message your match inside the app, agree on a time and corner, and ride. After a week in the same pod you can rate a person you've actually ridden with — nobody starts with a rating; it builds up as people ride. Your phone number stays private unless you choose to share it.

  • In-app messaging
  • No phone number shared
  • Block or report anytime

Before you're asked for a work email, here's exactly what we check and what we keep.

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When the week moves

Your office days aren't the same every week

Most people can't commit to a fixed carpool because the days move — a meeting lands on Thursday, a kid is sick on Tuesday. So iHopOn gives you two things instead of one: a standing group for the days you know about, and a day board for the days you don't.

  • Post a seat you have, or a seat you need, for one specific day.
  • People who commute your way are told — nobody has to keep checking.
  • Once someone takes it, you get a conversation to sort out where to meet.

A real post looks like this

Kanata to Tunney's Pasture, tomorrow, need a seat

At work by 7:15 · leaving around 16:00 · Wednesday

Everyone verified on that route sees it. One of them says yes, and the two of you settle the pickup spot in the chat. No booking, no payment, no obligation next week.

Already drive in with someone?

You don't need matching — you need a schedule, a fair cost split and something to fall back on when the week changes. Set your carpool up here and send them a link. It takes a couple of minutes and neither of you has to look through a list of strangers.

Set up our carpool

Set your commute up once

You're matched when your profile is done, and again every night. Anyone who joins your route later shows up on their own.

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Work email verified · No payments · No GPS