Apply to Residence
Whether you are choosing residence to start your Carleton journey, or returning to your home on campus, we look forward to welcoming you to your new home in residence at Carleton.
Our community of more than 4,000 students provides a dynamic and diverse environment with many opportunities for academic and personal growth. No matter where you are from, we are excited to provide opportunities for living and learning in the Carleton University community!
Please Note: Students with Special Student status are not eligible for residence.
Students seeking to change rooms after moving in, we will begin accepting Room Change requests starting Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
Guaranteed First-Year Students
Congratulations on receiving a guaranteed residence offer!
The guaranteed offer is for a traditional double room. Our online portal for 2025-2026 residence opened on Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:00 am. The deadline to accept guaranteed offers is Monday, June 9, 2025.
Please note: A guaranteed offer is only given to students entering first-year in the fall from a secondary school or CEGEP, who receive an offer of admission on or before Friday, May 16, 2025. If you are not qualified for a guaranteed offer of residence, you can still apply as a Non-Guaranteed First Year Student.
Accepting Your Guaranteed Offer
Please also review the Step by Step Guide: How Accept Guaranteed Offer of Residence.
Step 1: You must first accept your offer of admission to Carleton University and wait for your application status on Carleton360 to display “Applicant Acceptance” before you can accept your guaranteed offer of residence. There may be a delay of three or four days between the time you accept the offer of admission and are able to accept your offer of residence. Please do not wait until the last day to accept your offer of residence, as the deadline of Monday, June 9, 2025 is strict.
Step 2: Accept your guaranteed residence offer through the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
Step 3: Read and accept the terms of the 2024-2025 Residence Agreement (2025-2026 Residence Agreement is under review).
Step 4: Pay your non-refundable Residence Advance Payment (RAP) through the portal.
Please do not pay this to your Student Account – it will go unnoticed and will appear that you did not accept your residence offer. The non-refundable residence advanced payment ($700) can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, and First Nations may use the Interac option.
Step 5: Be sure to pay the RAP, complete, and save your application by Monday, June 9, 2025 in order to be placed in a time ticket lottery for room selection.
Step 6: Check your Carleton email to ensure your residence acceptance is confirmed and for a receipt of the $700 RAP.
Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.
Review how to set up your Carleton email account here.
Room Selection Process
- Students who accepted the guaranteed offer for a double traditional room by Monday, June 9, 2025, will be entered in the time ticket lottery for room selection. The time ticket lottery results will be sent to your Carleton email the week of Monday, June 9, 2025.
- If you have submitted a request for a special accommodation, you will be advised on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 whether your request is approved. If approved, your space will be assigned and confirmed via email. If your request is not approved, you will be included in the time ticket lottery to select a room in residence.
- The date and time on the time ticket confirms when you can first login to the Housing Portal and select your space – you will NOT have access to the room selection function until then.
- Once the room selection opens (based on your time ticket) – it will remain open until Friday, June 27, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
- If you are in a roommate group – whomever has the earliest time ticket can login and select spaces for everyone in the group.
- If a space has been selected for you by your roommate in your group but you would like to select a different space for yourself, you must leave the roommate group to access other available spaces for room selection.
- If you choose not to select a room in residence by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 27, 2025, one will be assigned to you by Housing and Residence life services.
Review a recorded version of the Room Selection Webinar 2024.
Roommate Matching
We strongly encourage roommate groups!
If you have already decided on a roommate group – you can use the search function ‘search by details’ in the Housing Portal and find your friends by their names and/or student numbers.
You can create your own roommate group, or you might receive an invitation to join a group. You have the option to accept or decline the invitation. You can leave the group at any time up until selection time.
Use the other two search functions to find potential roommates. ‘Search by profile’ or ‘suggested roommates.’ Suggested roommates is the list of students you have best matched with based on your lifestyle responses – the list will have students of ALL genders. We encourage students to use the messaging option to reach out to the potential roommate.
‘About me’: share some information about yourself – this can include the program you are in, sports, interests, genders you are comfortable sharing a room/space with etc.
Non-Guaranteed First-Year Students
Applicants who apply by Monday, June 9, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. will be entered into a room lottery.
Applications received on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 or later will be queued in chronological order of receipt.
Application Process
Please also review the Step by Step Guide: How Apply to Residence.
Step 1: You must first accept your offer of admission to Carleton University and wait for your application status on Carleton360 to display “Applicant Acceptance” before you can accept your guaranteed offer of residence. There may be a delay of three or four days between the time you accept the offer of admission and are able to accept your offer of residence. Please do not wait until the last day to accept your offer of residence, as the deadline of Monday, June 9, 2025 is strict.
Step 2: Apply to residence through the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
Step 3: Once you have logged in, click on “Housing Application”.
Step 4: Select Academic Year 2025-2026.
Step 5: Pay a $50 non-refundable application fee. The $50 application fee can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option.
Step 6: Be sure to complete and save your application by Monday, June 9, 2025 in order to be placed in the room lottery.
Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.
Review how to set up your Carleton email account here.
Room Selection Process
In your application, you can include your request(s) for special accommodation based on documented need. Please understand there is no guarantee your special accommodation request can be granted. The deadline to submit the supporting documentation is Monday, June 9, 2025.
Review a recorded version of the Room Selection Webinar 2024.
Roommate Matching
Roommate matching is based on the answers provided in your residence questionnaire. Please answer these questions as accurately as possible so we can find the best possible match for you.
Some factors we take into consideration when matching roommates/suite-mates are:
- Request for all gender/single gender floors.
- Smoking (although all residences are smoke free).
- Answers regarding personal lifestyle.
Roommate groups are encouraged but are not mandatory. If you are not requesting a friend, you can review the list of suggested roommates based on your responses in the questionnaire.
Returning/ Upper Year Students
Applications open on Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., and applications received by Tuesday, February 17, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. will be entered into a lottery to receive a time ticket – it is not based on first come first serve.
Whether you’re currently in residence or living off campus, we are pleased you are considering becoming a member of our community. While most of our students are in first year studies, a limited number of beds are reserved for returning students. This number could increase through the summer depending on the number of first year guaranteed students.
Lottery results will be communicated by Friday, February 21, 2025. Those who receive a time ticket via the lottery will receive further instructions on the self-selection process on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Applicants who do not receive a time ticket through the lottery or submit an application after Monday, February 17, 2025 will automatically be queued in chronological order of receipt.
Meal plans are required in ALL buildings, except for Leeds House. No exceptions.
Eligibility
All students are welcome to apply. Applicants will be given an opportunity to appeal the decision to revoke their offer/application.
All offers made prior to the release of grades in May are conditional and may be revoked if the three credit requirement is not met. Applicants not meeting the requirement will be given an opportunity to appeal any decision to revoke their offer/application.
Students who accept their offer will be required to pay a $700 Residence Advance Payment (RAP). If a student is unsuccessful in meeting the credit requirements or is unsuccessful in their appeal, the offer will be revoked and deposit returned, minus a $25 processing fee.
Please note any outstanding Housing-related fees must be paid in full prior to Thursday, May 1, 2025 or the offer will be rescinded and RAP refunded, minus a $25 service charge.
Furthermore, as noted in the Residence Standards, should the Department of Housing and Residence Life Services consider that the behaviour and conduct of a resident has not been appropriate and within the spirit of beneficial community living, the resident may be refused participation in the processes of application to residence in a subsequent year, regardless of academic standing.
Application Process
Step 1: Apply to residence through the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
Step 2: Once you have logged in, click on “Housing Application”.
Step 3: Select Academic Year 2025-2026.
Step 4: Pay a $50 non-refundable application fee. The $50 application fee can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option.
Step 5: Be sure to complete and save your application by 11:59 pm on Monday, February 17, 2025 in order to be placed in the room lottery.
Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account only. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.
Room Assignment Process
Students receiving a time ticket will choose their room through self-selection process and based on availability. Those who are queued will be considered for residence in order of when the application is received and based on availability.
Roommate/Suite-mate Assignment
Those interested in living with a specific roommate group may pre-select their roommate group in the application. Residence spaces can be selected by whomever in the group holds the earliest time ticket spot.
Those without a pre-selected roommate group will be eligible to select any space not already assigned that are aligned with their preferences.
Most spaces are assigned as all-gender meaning that any combination of genders can live in the shared space. For those requesting to live with only those of the same gender, these limited spaces will be indicated in the system when applying.
Some factors that we take into consideration when matching roommates/suite-mates are:
- Request for all gender/single gender floors.
- Smoking (although all residences are smoke free).
- Answers regarding personal lifestyle.
Graduate Students
Students must be accepted into a degree program at the graduate level and be enrolled in full-time studies.
Online applications for 2025-2026 Residence open on Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Eligibility
Students must be accepted into a degree program at the graduate level and be enrolled in full-time studies.
Application Process
Step 1: You must first accept your offer of admission to Carleton University and wait for your application status on Carleton360 to display “Applicant Acceptance” before you can accept your guaranteed offer of residence. There may be a delay of three or four days between the time you accept the offer of admission and are able to accept your offer of residence.
Step 2: Apply to residence through the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
Step 3: Once you have logged in, click on “Housing Application”.
Step 4: Select Academic Year 2025-2026.
Step 5: Pay a $50 non-refundable application fee. The $50 application fee can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option.
Step 6: Be sure to complete and save your application. You will receive a confirmation email to your Carleton email account.
Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.
Review how to set up your Carleton email account here.
New Graduate students who have accepted an admission offer but are not able to log into the Housing Portal may email residence@carleton.ca, from the Carleton email account, for assistance.
Queued Application
When graduate residence is full, applicants will be queued in chronological order of receipt and will be offered available space in residence based on cancellations.
Room Assignments
Graduate students are assigned to the sixth floor of Leeds House, which consists mostly of two-person suites. The floor is co-ed, and upon request through the application, suites can also be gender inclusive.
Those interested in living with a specific roommate group may pre-select their roommate group in the application. Residence spaces can be selected by whomever in the group holds the earliest time-ticket.
Those without a pre-selected roommate group will be eligible to select any space not already assigned.
Most suites are assigned as all-gender meaning that any combination of genders can live in the suite. For those requesting to live with only those of the same gender, these limited spaces will be indicated in the system when applying.
Some factors we take into consideration when matching roommates/suitemates are:
- Smoking (although all residences are smoke free).
- Answers regarding personal lifestyle.
Exchange Students
Online applications for 2025-2026 Residence open on Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
Applicants who complete their application by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, June 9, 2025, will be entered into a room lottery. Applications received on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, or later, will automatically be queued in chronological order of receipt.
We are pleased that you are considering living in residence. Residence is a dynamic and diverse environment, with people from across Canada and around the world. A limited number of spaces are reserved for exchange students in both traditional and suite-style residences.
Meal plans are required in ALL buildings, except for Leeds House. No exceptions.
Application Process
You must have your Carleton University student number to apply to residence.
Step 1: Apply to residence through the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
Step 2: Once you have logged in, click on “Housing Application”.
Step 3: Select Academic Year 2025-2026.
Step 4: Pay a $50 non-refundable application fee. The $50 application fee can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option.
Step 5: Be sure to complete and save your application by Monday, June 9, 2025 in order to be placed in the room lottery.
Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.
Review how to set up your Carleton email account here.
Room Assignment Process
Rooms are assigned in the order determined by the lottery.
Those who are queued will be considered for residence in order of when the application is received and based on availability.
Roommate/Suite-mate Assignment
Those interested in living with a specific roommate group may pre-select their roommate group in the application. Residence spaces can be selected by whomever in the group holds the earliest time ticket spot.
Those without a pre-selected roommate group will be eligible to select any space not already assigned that are aligned with their preferences.
Most spaces are assigned as all-gender meaning that any combination of genders can live in the shared space. For those requesting to live with only those of the same gender, these limited spaces will be indicated in the system when applying.
Some factors that we take into consideration when matching roommates/suitemates are:
- Request for all gender/single gender floors.
- Smoking (although all residences are smoke free).
- Answers regarding personal lifestyle.
Transfer Students
Applications opened on Monday, February 3, 20254 at 10:00 a.m.
Applicants who complete their application by 11:59 p.m. Monday, February 17, 2025, will be entered into a lottery to receive a time ticket. Lottery results will be communicated by Friday, February 21, 2025. Those who receive a time ticket via the lottery will receive further instructions on the new self-selection process on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Applicants who do not receive a time ticket through the lottery, as well as any applications received on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, or later, will automatically be queued in chronological order of receipt.
Meal plans are required in ALL buildings, except for Leeds House. No exceptions.
Application Process
Step 1: You must first accept your offer of admission before you can apply for residence and wait for your application status on Carleton360 to display “Applicant Acceptance”. There may be a delay of three or four days between the time you accept the offer of admission and are able to apply for residence.
Step 2: Apply to residence through the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
Step 3: Once you have logged in, click on “Housing Application”.
Step 4: Select Academic Year 2025-2026.
Step 5: Pay a $50 non-refundable application fee. The $50 application fee can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option.
Step 5: Be sure to complete and save your application by 11:59 pm on Monday, February 17, 2025 in order to be placed in the room lottery.
Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.
Review how to set up your Carleton email account here.
Room Assignment Process
Students receiving a time ticket will choose their room through self-selection process and based on availability.
Those who are queued will be considered for residence in order of when the application is received and based on availability.
Roommate/Suite-mate Assignment
Those interested in living with a specific roommate group may pre-select their roommate group in the application. Residence spaces can be selected by whomever in the group holds the earliest time ticket spot.
Those without a pre-selected roommate group will be eligible to select any space not already assigned that are aligned with their preferences.
Most spaces are assigned as all-gender meaning that any combination of genders can live in the shared space. For those requesting to live with only those of the same gender, these limited spaces will be indicated in the system when applying.
Some factors that we take into consideration when matching roommates/suite-mates are:
- Request for all gender/single gender floors.
- Smoking (although all residences are smoke free).
- Answers regarding personal lifestyle.
Summer Residence
Summer Residence Applications for 2025 will open after 10:00 am on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
Applications for summer 2025 close on Friday, March 28, 2025. The deadline for late summer applications is Sunday, June 29, 2025.
Students currently in winter term residence – applications received after Tuesday, April 22, 2025 for Early or Full Summer will not be considered until after Monday, April 28, 2025. The Stayover option will not be available and expected move out from your current room would be no later than 12:00 pm NOON on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Move in for Early/Full summer will begin Sunday, May 4, 2025.
Eligibility
You must be either a Carleton student for the summer and have completed one academic term prior to the start of May 2024, or have been admitted for the start of summer 2024.
Students who have previously lived in residence must be in good standing within the residence community.
Priority is given to students registered in courses, in a co-op related to their program, or for other academic purposes.
Fees for 2024/2025 fall and winter term fees are required to be paid by Friday, April 25, 2025 in order to be eligible to live in Summer Residence. If your Student Account does not have a zero balance by Friday, April 25, 2025, and you have received and accepted a summer room offer, your room offer will be revoked, and the $300 Residence Advance Payment (RAP) refunded.
Application Process
Review other important summer dates and deadlines.
Step 1: Apply to residence through the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
Step 2: Click on “Housing Application”.
Step 3: Select “2025 Student Summer Residence Application”.
Step 4: Pay a $50 non-refundable application fee. The $50 application fee can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option.
Step 5: Complete all sections of the application.
Step 6: Be sure to complete and save your application by Friday, March 28, 2025.
Length of Stay, Contract Options and Fees
The minimum length of stay is determined by the session you choose for the summer. You are responsible for residence fees associated with the session even if you choose to leave prior to the end of the session. Short term accommodation is not available.
- Early Summer Session 2025 – Sunday, May 4 to Friday, June 27 – 2025 fee to be determined (2024 Summer fee – $1,944)
- Late Summer Session 2025 – Tuesday, July 1 to Sunday, August 24 – 2025 fee to be determined (2024 Summer fee – $1,944)
- Full Summer 2025 – Sunday, May 4 to Sunday, August 24 – 2025 fee to be determined(2024 Summer fee – $3,996)
There are additional fees if you choose to opt for a meal plan or for a stayover (the stayover is only available to current residence students).
The policy below applies once your Summer Residence contract has begun.
Students who are in an Early Summer residence contract who wish to extend to Full Summer residence may do so no later than Friday, June 20, 2025; providing space is available. It may be required that the student is moved to a new suite depending on availability.
Students who wish to change their contract from Full Summer residence to Early Summer residence or to Late* Summer residence may do so no later than Friday, June 20, 2025. The fees will be adjusted on your Student Account less a $300 Administrative Fee for shortening the Summer contract from the originally agreed upon Full Summer session.
*Students who have checked in and living in residence for Early/Full Summer are not able to change the summer contract to Late Summer Residence. This length of stay change is only available to students who have not yet checked in.
To change your Summer Residence contract please contact residence@carleton.ca.
Meal Plan
Students may opt into purchasing a meal plan or choose to make their own meals.
The last meal for academic residence is breakfast on Sunday, April 27, 2025 from 7:30 am to 10:30 am. The summer meal plan will start with breakfast on Monday, May 5, 2025.
Please note that the meal plans offered through fall/winter are NOT available for the summer.
The summer meal plan option is 14 meals per week. All meals are served in Teraanga Commons Dining Hall. Please review for summer hours.
Summer 2025 meal plan fees:
- Early Summer Session 2025 – Monday, May 5 to Friday, June 27 – 2025 fee to be determined (2024 Summer fee $1,544.94)
- Late Summer Session 2025 – Tuesday, July 1 to Sunday, August 24 – 2025 fee to be determined (2024 Summer fee $1,544.94)
- Full Summer 2025 – Monday, May 5 to Sunday, August 24 – 2025 fee to be determined(2024 Summer fee $3,175.71)
You may use one meal per meal period up to 3 meals per day until all 14 meals are used.
Walk in Rates:
- Breakfast – 2024 rate $11.74 + Tax
- Lunch – 2024 rate $14.54 + Tax
- Dinner – 2024 rate $17.29 + Tax
Important Meal Plan Deadlines:
- Monday, May 12, 2025 – Deadline to remove early / full summer meal plan.
- Monday, July 7, 2025 – Deadline to remove full / late summer meal plan.
- Sunday, August 24, 2025 – Last day for the Summer meal plan.
The meal plan fee covers to breakfast on Sunday, August 24, 2025. A Dining Service location may be available during regular business hours, Monday, August 25, 2025 – Thursday, August 28, 2025, for pay as you go options.
Room Assignments
Students will be accommodated in single rooms in shared suites. Suites include one or two full bathrooms, full kitchenette with fridge and microwave, dining area, Wi-Fi and air conditioning.
Should you receive and accept a room offer, a non-refundable $300 Residence Advance Payment (RAP) is required to reserve your space. The RAP will be added to your student account and will be applied as payment to your residence fees shortly after the fees are posted.
Students are required to provide their own bed linens for a standard double mattress, towels, and amenities. Click here for more information about what to bring/what not to bring.
Summer Residence Withdrawal Policy
Students who choose to move out prior to the end of the agreed to Summer Residence session (Early, Full or Late) are not entitled to a fee adjustment for room and meal plan (if applicable). The meal plan may be removed if it is before the deadlines stated below to make changes.
Monday, May 12, 2025 – Deadline to remove early / full summer meal plan.
Students on a full summer meal plan who did not request to remove the meal plan by May 12 will have have another opportunity to remove the plan for the start of late summer.
Monday, July 7, 2025 – Deadline to remove full / late summer meal plan.
Winter Residence
Applications for winter 2025 are now open!
Applications are open until Friday, January 31, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. Depending on availability, space is offered as it becomes available.
Meal plans are required in ALL buildings, except for Leeds House. No exceptions.
Eligibility
Students must be registered in a minimum of 1.5 credits for the winter term.
Application Process
Step 1: You must first accept your offer of admission to Carleton University and wait for your application status on Carleton360 to display “Applicant Acceptance” before you can accept your guaranteed offer of residence. There may be a delay of three or four days between the time you accept the offer of admission and are able to accept your offer of residence.
Step 2: Apply to residence through the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials.
Step 3: Click on “Housing Application”
Step 4: Select the Winter 2025
Step 5: Pay a $50 non-refundable application fee. The $50 application fee can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option.
Review how to set up your Carleton email account here.
Application Queued?
Each year we receive more residence applications than the number of spaces we have available. Students who are queued will be offered a room if space becomes available.
The queue is for a residence space and not a specific building. Although we do our best to accommodate building/room preferences, should you receive an offer of residence from the queue, we cannot guarantee placement in all/any of your preferences. Being in a queue means that we currently we do not have a space to offer but your application remains active.
If you do not receive a room offer by Friday, October 3, 2025, your academic year 2025-2026 application will expire. If you wish to be considered for winter term residence, you will be required to re-apply.
Special Accommodation Request
Students may submit a special accommodation request if they have a disability, medical condition or special dietary needs that may affect their room assignment or ability to use the meal plan.
The special accommodation request is submitted as part of the regular application process.
Include in your request
- Detailed documentation from the appropriate medical professional. Notes stating generally ‘due to medical reasons’ lacking any details and/or context will not be considered.
- Signed and dated documentation with explanation of your personal situation and may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Specific nature of your request
- What might meet your needs and why
- What measures are currently in place at your own living environment (home, apartment) that address your challenges
- If dietary related, you must indicate the specific limitations you have and how you believe this may affect your ability to use a meal plan. You are strongly encouraged to connect with our dietitian by email to discuss your concerns.
Deadlines to upload the supporting documents
- Upper year/graduate students applying between Monday, February 3, 2025 to Monday, February 17, 2025 for the time ticket lottery.
- First year students (guaranteed and non-guaranteed): Monday, June 9, 2025
Requests and documentation received after the specified deadlines will only be considered under exceptional circumstances and by space availability.
Please note submitting the special accommodation request does not guarantee any specific style room accommodation.