Please review the Step by Step Guide: How Accept Guaranteed Offer of Residence.

Step 1: Accept Your Offer of Admission

Before you can proceed you must accept your Offer of Admission and wait for your application status on Carleton 360 to display “Applicant Acceptance”. There may be a delay of three to four days after accepting your Offer of Admission for this to occur.  

Due to this delay, please do not wait until the last day to accept your offer.  

Step 2: Accept Your Offer of Guaranteed Residence

Login to the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials and complete the 2025/26 Housing Application process.  

The deadline to accept your offer is Monday, June 9, 2025. 

Step 3: Pay Your Residence Advance Payment (RAP)

To complete the acceptance of your spot in residence you must pay the $700.00 non-refundable Residence Advanced Payment (RAP) through the portal. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, any Visa/Debit cards, or Interac*. 

Please do not pay this fee to your student account. It will not be processed by our office and your acceptance of your offer of guaranteed residence will not be considered complete. 

The deadline to pay your RAP is Monday, June 9, 2025. 

*Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, and First Nations may use the Interac option. 

Step 4: Save & Complete 

Once you have completed the acceptance process and paid the RAP make sure you click “Save & Complete” on your acceptance process. 

At this time, you should receive two emails, one will be the receipt for the payment of your RAP and the other will be a confirmation of your residence acceptance. If you do not receive a confirmation email there is an issue with your acceptance and you must contact residence@carleton.ca as soon as possible. 

*REMEMBER all email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account (cmail), please check this email regularly for updates. Review how to set up your Carleton email account here. 

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.

All guaranteed first-year students who accepted their guaranteed residence offer by Monday, June 9, 2025, will be entered into the time ticket lottery for room selection. Lottery results will be emailed to your Carleton student email (cmail) the week of June 16, 2025. 

Those who submitted a request for special accommodation will be advised of the status of their request after Wednesday, June 11, 2025, and will either receive time ticket lottery results for early selection on Friday, June 13, 2025 or, in unique circumstances, the room space will be pre-assigned. 

What is a Time Ticket?

The time ticket indicates the date and time when you can first login to the Housing Portal and select your room space. You will not have access to this function until the date and time indicated on your time ticket. 

How does Room Selection Work?

Once room selection opens (based on your time ticket) you will be able to login and select your room space. Room selection will remain open from the date and time on your time ticket until Thursday, July 3, 2025. 

If you are in a roommate group – whoever 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, on your behalf, you will receive an email notification and must login to the Housing Portal to accept the assignment within 24 hours. 

If a space has been selected for you by your roommate but you would like to select a different space for yourself, you must leave the roommate group to access other available spaces. If you do not leave the roommate group, you will not be able to see any other spaces. 

Review a recorded version of the Room Selection Webinar 2024.

Please also review the Step by Step Guide: How to Apply to Residence.

Step 1: Accept your Offer of Admission 

Before you can proceed you must accept your Offer of Admission and wait for your application status on Carleton 360 to display “Applicant Acceptance”. There may be a delay of three to four days after accepting your Offer of Admission for this to occur.  

Due to this delay, please do not wait until the last day to accept your offer.  

Step 2: Complete the Residence Application

Login to the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials and complete the 2025/26 Housing Application process.  

Step 3: Pay your Application Fee

To complete your application for residence you must pay the $50.00 non-refundable application fee. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, any Visa/Debit cards, or Interac*. 

*Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, and First Nations may use the Interac option. 

Step 4: Save & Complete 

Once you have completed the acceptance process and paid the Application Fee, make sure you click “Save & Complete” on your acceptance process. 

At this time, you should receive two emails, one will be the receipt for the payment of your Application Fee and the other will be a confirmation of your residence application. If you do not receive a confirmation email there is an issue with your application and you must contact residence@carleton.ca as soon as possible. 

*REMEMBER all email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account (cmail), please check this email regularly for updates. Review how to set up your Carleton email account here. 

Review how to set up your Carleton email account here.

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 who applied for residence by Monday, June 9, 2025, may be entered into the time ticket lottery for to first round of room selection. In this case, lottery results will be emailed to your Carleton student email (cmail) the week of June 16, 2025. 

Applications received on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, or later, will be queued in chronological order of receipt.

What is a Time Ticket? 

The time ticket indicates the date and time when you can first login to the Housing Portal and select your room space. You will not have access to this function until the date and time indicated on your time ticket. 

How does Room Selection Work? 

Once room selection opens (based on your time ticket) you will be able to login and select your room space.

If you are in a roommate group – whoever 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, on your behalf, you will receive an email notification and must login to the Housing Portal to accept the assignment within 24 hours. 

If a space has been selected for you by your roommate but you would like to select a different space for yourself, you must leave the roommate group to access other available spaces. If you do not leave the roommate group, you will not be able to see any other spaces. 

Review a recorded version of the Room Selection Webinar 2024.

All students are welcome to apply. The following conditions apply:

• Students must have paid any outstanding residence fees for the academic year (fall 2024 and winter 2025)
• Students must be in good standing (residence conduct).

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 requirements 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.

Please also review the Step by Step Guide: How to Apply to Residence.

Step 1: Accept your Offer of Admission 

Before you can proceed you must accept your Offer of Admission and wait for your application status on Carleton 360 to display “Applicant Acceptance”. There may be a delay of three to four days after accepting your Offer of Admission for this to occur.  

Due to this delay, please do not wait until the last day to accept your offer.  

Step 2: Complete the Residence Application

Login to the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials and complete the 2025/26 Housing Application process.  

Step 3: Pay your Application Fee

To complete your application for residence you must pay the $50.00 non-refundable application fee. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, any Visa/Debit cards, or Interac*. 

*Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, and First Nations may use the Interac option. 

Step 4: Save & Complete 

Once you have completed the acceptance process and paid the Application Fee, make sure you click “Save & Complete” on your acceptance process. 

At this time, you should receive two emails, one will be the receipt for the payment of your Application Fee and the other will be a confirmation of your residence application. If you do not receive a confirmation email there is an issue with your application and you must contact residence@carleton.ca as soon as possible. 

*REMEMBER all email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account (cmail), please check this email regularly for updates. Review how to set up your Carleton email account here. 

Review how to set up your Carleton email account here.

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.

Returning/Upper Year students who apply for residence between Monday, February 3, 2025 and Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM will be entered into a lottery to receive a time ticket. Time ticket results will be communicated by Friday, February 21, 2025. Applications received on, or after, February 18, 2025 will be queued in chronological order of receipt and time tickets will be issued as availability allows.

What is a Time Ticket? 

The time ticket indicates the date and time when you can first login to the Housing Portal and select your room space. You will not have access to this function until the date and time indicated on your time ticket. 

How does Room Selection Work? 

Once room selection opens (based on your time ticket) you will be able to login and select your room space. Room selection will remain open from the date and time on your time ticket until end of April.

If you are in a roommate group – whoever 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, on your behalf, you will receive an email notification and must login to the Housing Portal to accept the assignment within 24 hours. 

If a space has been selected for you by your roommate but you would like to select a different space for yourself, you must leave the roommate group to access other available spaces. If you do not leave the roommate group, you will not be able to see any other spaces. 

Students must be accepted into a degree program at the graduate level and be enrolled in full-time studies. Current Carleton upper year students who applied and are awaiting the admission decision to the graduate program may also apply for Graduate residence. Please contact residence@carleton.ca to ensure your application is designated accordingly.

Please also review the Step by Step Guide: How to Apply to Residence.

Step 1: Accept your Offer of Admission 

Before you can proceed you must accept your Offer of Admission and wait for your application status on Carleton 360 to display “Applicant Acceptance”. There may be a delay of three to four days after accepting your Offer of Admission for this to occur.  

Due to this delay, please do not wait until the last day to accept your offer.  

Step 2: Complete the Residence Application

Login to the Housing Portal using your MyCarletonOne credentials and complete the 2025/26 Housing Application process.  

Step 3: Pay your Application Fee

To complete your application for residence you must pay the $50.00 non-refundable application fee. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, any Visa/Debit cards, or Interac*. 

*Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, and First Nations may use the Interac option. 

Step 4: Save & Complete 

Once you have completed the acceptance process and paid the Application Fee, make sure you click “Save & Complete” on your acceptance process. 

At this time, you should receive two emails, one will be the receipt for the payment of your Application Fee and the other will be a confirmation of your residence application. If you do not receive a confirmation email there is an issue with your application and you must contact residence@carleton.ca as soon as possible. 

*REMEMBER all email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account (cmail), please check this email regularly for updates. Review how to set up your Carleton email account here. 

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.

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.

Graduate students are assigned to the fifth and sixth floors 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 designated as Dynamic gender meaning that the gender of the first person to book a room in the suite determines the gender for the rest of the rooms in the same suite. For those looking to live in multi-gender suites, please select suites marked CO-ED.

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.

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.

Rooms are assigned on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Those who are queued will be considered for residence in order of when the application is received and based on availability.

Those interested in living with a specific roommate group may pre-select their roommate group in the application; roommate groups can be same gender or multi-gender. We will endeavor to accommodate roommate groups and/or to find the most suite room/suite/pod mated based on the responses to the lifestyle questions.

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. Applications received on, or after, Tuesday, February 18, 2025 will be queued in chronological order of receipt and time tickets will be sent based on availability.

Note: All email correspondence will go to your Carleton email account only. Please check your Carleton email account on a regular basis.

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.

Transfer students who apply for residence between Monday, February 3, 2025 and Monday, February 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM will be entered into a lottery to receive a time ticket. Time ticket results will be communicated by Friday, February 21, 2025. Applications received on, or after, February 18, 2025 will be queued in chronological order of receipt and time tickets will be issued as availability allows.

What is a Time Ticket? 

The time ticket indicates the date and time when you can first login to the Housing Portal and select your room space. You will not have access to this function until the date and time indicated on your time ticket. 

How does Room Selection Work? 

Once room selection opens (based on your time ticket) you will be able to login and select your room space. Room selection will remain open from the date and time on your time ticket until Thursday, July 3, 2025. 

If you are in a roommate group – whoever 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, on your behalf, you will receive an email notification and must login to the Housing Portal to accept the assignment within 24 hours. 

If a space has been selected for you by your roommate but you would like to select a different space for yourself, you must leave the roommate group to access other available spaces. If you do not leave the roommate group, you will not be able to see any other spaces. 

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.

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.

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 (currently under review) – 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.

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 (currently under review)– 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.

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.

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.

Students must be registered in a minimum of 1.5 credits for the winter term.

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.

• 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.

• 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.