Guaranteed First Year Students

The guaranteed offer of residence expires on June 30, 4:30 pm ET.  Students may start accepting the residence offer as of 10:00 am on February 1.

For other important dates and deadlines, please click here.

You must first accept your offer of admission to Carleton University before you can accept your offer of residence and wait for your application status on Carleton360 to display “Applicant Acceptance”. There may be a delay of 3 or 4 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 4:30 pm ET on June 30 is strictly adhered to.

How to accept your residence offer:

Step 1: Accept your guaranteed residence offer online.

Log on to Carleton360 and select Carleton Central >> Main Menu >> Housing Services >> Accept Residence Offer.

Step 2: Read and accept the terms of the Residence Agreement. The 2023-2024 Residence Agreement will be available by June 2023.

Step 3: Pay your residence deposit (through Carleton Central).

DO NOT pay this to your Student Account – it will go unnoticed and will appear that you did not accept your residence offer.  The residence deposit ($700) can be paid by credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express, any Visa/Debit* cards) or by Interac, also through Carleton Central. Please note that only customers of RBC Royal Bank, TD Bank, First Nations may use the Interac option, through Carleton Central. *If you are using a Visa/Debit card, select the Pay with your Credit Card section on Carleton Central to make payment.

Step 4: The Residence Information Form (RIF) in the eRezLife portal will be emailed to your Carleton email account within 2 – 3 days of paying the deposit in Carleton Central.  Students will not have access to the portal until the email is received.

The Residence Information Form (RIF) allows you to provide information about your lifestyle as well as your room/suitemate preference, should you want to live with a friend. More information can be found here.

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

If you have not yet set up your Carleton account, please click here for instructions.

Deposit Refund

If your plans change after accepting your offer, please cancel through Carleton Central by 4:30 pm, June 8. Your full deposit will be credited to the card/bank account used to pay it.  Please visit our Cancellation Policy page for more information.

Students who had a guaranteed residence offer that expired at 4:30 pm on June 30 are required to email residence@carleton.ca in order to be added to the waitlist.  Please note that there is no guarantee a space would become available.  Once you have been added to the residence waitlist please click here for more information about being on the waitlist.

Room Assignment Process

While your guaranteed offer is for a traditional double room, you may indicate your preference for a traditional single, suite double or suite single room on the Residence Information Form.

Rooms will be assigned based on your special accommodation requirements, preference to live on a special interest floor and request to stay over the Holiday Winter Closure. Traditional buildings are randomly assigned, and we do not accept requests for accommodation to specific buildings.

Please understand that there is no guarantee that students will receive their alternate room accommodation preference as noted on the Residence Information Form.

Roommate/Suitemate Matching

Roommate matching for suites and traditional double rooms is based on the answers provided on the Residence Information Form. Please answer these questions as accurately as possible so that we can find the best possible match of roommate/suitemate for you.

Some factors that we take into consideration when matching roommates/suitemates are:

• Age
• Faculty
• Request for all gender/single gender floors
• Smoking (although all residences are smoke free)
• Answers regarding personal lifestyle

If there is someone with whom you would like to share a room, you can indicate so on the Residence Information Form. Click here to learn how to indicate your roommate preferences.

Room Change

We will begin accepting room change requests on October 2. Room changes are offered on a first come, first serve basis according to student type and availability. While every attempt is made to accommodate room change requests, a new room assignment is not always readily available. Residents will be contacted if and when there is a new room assignment to consider. More information regarding room changes can be found here.