We are able to accommodate 93% of our typical capacity for 2021-22, which is 4,300 students, including spaces allocated to upper-year student staff. There are 4,140 beds for incoming first-year students.

All of our residence buildings will be open for the 2021-2022 academic year.

There will be a mix of single, double and single plus rooms available.  We will not be offering triples, quads or loft doubles.

Some buildings offer private washrooms; others have a semi-private configuration, and others have communal washrooms. Visit our website to learn more about our buildings and room types.

You will be able to self-select your room beginning the week of July 12^th. You’ll receive your self-selection date and time via your queensu email the week of July 5^th. Learn more about self-selection here!

As additional spaces become available, they will be offered to students who didn’t initially receive a space, in order of their lottery number.

There are many private landlords in Kingston that offer a range of housing options. Please visit the Student Community Relations website for more information and advice about renting. We’re offering virtual housemate search events, and additional supports are available from our Off-Campus Living Advisor Adam King. We encourage you to connect with Adam to explore your options.

Our residence fee schedule is outlined on this page.

The range of COVID restrictions in place in September 2021 will depend on the evolution of the pandemic, the roll-out of vaccines, and the guidance provided by local public officials health at the time.

You can expect that the following guidelines will be in place:

• Face coverings will be required in all public residence spaces
• Physical distancing and limits on gathering sizes may be required
• Common areas, such as floor lounges, will be open with capacity limits in place.
• Limits on in-person program and activities, particularly in the first six weeks of the term
• Quarantine requirements for international travellers

We will continue to be guided by public health advice on what restrictions, if any, can be lifted for the fall.

We strongly encourage everyone who will be living in residence to get fully vaccinated as soon as vaccines are available to you, particularly if you intend to live in a double room.  As part of the residence application process, 97% of students indicated that they intend to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available to them.

While it’s not required to get a vaccine, we will be collecting data with respect to vaccination status when you self-select your room in order to plan for availability of second doses if needed and operational considerations such as increasing common room capacity and the delivery of in-person programming.

Residence move-in will take place from Wednesday, September 1- Saturday, September 4. You will be able to pick your move-in date and time in early August.

• Week of July 5^th: Notification of your self-selection date and time
• July 13^th – July 29^th: Self-selection
• Early August: Move-in date and time selection
• September 1 – 4: Move-In

Now that the application has closed, we are not able to update your room type preferences.

After you have self-selected your room and before move-in starts at the end of August, you may request a room swap with another student or request a room change. More information about the room swap/change process will be available in late July.

The $525 Residence deposit is due with the residence application on June 8, 2021.  The remainder of the Residence fees will be split in two. The first half will be due in late August, 2021, and the second half will be due in early January, 2022. First Year Fee Schedule 2021-2022.

Your Residence Deposit can be paid by online,  telephone banking or by wire transfer. We do not accept cheques or credit cards. Late payments will result in students being placed on our residence wait list.

Please note: telephone and online banking payments can take up to 5 business days to reach our office. Please send your deposit well in advance to ensure your payment is not late.

Residence applications will not be processed until your deposit is received.

 For more information on payments made within and outside of Canada, please visit our Residence Fee Page

• $325.00 of your $525.00 deposit is refundable if you cancel in writing to Residence Admissions at reshouse@queensu.ca by July 5, 2021
• No cancellation refunds are available after July 5, 2021.
• Please note that if you cancel your academic offer at Queen’s, you must also cancel your Residence application by contacting Residence Admissions

Living Learning Communities (LLCs) are floors or clusters of rooms where students with similar interests and values live together and engage in creative, social, and educational programming related to the topic of their specific community. Read about our communities.

LLCs provide students with the opportunity to:

• Meet like-minded friends
• Connect with a variety of Queen’s Faculty outside of the classroom
• Share goals, projects, and challenges
• Benefit from peer and professionally-led events created with students’ interests and development in mind

Core LLC Experiences

• Learning Lunches: Shared lunches with faculty or staff members
• Bi-Weekly Community Meetings: Led by LLC Don where current programs and events are discussed
• Leadership Skill-Building Workshops: All members of the LLCs come together to improve leadership skills and network
• LLC Legacy Project: A year-long project that each LLC will pass on to the incoming LLC students

You can also choose to live in one of our four preference based communities.  These differ from Living Learning communities as there is not specific programming related to the floor focus, rather, students share a desire to live in these environments. You must choose either of these communities as your first choice on your application to be considered for them.  These four communities are the Study floor, Alcohol & Cannabis not preferred community, female identified community (any individual who identifies as a woman) and male identified community (any individual who identifies as a man).

Study Floor

Open to:  Students who agree to maintain a consistently quiet environment on the floor. This community is ideal for students looking for a quiet living atmosphere within residence. Residents and their guests both agree to abide by the principles of this floor by maintaining low noise levels.

Alcohol & Cannabis not preferred community

Open to:  Students who are willing to make an affirmative commitment to maintaining a living environment free from alcohol, cannabis and other drugs.  Led by their Don, students in this community will be asked to take an active role in creating a community agreement that outlines community expectations, norms and desires.  You may be interested in this community if you:

• have made a conscious choice not to engage in substance use (alcohol, cannabis or other drugs)
• make this choice based on personal or family history with substance abuse, or addiction, personal or faith-based convictions or for any other reason.

In this community, students will find less peer pressure to use substances and more support in choosing not to consume.

FEMALE IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY

Open to:  Students who want to live with individuals who identify as a woman

MALE IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY

Open to:  Students who want to live with individuals who identify as a man