Apply to Residence

You can apply for Residence by filling out the online application. Applications will be accepted at any time on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Check out our Residence Application Guide for more details.

Please note: When you apply for Residence you are required to pay a $75.00 non-refundable application fee. Payment for your non-refundable application can be made online through online banking, credit card, a mailed in certified cheque or bank draft. Cash or Interac debit payments can be made in person at the Residence. Personal cheques will not be accepted.

A fee deposit is required with all conditional acceptances to Residence. This money will go towards your total Residence fees and will not be returned at the end of your stay with us – think of it as a down payment.

Payment for your fee deposit can be made online through online banking, a mailed-in certified cheque or a bank draft. Personal cheques or credit cards are not accepted.

Academic Year Acceptance
Acceptance notifications will be emailed out Mid-March and continue throughout the summer as space becomes available. Applicants are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis and need to meet all the required deadlines with their paperwork and payments. All applicants that apply after the Residence is full will be placed on a waitlist.

Winter & Spring Semester Acceptance
Acceptance emails will be sent out on a first-come, first-serve basis dependent upon availability during the Winter and Spring Semesters. You must submit a $75.00 non-refundable application fee payment in order to qualify for acceptance. 

• Financial Aid Budgeting Basics

The Primary and Secondary Contacts are emergency contacts who are also contacted if significant concerns arise in Residence. If the Primary Contact is unavailable, the Secondary Contact is contacted. We strongly recommend that the contacts are the parents or legal guardians of the resident.

Once the Residence receives a listed contact, the manager notifies the contacts via email that they have been listed as a Primary or Secondary Contact. The email outlines the roles and responsibilities of the contacts and provides the listed contacts the opportunity to opt-out of this role.

Please provide your details on the Medical, Accessibility, and Special Consideration section when completing your acceptance information to provide us with more information about how we can support your success in Residence.

Students requiring special accommodations on campus are encouraged to also contact Counselling Services and the Centre for Accessible Learning.

• Counselling Services
• Centre for Accessible Learning

To apply for attendant and personal care services, please visit Residence Attendant Services.

If you need help in setting up any of these services, please contact Dana Deline at ddeline@algonquinresidence.ca.

Everyone who is accepted into Residence must fill out a ‘Personality Profile’ that is located in the Housing Portal and your roommate is selected based on these answers. We recommend that you fill out the personality profile by yourself and answer each question truthfully to end up with the best match possible. Please note: Roommate switches are not always permitted if issues arise. We recommend putting effort into finding the best match prior to move in.

The Residence Roommate Selection part of the Housing Portal will open up at the end of July/early August for you to search for a roommate. All students who have completed their applications and made their payments will be able to access this step in the Housing Portal and will receive an email notifying them that this section has opened.

Please note:

• There are no co-ed or single suites available.
• If you are living in a Residence Community, you will only be able to choose a roommate from the same Community as you.
• Roommate mediations with staff are only allowed during certain time periods.

All new Residents living in the Algonquin College Residence are required to purchase a mandatory two-term meal plan. Meal plans are optional for returning residents.

For more information on the Meal Plan please visit our Meal Plan page or Food Services.

Please note: Residence Meal Plans are subject to the Terms and Conditions policies of Algonquin College Food Services.

The Residence does not offer any family or co-ed accommodations. 

If you decide to cancel your Residence application you must cancel in the Housing Portal. Cancellations will not be accepted over the phone, via e-mail, fax, or mail.

Please refer to the Withdrawal and Cancellation policy for more information.

Please refer to the Withdrawal and Cancellation policy for more information.

The Residence is a “designated Residence” for property tax and rent purposes, meaning that Residence fees cannot be claimed on income tax returns.

The only claim that is allowed is $25.00 for the year (with no receipt necessary), as directed by the Ontario government: 5006-TG, T1 General 2012 – ON-BEN Application for the 2016 Ontario Trillium Benefit and the Ontario Senior Homeowners’ Property Tax Grant.

For this reason, the Residence does not issue tax receipts for Residence fees.

To add the Residence as a bill payee search for ‘Algonquin Residence’ and select the payee titled ‘Algonquin Residence & Conference‘.

To identify your payment you will be prompted to type in your account number indicated on your payment invoice. Your account number is easily located in your Housing Portal under the Home Page.

Please note:

• If you are unable to see ‘Algonquin Residence & Conference’, please notify the residence and we will assist you in selecting the proper payee. Please do not use the payee listed as ‘Algonquin College – Tuition’.
• If you have made an online Residence payment in error to ‘Algonquin College – Tuition’, please email us and provide payment details such as student name, student number, date of payment, transaction number etc.
• International students should refer to their invoice for our updated NorthStar payment link.

There is no set application deadline for Residence but it is first come, first serve. Visit our rates page for application fee and payment information. 

The program selector is generic, so if your program cannot be found, you should select the program closest to your program.

For example, if a Pastry student could not find their program, they would select Hospitality.

If space for Winter Term appears to be available the application will become available during the Fall term.

We offer Payment Option 2 -split payments to help alleviate the upfront costs for Residence Fees.

Please send your sponsorship letter which outlines funding and allotments, to info@algonquinresidence.ca. Payment arrangements for the Residence Fees and Meal Plan amounts that are in excess of your financing can be paid by means outlined in your Offer of Residence and subsequent invoices, and as per the Schedule of Fees.