When you move away from home to attend university—whether it’s a move across town or across the world—it’s important to have a safe, reliable place to live. It’s also nice to have different housing options so you can choose what best matches your needs and wants.
Laurier has housing options for every year of your degree, as well as resources and support to help you find the right place to live.
We guarantee you a spot in residence for your first year as long as you submit your residence application and non-refundable deposit by June 1, 2026. You also need to be attending a postsecondary institution for the first time. And the deadline to apply is a firm one, even if your offer letter has a later date to accept your offer, so if you want to live in residence be sure you apply on time!
Our Brantford campus has apartment-style residences while our Waterloo campus has both dormitory-style and apartment-style residences. Currently there is no residence available at our Milton campus.
Apartment-style residences are furnished apartments shared between 2-7 students and have a shared kitchen and living space. Dormitory-style residences are single or double furnished bedrooms for one or two students with access to common or shared washrooms and shared common space.
For the upper years of your degree, we offer a housing guarantee exclusive to international students in both Brantford and Waterloo. With the housing guarantee, you’ll live on campus in residence in your first year and live off campus in apartment-style housing in your upper years. The off-campus buildings are managed by Laurier, so you’ll have a safe, comfortable place to live. Brantford also offers the option to live in residence in your upper years.
The Department of Residence will reach out to you each year to confirm your living accommodations for the next year.
All international undergraduate Laurier students will have access to guaranteed housing in Laurier-managed facilities for four years (or five years for select programs). The following terms and conditions must be met to access the housing guarantee each year:
Living off campus in any (or all) of your years at Laurier might be the right choice for you—and we’re still here to support you! The Laurier Off-Campus University Students (LOCUS) program is designed to connect you to the campus community, especially if you live off campus during your first year. LOCUS is free and offers academic, social and personal support to ensure you can still be part of Laurier’s on-campus experience.
When you’re ready to look for off-campus housing in your upper years, we have resources, workshops and support to help you search for housing, safely view properties, understand your lease and more.
