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Residences and Meal Plans

Residence Price(s)

$8,000 to $18,250 (includes high-speed internet and all utilities; meal plan included in some residence fees).

Note: These fees are for 2025-2026. Updated fees for 2026-2027 will be available in March 2026. Fees include 2 terms (8-month contract required).

Room Types

Amenities

  • Eateries in each residence
  • Fully furnished rooms
  • Roommate request available
  • High-speed internet and utilities included
  • Residence dons on each floor, plus 24/7 in-residence support
  • Tutoring-in-residence program and counsellor-in-residence program
  • Job and leadership opportunities (paid and volunteer)
  • Study rooms, fitness facilities, music rooms, multi-faith rooms, and TV lounges
  • Barrier-free suites and other accessible accommodations
  • Living learning communities

Learn about Waterloo's on-campus residences.

Residence Guarantee

First-year and transfer students are guaranteed residence for first year! Once you accept your offer to Waterloo, you can apply for our 100% residence guarantee. To guarantee your spot, all you need to do is

  • accept your Offer of Admission by 11:59 pm (ET) on June 1, 2026, and
  • submit a New Student Residence Application and $500 non-refundable deposit by 11:59 pm (ET) on June 8, 2026.

Conrad Grebel University College is an additional on-campus residence that has a separate application process. 

Deposit Required

$500, non-refundable.

Meal Plans

Campus Housing residences

Meal plans are required in traditional-style residences (declining balance meal plan starting at $6,720). Meal plans are optional in suite-style residences.

University College residences

All-you-care-to-eat meal plans are included in the cost of residence at Waterloo's on-campus University Colleges.

Note

  • These fees are for 2025-2026. Updated fees for 2026-2027 will be available on the residence web page in March 2026. Fees include 2 terms (8-month contract required).
  • Refer to our student cost calculator to estimate total costs of residence, meal plans, tuition and more.

Other Information

Accessible housing

  • Students who have, or suspect they may have, a disability or condition which affects their daily living activities are encouraged to apply for accessible housing accommodations. 
  • Students who have daily creed-based/religious housing requests that cannot be accommodated through our amenities and dietary supports offered to all students may apply for creed-based support while living in residence.  

Next steps

In June and July, you will receive information about the next steps either from Campus Housing or from the individual University College residence where you've been placed.

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