Undergraduate students
Important notes
- All students living in Waterloo Residences must sign a residence contract
- to calculate the total cost you must add together the full year fees for the residence you have been assigned to and the full year fees for the meal plan you have selected
- A meal plan is required in Village 1 and Ron Eydt Village for each term. Meal plans are optional in all other residences.
- All students offered a space in the fall term are required to sign a 2-term contract for fall and winter or fall and spring
- Residence and meal plan fees will be posted to your Quest account for each term
Graduate students and students with dependents
All students must sign a residence contract. Residence fees are calculated per term or on a monthly basis, depending on your residence community.
Withdrawals, room changes, and stream changes
Learn more about withdrawing from residence, room changes, and stream changes.
Guests in CLV-North (for families only)
Guests are permitted in CLV-North family units for up to three days. If you wish to have a guest for longer, you must complete a Guest Registration Request form (pdf) and submit it to the CLV-North Residence Life Co-ordinator at the CLV Community Centre.
Income tax
For income tax purposes, students in residence do not pay taxes on their residence fees as the University residences are on tax-exempt land. On Line 6114 (Student Residences) on your income tax form, you can claim $25 as your occupancy cost for the part of the year you lived in residence. You do not need to have proof of residence or tax receipts for residence fee payment.
Receipts
The Department of Housing and Residences does not provide receipts. If you are filing either a paper or an electronic income tax return, you do not need to include receipts with your return.
