Graduate students

• Residence fees are tax exempt. 
• On income tax Line 6114, students may claim $25 per year as occupancy cost. 
• All residents are required to have Personal Belongings (Tenant) Insurance, which protects your belongings in case of unplanned issues like theft, fire, water damage, and more. 

• Parking passes can be arranged through Sustainable Transportation.  
• The CLV front desk can provide more information about parking tokens for short-term or visitor parking. Any passes must be clearly displayed on the vehicle’s dashboard.  
• Visitor parking is also available by using AMP mobile pay app.   
• Electric Vehicle (EV) charging is not permitted at CLV. View charging stations on campus. 

We will send all emails to your UWaterloo email account once it is active. The most efficient way to have another person also receive emails sent to you from Campus Housing is to set up email forwarding within your UWaterloo email account.  Follow the instructions on how to set up email forwarding.

Residence fees are assessed and paid per term and follow the University’s fee schedule. 

Columbia Lake Village does not offer in-person residence tours. 

On the Campus Housing website, under "Our Residences", you can check out the amenities that come with each unit, photos, and virtual tour videos of units in CLV North and South. 

If you are on a renewable contract, when you receive your contract renewal offer, you can choose not to renew your room. If you are on a non-renewable contract, you can choose not to apply once that contract is up. 

Visit the move-in/out website for more information on when to move out and what steps to take. Visit the withdrawals and cancellations website for more information on financial responsibility if you are moving out before your contract is finished. 

Columbia Lake Village Graduate Student & Family Community  Community Centre Booking Information 

Thank you for expressing interest in booking the Community Centre for your private function. Please take a moment to review the guidelines below.  

Booking Guidelines:

• Students wishing to book the Community Centre for a private function must submit their written request to the CLV Residence Life Coordinator at clvgrad@uwaterloo.ca at least 5 business days prior to the requested booking date. 
• The Community Center’s bookable space is restricted to the back seating area of the community center (i.e., the wood paneled area where the couches and TV are located).  
• Due to fire regulation, gatherings must not exceed 40 guests. If you plan to add furniture to the space (e.g. additional tables or chairs), we recommend having fewer guests. 
• Any supplies required must be supplied by the student who is requesting the booking (e.g. tape, scissors, third party rental furniture). 
• Recreational equipment can be signed out by any resident during the event. As residence equipment is covered under residence fees, it is not available for sign out under non-residents. However, residents are responsible for rentals from the desk and supplies are subject to availability. 
• Stacked room dividers can be provided by Campus Housing should you wish to have more privacy during your event. The CLV Residence Life Coordinator can demonstrate how to access and use these during a scheduled meeting at least 48 hours prior to the event. You can reach out to clvgrad@uwaterloo.ca for support. 
• Furniture cannot be removed from the bookable space; however, it can be rearranged within the bookable space to meet the event’s needs. 
• The CLV Community Centre is a communal space and as such students booking a private function must respect that other CLV residents will still be permitted to use all the other areas of the Community Centre including the Pool/Ping Pong/Foosball tables, the CLV Front Desk, the kitchenette and the walkway to the laundry room during the event. The event must not infringe on other residents’ use of the Community Centre Space.  

Event Rules:  

• Must be held during the CLV Community Centre hours for a maximum of 4.5 hours (additional 30 mins included is provided to clean and prepare the bookable space to its original condition after the event). 
• The bookable space must be returned to its original configuration at the completion of the event. This includes disposing of all garbage, sweeping the floor, wiping tables and chairs, putting away the stacked room dividers and returning all furniture to its original location (please see image below for the proper configuration of furniture). Residents can access a broom from the CLV Front Desk.  
• Please note, in the case of room damage of lack of cleaning, the student who booked the space will be financially responsible for any costs associated with repair/cleaning.  
• The CLV Community Centre is not bookable for events during the exam period as this space is used for studying during exams. Other unavailable booking periods will be during St. Patrick’s Day weekend, Halloween or Campus Housing move-in and move-out periods.)  
• Guest parking is available next to the CLV Community Centre for a flat daily rate. Please note that beginning January 20, 2025, Sustainable Transportation transitioned to using the AMP mobile pay app in all visitor lots and remove all pay-and-display machines. Please visit Sustainable Transportation website for more details. 
• Priority will be given to Residence Life and Campus Housing events held at CLV Community Centre. 

Additionally, as the CLV Community Centre is a part of residence, all parts of the residence Terms & Conditions and all relevant university policies will apply to functions taking place in this space – e.g., noise, guest policy, communicable disease safety measures, food policies, smoking limitations, alcohol restrictions, animal restrictions, etc. Please refer to your terms and conditions for more information.