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Residence Buildings
No matter which building you're placed in, you'll find your fit and place in the Laurier community. We offer a wide variety of living accommodations and each residence offers a unique experience for incoming students.
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Room Types
Single Room: One student is assigned to the bedroom.
Shared Double Room: Two students who identify as the same gender or who have applied to gender inclusive housing are assigned to the bedroom.
Housing Options
The Department of Residence recognizes a student's legal right in Ontario to self-identify their gender and/or gender identity. As such, students are placed in residence based on their self-identified gender and/or gender identity and not their assigned birth gender.
At the Waterloo campus, the Department of Residence offers housing options in three categories: gender inclusive housing, co-ed housing and single gender housing.
At the Brantford campus, the Department of Residence offers housing options in two categories: gender inclusive housing and co-ed housing.
Co-Ed Housing
Students living in the residence building identify as various gender identities, but students are placed in rooms/apartments with other students who identify as the same gender identity as themselves.
Gender Inclusive Housing
Gender identity is not considered in the placement process and students are placed with other students who identify as a variety of genders including, but not limited to cisgender male, cisgender female, trans, non-binary, genderqueer, and two spirit.
Single Gender Housing
All students living in the residence building identify as the same gender. These communities are available for students who identify as cisgender man/male or cisgender woman/female, and typically accommodate students with religious or cultural needs who require single gender environments.