residences

https://housing.queensu.ca/residence/

Victoria Hall
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Telephone: 613-533-6790

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Queen's is a residential university, with 90 percent of our undergraduate students coming from outside the Kingston area. Residences house about 95 percent of first-year students and a number of upper-year, graduate and professional, exchange and transfer students.

Queen's has 14 student residences, each with a unique and thriving community. Residents can request single or double rooms, co-educational or single gender floors, and theme floors based on programs or lifestyles. Residence buildings range in size from 64 to 802 students. Most halls provide study rooms, music rooms, TV rooms, storage rooms, laundry facilities and limited cooking facilities on main campus. Full kitchen facilities are found on each floor at Jean Royce and Harkness International Halls.

A strong sense of community and a number of student-led initiatives come together in residence, all facilitated by strong student leadership. The Main Campus Residents' Council (MCRC) and the Jean Royce Hall Council (JRHC) represent residents' concerns, provide services such as movie rentals, organize social events, develop new leaders and play an important role in addressing community standards.

The Residence Life team provides orientation to residence and offers community development programming to foster welcoming and vibrant relationships among students. Residents also have access to an array of educational programs in areas such as strategies for academic success, time management, healthy eating, diversity and inclusion, alcohol awareness, personal safety on campus, sexual health, essay writing and societal trends and issues. Student Dons are responsible for developing community, mediating disputes, addressing disciplinary problems and promoting educational programming for their floor's unique community.

The Residence department also oversees custodial and physical plant services, budgeting and administration, technological support and innovation, food service and communication with students. Residence Admissions accommodates students with special needs such as mobility, vision and hearing disabilities or health and dietary issues. Dining plans are available to all students whether they live on or off campus, providing healthy, nutritious meals across a wide range of tastes, including vegetarian, Halal and other world cuisine options.