McMaster’s twelve on-campus residences are home to almost 3,700 students. Our residences are located within a five-minute walk to classes, athletic facilities, libraries and our award-winning dining facilities. We offer a range of building sizes and themed residence communities.

Our buildings are divided into traditional dormitory style–where you live with one/two other roommates in the same bedroom or apartment/suite style–where you have a private room and share a kitchen, washroom(s) and living room with three to five other students.

Our lifestyle themes aim to enhance and extend your learning experience outside of the classroom, and into your residence home. Themes include:

• All – Female Community
• Women & Leadership Community
• Quiet Communities (Halcyon House & Quiet Floors
• Alcohol Free Community (Substance-Free)
• Healthy Active Living Community (Wellness House)
• Global Perspectives Community (International House)
• La Maison Francaise
• Sustainability

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Off-Campus Housing

While thousands of students live in residence, the majority of the McMaster students live off-campus. McMaster’s Off-Campus Resource Centre assists students to find apartments, houses, rooms within a house or other suitable off-campus living options.

McMaster’s Society of Off-Campus Students (SOCS) is also one of the largest clubs sponsored by the McMaster Students Union. SOCS strives to help students connect to McMaster, and give off-campus students a voice on campus by:

• providing a welcoming, enjoyable, memorable and safe Welcome Week
• assisting those who are unfamiliar with living away from home
• organizing activities throughout the year (e.g. peer tutoring; Formal dinner; themed social events)
• organizing intramural sports teams.