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  • January 2027 undergraduate application

    Winter 2027 entry · International undergraduate applicants, where the programme accepts this intake

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First-year residence guaranteeStanding October 1, 2026 handbook and current public FAQ

Standing October 1, 2026 handbook and current public FAQ · Initial application or a waitlist deposit does not guarantee a bed. The university confirms an offered bed after receiving the signed agreement and CAD 500 confirmation deposit by the instructed date. Room/building preferences remain unguaranteed. No automatic first-year or year-specific Fall 2027 guarantee is established; FGH is a separate currently full allocation.

Saint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revisionSaint Mary’s current residence FAQ and 2026–27 floor/bed-type tablesSaint Mary’s public residence proceduresSaint Mary’s Family & Graduate Housing current 2026–27 page

Three physical university residence buildings: Loyola, Vanier and Edmund Rice. Loyola North/South and Family & Graduate apartments share the Loyola building; Vanier has four houses within its one building. Single-student and FGH categories have distinct contracts, meals and fee scopes.

Saint Mary’s current single-student residence detailsCurrent residence instructions
Vanier House$9,895–$10,475Eight-month single-student room fees, 2026–27; meals separate

Rooms and rates

Room types
Traditional single room · Traditional super single room · Senior apartment single · Senior apartment super single
Rates
$9,895–$10,475
Contract period
Eight-month single-student room fees, 2026–27; meals separate
Capacity
158 residents

Meal plan

Standard rooms require a five- or seven-day all-access plan ($6,615–$6,990). Senior apartments require at least the $525 flex-dollar plan; upgrades available.

Requirement
Required
Residence package
Meals charged separately
  • Traditional single room$9,895
  • Traditional super single room$10,160
  • Senior apartment super single$10,475

Who can apply

Normally full-time at Saint Mary’s or another approved postsecondary institution. Part-time students may be considered at the Director’s discretion and must report changes in status. Senior apartments normally serve third-/fourth-year students, usually age twenty-one or older or with sixty completed credit hours; this is normal priority, not a universal hard eligibility cut-off. Family & Graduate Housing has separate conditions and applications.

Operator
Saint Mary’s University, Housing & Conference Services / Housing & Residence
Building group
Vanier Residence

Four-storey low-rise, no elevators, with four houses A, B, C and D. Current profile says home to 158 students. The FAQ explicitly confirms senior single and senior super-single room types in Vanier. Senior single bath configurations are not separately mapped, so neither shared-bath nor private-bath senior single tariff is assigned to Vanier. Private-bath/kitchenette units are expressly described in Loyola South. Senior-apartment meal rules differ from traditional rooms.

View residenceSaintmarys ResidencesSaintmarys RatesSaint Mary’s current residence FAQ and 2026–27 floor/bed-type tablesSaint Mary’s current single-student residence detailsSaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision
Loyola Residence$9,895–$10,475Eight-month academic-year room fees, 2026–27

Rooms and rates

Room types
North/standard single room · North/standard super single · Senior apartment single, shared bath/kitchen · Senior apartment super single · Senior apartment single, private bath/kitchenette
Rates
$9,895–$10,475
Contract period
Eight-month academic-year room fees, 2026–27
Capacity
377 students in Loyola North only

Meal plan

Single-student rooms: Standard rooms require a five- or seven-day all-access plan ($6,615–$6,990). Senior apartments require at least the $525 flex-dollar plan; upgrades available.

Requirement
Required
Residence package
Meals charged separately
  • North/standard single room$9,895
  • North/standard super single$10,160
  • Senior apartment single, shared bath/kitchen$10,180
  • Senior apartment super single$10,475
  • Senior apartment single, private bath/kitchenette$10,055

Who can apply

Normally full-time at Saint Mary’s or another approved postsecondary institution. Part-time students may be considered at the Director’s discretion and must report changes in status. Senior apartments normally serve third-/fourth-year students, usually age twenty-one or older or with sixty completed credit hours; this is normal priority, not a universal hard eligibility cut-off. Family & Graduate Housing has separate conditions and applications.

Operator
Saint Mary’s University, Housing & Conference Services / Housing & Residence
Building group
Loyola Residence

One 22-storey residence building, with Loyola North traditional rooms, Loyola South senior apartments and separate Family & Graduate apartments. Current profile publishes 377 residents for Loyola North only; this is not a whole-Loyola capacity. Private-bath/kitchenette two-bedroom senior units are expressly described on South floors 3–4. Single-student eight-month fees do not price FGH monthly apartments.

View residenceSaintmarys ResidencesSaintmarys RatesSaint Mary’s single-student housing profiles and scoped occupancySaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision
Edmund Rice Residence$8,275–$10,475Eight-month academic-year room fees, 2026–27

Rooms and rates

Room types
Double room · Single room · Super single
Rates
$8,275–$10,475
Contract period
Eight-month academic-year room fees, 2026–27
Capacity
Capacity unavailable in reviewed sources

Meal plan

At least the $525 flex-dollar plan is mandatory. Five- and seven-day all-access upgrades cost $6,615 and $6,990.

Requirement
Required
Residence package
Meals charged separately
  • Double room$8,275
  • Single room$10,180
  • Super single$10,475

Who can apply

Normally full-time at Saint Mary’s or another approved postsecondary institution. Part-time students may be considered at the Director’s discretion and must report changes in status. Senior apartments normally serve third-/fourth-year students, usually age twenty-one or older or with sixty completed credit hours; this is normal priority, not a universal hard eligibility cut-off. Family & Graduate Housing has separate conditions and applications.

Operator
Saint Mary’s University, Housing & Conference Services / Housing & Residence
Building group
Edmund Rice Residence

One 17-storey apartment residence with two lifts, double-room apartments and single/super-single apartment types. Current detail page says home to 310 students, while the October 1 handbook says 309. No definitive new total capacity is selected from that disagreement.

View residenceSaintmarys ResidencesSaintmarys RatesSaint Mary’s current single-student residence detailsSaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision

Other housing options

Family & Graduate Housing within Loyola

Separate one-/two-bedroom apartment categories, public 2026–27 allocation full with waitlist; rent quotations from Housing and optional meals. This is not another physical residence building.

Saint Mary’s Family & Graduate Housing current 2026–27 page
Placement and contract terms

Residence offer, confirmation and waitlist · Standing procedure in October 1, 2026 handbook

Acceptance of admission and the separate academic deposit unlock housing application access. A residence offer is confirmed through a signed Residence Agreement and CAD 500 residence deposit received by the individually directed date. Posting a payment to a student account alone is not confirmation. A CAD 500 deposit plus signed Wait-List Agreement only confirms a waitlist position; it does not guarantee a bed. Waitlist position uses receipt date/time, while room allocations also consider seniority, wellness/accommodation needs and available spaces.

Saint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revisionSaint Mary’s current residence application procedureSaint Mary’s public residence procedures

Confirmation deadline and returning-student priority

The current FAQ says there is no universal initial residence confirmation deadline and advises accepting an offer promptly. Individual offer dates still apply. Returning students are told to check January email for the applicable re-application/seniority process. The procedures page separately prints March 1 returner priority and May 15 deposit dates, while its later section and the current handbook refer to dates instructed by Housing. These are returning-priority conditions, not a newly verified Fall 2027 guaranteed-room deadline.

Saint Mary’s current residence FAQ and 2026–27 floor/bed-type tablesSaint Mary’s public residence proceduresSaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision

Residence deposit credit and refund · Standing October 1, 2026 handbook

CAD 500 residence confirmation deposit is applied to second-semester fees in January. Written cancellation by August 1 refunds CAD 250; the remaining CAD 250 is nonrefundable/nontransferable. After August 1 none is refunded. This is the residence deposit, distinct from the admission deposit and any application fee.

Saint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision

Room and roommate preferences

Building, room type, floor and roommate requests are not guaranteed. New residents should normally expect Loyola North or Vanier traditional rooms with full meal plans. Returning seniority improves access to Rice/Loyola South but does not guarantee it. Room changes need prior approval and are prioritized by assessed needs and availability rather than simply first come, first served.

Saint Mary’s current residence FAQ and 2026–27 floor/bed-type tablesSaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision

Single-student meal requirements · 2026–27

Loyola North and traditional Vanier require five- or seven-day all access, default seven-day. Rice and senior apartments require at least the CAD 525 flex-dollar plan, with all-access upgrades available. The current handbook specifically says senior apartments require minimum flex. These rules are unit-category-specific; separate FGH apartments have optional meal plans.

Saint Mary’s 2026–27 room, meal and combined feesSaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revisionSaint Mary’s Family & Graduate Housing current 2026–27 page

Family & Graduate Housing eligibility and availability · September 1, 2026–July 31, 2027 published term

One- and two-bedroom apartments within Loyola. The current page says the 2026–27 FGH allocation is full, with waitlist applications accepted. Formal eligibility includes SMU married/common-law student households, single parents with children living with them, graduate students and single students whose disability makes ordinary housing unsuitable. Full-time family attendance has preference; part-time families may be considered. Its introductory priority for mature students does not make age alone a guaranteed eligibility rule. Apply by requesting the FGH form from Housing.

Saint Mary’s Family & Graduate Housing current 2026–27 pageSaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision

Family & Graduate rent and meal scope · Current FGH page, 2026–27 term

The public page directs rate/availability questions to Housing rather than publishing rent amounts. Initial September–July agreements are eleven months, with twelve-month renewals described; the handbook permits August or September starts ending July 31. Rent is paid monthly by preauthorized debit and includes utilities and internet. FGH meal plans are explicitly optional. No single-student annual tariff or mandatory meal rule is applied to these apartments.

Saint Mary’s Family & Graduate Housing current 2026–27 pageSaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision

2026 single-student move-in · 2026–27

Single-student residence opened September 5, 2026 at 09:00. Loyola North/South check in at Loyola desk; Rice/Vanier used Rice desk only September 5, 09:00–14:30, otherwise Loyola desk. Wayfinding address is 5907 Gorsebrook Avenue. Early arrival exceptions need preapproved groups. Late arrival beyond 17:00 on the first class day requires written Housing notice to avoid cancellation. FGH has a separate September 1 opening.

Saint Mary’s 2026–27 residence move-in/out instructionsSaint Mary’s Family & Graduate Housing current 2026–27 page

Conflicting move-out rules

Move-out webpage permits remaining until last day of term/exam period regardless of final exam; procedure page and handbook describe 24 hours after the individual’s last exam. Do not issue one definitive move-out date from these inconsistent rules.

Saint Mary’s 2026–27 residence move-in/out instructionsSaint Mary’s public residence proceduresSaint Mary’s Residence Handbook, October 1, 2026 revision

Saint Mary’s 2027–28 and summer 2027 housing application openings · 2027–28 / Summer 2027

Applications for the 2027–28 academic year, Spring 2027 and Spring & Summer 2027 open February 1, 2027. Summer-only applications open May 15, 2027. These are application openings, not guaranteed-room deadlines.

Saint Mary’s complete current housing dates, including 2027–28 applications

Saint Mary’s offer confirmation and returning-room priority

The FAQ publishes no universal deadline to confirm a residence space. Confirm promptly after an offer and follow its individual deadline. A signed agreement and $500 confirmation deposit are required; waitlist offers also require their agreement and deposit. Returning residents have a standing March 1 application-priority rule plus separate instructed deposit deadlines. Neither priority nor room preferences guarantee a placement.

Saint Mary’s complete residence FAQ, confirmation deadline and allocation conditionsSaint Mary’s complete public residence procedures and priority rulesSaint Mary’s October 1, 2026 handbook: complete operative application/allocation and public agreement sections

Saint Mary’s Family & Graduate Housing current allocation boundary · 2026–27

Family & Graduate Housing is full for September 1, 2026–July 31, 2027 and accepts waitlist applications. Available apartments prioritize student families, mature students and graduate students. This notice does not establish Fall 2027 availability.

Saint Mary’s complete current Family & Graduate Housing policy, 2026–27

Loyola North and apartment capacity

SMU reports 377 students in Loyola North. Loyola South senior apartments and Family & Graduate Housing also occupy the same building and their combined capacity is unpublished.

Saint Mary’s single-student housing profiles and scoped occupancySaint Mary’s current October 1, 2026 residence handbookSaint Mary’s 2026–27 Loyola Family and Graduate Housing, rates by enquiry

Edmund Rice reported capacity

SMU’s residence profile reports 310 students. Its October 2026 handbook reports 309. Contact Housing for the current available room count.

Saint Mary’s single-student housing profiles and scoped occupancySaint Mary’s current October 1, 2026 residence handbook
Published housing tariffs

Eight-month single-student room fee, meals separate

2026–27

All eight distinct base room categories from the three university fee tables. Family/Graduate monthly rent is not published here. Private-bath senior category is not copied to Vanier.

  • Traditional single roomLoyola North and Vanier traditional rooms$9,895/ CAD per eight-month academic year
  • Traditional super single roomLoyola North and Vanier traditional rooms$10,160/ CAD per eight-month academic year
  • Double room, shared bath/kitchenRice apartments$8,275/ CAD per eight-month academic year
  • Single room, shared bath/kitchenRice apartments$10,180/ CAD per eight-month academic year
  • Super single room, shared bath/kitchenRice apartments$10,475/ CAD per eight-month academic year
  • Senior single, shared bath/kitchenLoyola South and Vanier senior apartments$10,180/ CAD per eight-month academic year
  • Senior super single, shared bath/kitchenLoyola South and Vanier senior apartments$10,475/ CAD per eight-month academic year
  • Senior single, private bath/kitchenetteGrouped Loyola South/Vanier senior tariff; detailed physical mapping only confirms Loyola South floors 3–4, not Vanier$10,055/ CAD per eight-month academic year
Saint Mary’s 2026–27 room, meal and combined fees
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Costs

Fee category

Published cost estimate

2026–27 · Per half-credit course, equivalent to 3 credit hours · CAD

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Tuition + per-course fees$791.70
Books and suppliesNot listed in reviewed tuition table
Residence
Not estimated
Meal plan
Not estimated
Estimated subtotalNot available

Compulsory fees, housing and meals are extra unless stated.

Housing and meals are outside this estimate.

Campus, city and student life

  • 58 listed groupsStudent clubsEvery unique name in SMUSA’s explicitly labelled List of Active Societies 2026–2027. Biology Society is printed twice and counts once. Older year sections on the same page are excluded.Saintmarys Clubs Active
  • 13Varsity teamsThirteen varsity teams, matching the university’s express 13-team statement. The separately labelled curling, esports and field-hockey club teams are excluded.Saintmarys Varsity Current

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