Student Housing at Aurora College

Living in student housing while attending and Aurora College campus can add to your student life experience.  Student housing provides an opportunity to meet your classmates, study together, and build connections. 

Aurora College provides a selection of housing options for single students and for those with families. Prospective students can apply for student housing when they complete the online program application form. 

If you are applying to a program that doesn’t have an online application, have already applied for your program online but your housing needs have changed, or for further information, please contact campus housing staff listed on the individual campus housing pages.

To be eligible for housing, students must be registered in a full-time program and housing will be assigned once you are accepted into a program.

Student Housing

Apply for Student Housing

  1. Open and download or print the Housing Application Form. This form is a PDF. If you do not have a PDF reader installed, you can:
  2. Save the form and send it to the campus that you are applying to. Housing availability varies considerably from campus to campus. If your program is offered at multiple campuses, and you require housing in order to attend, then consider applying for housing at multiple campuses.Completed Housing Applications can be sent to the following:
  3. Student Housing will acknowledge all housing requests within 2 business days. If you have not received an acknowledgement, please contact the campus Student Housing Office directly to ensure they have received your application.
  4. Student Housing is assigned after April 1. You will receive an email by April 7 informing you if you have been assigned a unit or been put on a waitlist.
Student Housing Application

Campus Housing Pages

Aurora Campus (Inuvik)
Thebacha Campus (Fort Smith)
Yellowknife North Slave Campus

Contact your campus housing officer for an application:

Thebacha Campus (Fort Smith)
Aurora Campus (Inuvik)
Yellowknife North Slave Campus

Housing Information

Aurora College Housing features a variety of units including shared accommodation, dorms, apartments and row houses. Availability of units varies between campuses.

Rent in Aurora College student housing is billed for the entire semester at the beginning of the term. For example, while your rent may be based on $680/month, for the Fall term, September to December, you will be invoiced $2,720 on your student account (i.e. $680/month x 4 months). The amount you will be invoiced will depend on your monthly rate, whether laundry is included, and the length of your residency. You will still be permitted to pay your rent monthly, however your rent will be invoiced once per term.

Some units include laundry and others have coin operated laundry machines. If your unit includes laundry, your rent will include either a $20/month or $30/month amount for the cost of the laundry. The cost of coin-operated laundry machines is based on a per load fee and varies in different locations. When you are notified about your residence placement, you will also be informed whether laundry is or is not included.

Type of Unit

  Monthly
  Rent

Monthly Laundry

Monthly
Total

4 Month
Total

5 Month
Total

2 Month
Total

Single Student  Unit w/laundry

     $350

   $20

 $370

 $1,480       

 $1,850

 $740

Single Student Unit w/o laundry

     $350

Coin
Laundry

$350

$1,400

$1,750

$700

Bachelor Unit w/o laundry

     $525

Coin
Laundry

$525

$2,100

$2,625

$1,050

One Bedroom Unit w/ laundry

     $600

$20

$620

$2,480

$3,100

$1,240

One Bedroom Unit w/o laundry

     $600

Coin
Laundry

$600

$2,400

$3,000

$1,200

2 Bedroom Unit w/ laundry

     $650

$30

$680

$2,720

$3,400

$1,360

2 Bedroom Unit w/o laundry

     $650

Coin
Laundry

$650

$2,600

$3,250

$1,300

3+ Family Unit w/ laundry

     $775

$30

$805

$3,220

$4,025

$1,610

3+ Family Unit w/o laundry

     $775

Coin
Laundry

$775

$3,100

$3,875

$1,550

Rent can be paid through the Aurora College’s Online Portal at https://myac.auroracollege.nt.ca.

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Aurora College Student Housing uses email to communicate. Once a student registers in their program, all emails will sent to their @myauroracollege.ca email.

  • Student Accommodation Agreements are for the duration of a student’s academic semester (this may vary between programs – please check your program’s schedule for start/end dates).
  • Students may check into residence five business days prior to the start of their classes.
  • Families with school-aged children may apply for a Student Accommodation Agreement extension to the end of their children’s school year.

Residents, their families, and their guests are expected to follow Aurora College bylaws and rules. Failure to follow the rules will result in a violation warning and possible eviction. Community Standards Policy. 

Residents are strongly advised to purchase tenants’ insurance when coming to student residence. Aurora College is not liable for damage or loss of property of the resident.

Single key replacement fee – $25.00

-Key fob replacement fee – $50.00

-Lock change fee – $150.00

-Non-return keys at end of lease fee – $150

*Due to the differences in buildings and security, not all student housing units can replace a single lost key. At some facilities a full lock replacement may be required when keys are lost

Students are responsible for arranging their own Internet/Phone/Cable services upon arrival.

Thebacha Campus’ Breynat Hall and Aurora Campus Single Residence (dorms) provide free WIFI and local phone and cable service in common areas.

November 1

Program Applications Open – Student Housing will begin accepting applications. 

January

Last Friday

Deadline for multi-year students continuing in residence to confirm unit for next Academic Year

March 31

Last day to apply to receive priority consideration for student housing. Applications received after this date will be considered in the order that they were received and accepted into programs.

April 1

Student Housing units will be assigned according to the priorities established at each campus. If the number of applications exceed the number of available units, then the applicant will be notified that they have been placed on a waitlist.

June 30

Last day to apply to programs

July, 3rd Monday

Local housing applications will be considered and assigned housing if there are available units.

Aurora Campus Priority Housing

1)      Out-of-town applicants accepted into programs

  • Prior to March 31
    • Business Administration & Office Administration
    • Developmental Studies (UCAP & OCAP)
  • After March 31
    • The programs listed above by order of the date they were accepted into their program

2)      In-Town Applicants and ALBE

  • Will be assigned by date of program acceptance based on room availability after July 17, 2023.  Offers will be for program year only.*

Thebacha Campus Priority Housing

1)      Out-of-town applicants accepted into programs

  • Prior to March 31
    • Environment & Natural Resource Technology Diploma Program
    • Business Administration & Office Administration
    • Developmental Studies (UCAP & OCAP)
  • After March 31
    • The programs listed above by order of the date they were accepted into their program

2)      In-Town Applicants and ALBE

  • Will be assigned by date of program acceptance based on room availability after July 17, 2023.  Offers will be for program year only.*

3)      The School of Trades, Apprenticeship and Industrial Training delivers programs throughout the academic year.  There is dedicated housing for Trades students, so housing applications may be received throughout the year.

Yellowknife North Slave Campus Priority Housing

1)      Out-of-town applicants accepted into programs

  • Prior to March 31
    • Bachelor of Science in Nursing
    • Practical Nurse Diploma
    • Personal Support Worker Certificate and Early Learning and Child Care Diploma
    • Business Administration Diploma and Office Administration Diploma
    • Developmental Studies (UCAP & OCAP)
  • After March 31
    • The programs listed above by order of the date they were accepted into their program

2)      In-Town Applicants and ALBE

  • Will be assigned by date of program acceptance based on room availability after July 17, 2023.  Offers will be for program year only.*

* PROGRAM YEAR – For Student Housing, the program year is defined as 5 business days prior to the first day of classes and 5 business days following the last day of class in one academic year.

Aurora College provides temporary housing to support students while they are attending post-secondary programs.  Housing assignments are for the program year only. 

Students who are continuing into a 2nd or subsequent year of study may apply for summer accommodations (depending on unit availability) or summer storage agreements, and they may apply to continue their student housing agreement to the next program year.

Students who are moving between different programs, in one-year programs (such as ALBE or certificate programs), or were in-town applicants at the time of application must reapply each year as a new housing applicant.  Their application will be assessed according to the priorities established for all new applicants and the availability of units for the next program year.  They may apply for a school-year extension if they have school-aged children and need to extend their housing agreement until the end of June, but they are not eligible for summer student housing.