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.
Campus Housing Pages
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 | Monthly Laundry | Monthly | 4 Month | 5 Month | 2 Month |
Single Student Unit w/laundry | $350 | $20 | $370 | $1,480 | $1,850 | $740 |
Single Student Unit w/o laundry | $350 | Coin | $350 | $1,400 | $1,750 | $700 |
Bachelor Unit w/o laundry | $525 | Coin | $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 | $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 | $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 | $775 | $3,100 | $3,875 | $1,550 |
Rent can be paid through the Aurora College’s Online Portal at https://myac.auroracollege.nt.ca.
Aurora College Student Housing uses email to communicate. Once a student registers in their program, all emails will sent to their @myauroracollege.ca email.
-Leases 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 lease 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. Resident Rules 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 fod 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 – Residence will begin accepting applications. Applications will be assigned a priority group. |
January Last Friday | Deadline for multi-year students continuing in residence to confirm unit for next Academic Year |
February 1st Monday | Residence Manager assigns units to Priority 1 Group Residence Manager identifies Priority Group 2 and assigns units after Priority 1 Group has been assigned |
February 2nd Monday | Residence Manager assigns remaining units to Priority Group 3 based on the date of application |
May 1st Monday | Residence Manager assigns remaining units to Priority Group 4 |
August 2nd Friday | Last day to accept program applications as per Academic Schedule · Residence Manager assigns remaining units to Priority Group 5 |
- Degree Programs
- Diploma Programs
- Certificate Programs
- UCAP and OCAP Programs
- Developmental Studies
Priority programs housing assignments apply only to northern applicants. Out of province and International Applicants will only be allocated housing after all NWT applicants who applied before March 31 have been accommodated. Additionally, local students will only be assigned housing in extenuating circumstances as per policy D.05
If the program of study is offered in the applicant’s home community, they may receive lower priority as per Policy D.05. Nursing Pathway students at Yellowknife North Slave Campus Campus only are included in Priority 2 along with diploma programs.
If the program of study is offered in the applicant’s home community, they may receive lower priority as per Policy D.05