Pictou Campus housing

Rendering of Pictou student housing, view from Northwest.

Pictou Campus student housing is a new building that opened in the fall of 2024. It is just steps from the campus building where classrooms, labs, the gym and library are located.

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Capacity and room types

Capacity: 50 student rooms
Room types: 1-bedroom and 4-bedroom suites.

Room Type Details

1-bedroom suite with full washroom

Twin-size bed (extra-long)
Bedside table
Dresser and wardrobe
Desk with desk chair
Lounge chair
Flat-screen TV
Culinary space including refrigerator, microwave (convection oven) and cooktop

Barrier-free, 1-bedroom suite with full washroom

Built to Rick Hansen Gold Standard, these accessible suites have:

Twin-size bed (extra-long)
Bedside table
Dresser and wardrobe
Desk with desk chair
Lounge chair
Flat-screen TV
Culinary space including refrigerator, microwave (convection oven) and cooktop

4-bedroom suite with two washrooms (one with shower, one with shower/tub)

Private bedrooms
Twin-sized beds (extra-long)
Bedside tables
Dressers and wardrobes
Desks with desk chairs
Lounge chairs
Shared common space with flat-screen TV
Shared culinary space including refrigerator, microwave (convection oven) and cooktop

What’s included (amenities):

Living on campus offers the ease of an all-inclusive living environment from September to April which includes:

Furniture
Heat, power and water
High-speed internet
In-house laundry facilities
Shared common spaces for socializing and studying
Regular cleaning of public areas
Accessible washrooms
Parking
24-hour on-call security
Events, community, and more

Dining

Pictou Campus has a full-service cafeteria located on campus; however, there are no dining facilities (i.e., a cafeteria) located in the campus housing building.

Students living at Pictou campus are automatically enrolled in a $250/term dining dollars program, offered through the full-service cafeteria. Additional options are offered for students who wish to participate at a greater level.

Costs and payment dates

All rates and fees are payable through your campus Business Office and are determined based on fair market averages, as well as individual campus offerings and services. The fees listed below are for one bed space. The non-refundable/non-transferrable campus housing deposit of $500 will be attributed to your fall term payment.

Fall 2024 and Winter 2025

Room type	Fall term fees (due August 2, 2024)	Winter term fees (due January 3, 2025)	2024/2025 total
1-bedroom suite	$4,180	$4,180	$8,360
4-bedroom suite	$3,551	$3,551	$7,102

*Campus housing fees listed above for Pictou Campus include all utilities, high speed internet (Wi-Fi), $250/term dining dollars and parking.