There are student housings inside the campus of the Ottawa University. The university will offer you an accomodation as soon as you are be accepted in the Ottawa University, then you have to answer quickly, since there are lots of students who want to live in the residence halls. Then you will have to make a transfer for a 700CA$ part payment. It is more convenient to live in the campus because you can enjoy the student life, avoid daily transport and create lots of bonds. The monthly rent in the residence hall of the Ottawa University costs 700CA$. The rooms are 12m2 and they have a bed, a desk, a cupboard and some drawers. Students also benefit from a private phone and local calls are free. If you have your own computer, you can also get a high-speed connection to the Internet. There are two common rooms at each floor, there are washing bowls, 2 showers and one toilet. There is also a room with a TV and a kitchen equipped with 2 fridges, 2 micro-waves and hotplates. There is a launderette inside the residence hall, which costs 1.5CA$. As you are an exchange student in the Ottawa University, you will probably live in the Marchand residence hall with other exchange students. In every residence hall, a Community counselor will make sure everybody respect the rules of the life in a community and is available for any questions. It is better to take traveller cheques to pay you housing in the residence hall, so that you can pay all at once at the housing office of the university.

If you want to live in a housing outside the campus, allow between 10 and 15 days to find it. It is better not to choose your housing before coming since you could be very disappointed. You can book a room in a hotel or a in a youth hostel as long as you are looking for your accomodation. You can find share-apartment offers in www.easyrommate.com . You can also visit the Ottawa University's website to read its housing offers. You can go to the Office situated at the University Street n°90 which have housing offers outside the university. Students have a connection to the Internet and can use a telephone for free. The people working in this office could advise you and tell you what former tenants said about the offers. It is cheaper to rent an accomodation outside the campus : about 550CA$/month.