To maintain a quiet study environment for all students during the exam period, you are required to move out of residence by 3 pm the day following your last scheduled exam. If you are writing on April 22 will be required to leave by noon on Thursday, April 23.
Residence will close at noon on April 23. The last meal served will be brunch on April 23.
Quiet Hours
Quiet Hours in effect from April 5 to 23
Beginning April 5 at 1 am, Quiet Hours will be in effect for 22 hours each day. Courtesy hours are from 7–9 pm each day.
You are required to be mindful of the impact your noise may have on your fellow students’ studies, sleep, and exam preparation. Please respect requests to refrain from making noise during quiet hours.
Move Out Process & Extensions
You must vacate your residence by 3 pm the day after your last exam or by April 23 at 12 pm (noon) at the latest to maintain a quiet study environment. If you need to extend your residence stay beyond your scheduled move-out day/time, you need to fill out one or both of the forms below on the .
- Residence Extension Request – to request to remain in residence past 3 pm the day after your student’s last exam, up until April 23.
- Residence Stayover Form – to request to stay in residence past April 23. You must request this by April 14, and your request will be reviewed and approved on a case-by-case basis. There is a $50 a day charge to remain in residence, and you may be required to relocate residences if you are approved to stay past April 23.
Requests will be considered approved, provided there are no ongoing or future conduct concerns. The Residence Conduct Office will reach out to you directly should your request be denied/revoked.
Dining Hall & Meal Plan Details
All meal plans and/or any TAM portion of unused plans expire when you hand in your keys at the end of the academic year. They are non-refundable and cannot be carried over into a new term. Flex $ will carry over into the 2025-26 academic term. Click here for more information about your Residence Meal Plan.
Dining Hall Hours are changing. Check out our Hours at a Glance page to plan ahead!
Swipe It Forward — Consider donating an unused dining hall meal to a peer in need before leaving campus with Swipe It Forward. Please remember that once hand in your keys and check out of residence, your meal plan will be deactivated.
Return your GOOD TO GO reusable container or Carabiner and receive $5 Flex. Participating locations: The Lazy Scholar, Location 21, °Â²¹±ô±ô²â’s, Jean Royce Barista, or Flip!t.
Start Preparing For Move-Out
Your time to move out can sneak up on you! We encourage you to prepare to move well in advance by setting aside a few weekly hours for decluttering and packing. Make it a mindful move-out by taking responsibility for donating, trading, upcycling, and recycling. Consider sending items home you aren’t regularly using to make your April move-out a smooth experience. Don’t want to take everything home with you? Please donate to a bin nearest you! View the list of donation drop-off locations in the Wasteless Move-Out section below.
If you have someone picking you up, remind them that unattended vehicles in traffic circles (fire routes) will be ticketed. There can be a lot of traffic congestion on peak move-out days, so make sure that your belongings are packed well in advance of their arrival so that you can quickly move things out and be on your way.
If you have a flight or other travel arrangements, make sure you have everything you need to travel set aside like your passport or other travel documents.
If your room needs any repairs, you must submit a now to allow our team enough time to address any necessary repairs and ensure that your room meets the move-out requirements; otherwise, you may be charged a $120 Improper Check Out fee or a Damage Fee.
You can do this through the .
While many volunteers were available to assist with move-in, they are also students writing exams and are unable to assist with the move-out process. You will need to move your own belongings, and a limited number of carts will be available at your front desk to help with your move.
Set aside a few hours each week for decluttering and packing. Free boxes have been set aside at Leonard, Ban Righ, Jean-Royce Dining Halls, Lazy Scholar, Location 21 and Wally's for you to collect to pack up your belongings.
You will not be able to store items in residence after your check-out date, so please ensure your room is left in the condition it was when you moved in.
Make it a wasteless move-out by taking responsibility for donating, trading, upcycling, and recycling. Consider sending items home you aren’t regularly using to make your April move-out a smooth experience. Don’t want to take everything home with you? Please donate to a bin nearest you! View the list of donation drop-off locations in the Wasteless Move-Out section below.
Ensure your room is clean, all garbage has been removed and furniture has been returned to its original location. Room damages and cleaning costs will be assessed after you move out and will be reflected on your SOLUS account. All occupants in a multi-occupancy room will be equally responsible for any costs.
- All posters and/or decorations need to be removed, including tape or other adhesives.
- Vacuum the carpet and/or sweep the floor.
- Remove all garbage and recyclable items, and dispose of them properly in the garbage rooms.
Mail Depot
Inform friends and family not to send anything after April 4, as it may not arrive before you leave. Redirect your mail to your new address and change your address directly with credit card companies, and banks, etc. Canada Post will not redirect mail for students living in residence. Anything that is received after you leave will be returned to sender.
- Last Day to Order Mail: April 4
- April 4 is the final day to order mail delivered to residences. Make sure to plan ahead if you're expecting any packages or important letters.
- Closure of Mail Depot: April 23 at Noon
- The mail depot will cease operations for the end of the academic year on April 23 at noon. After this time, mail services will no longer be available until the start of the 2025- 2026 academic year
- Mail Pickup Deadline: April 23 at Noon
- All mail must be picked up from the depot by April 23. Any mail left unclaimed after this date will be returned to the sender. We highly encourage you to plan accordingly and retrieve any pending mail before the deadline.
Front Desk Hours During Move-Out
Endaayaan – Tkanónsote
Closes April 4 at 11 pm
Watts Hall
Open daily from 8 am to 7 pm
Closes April 23 at 12 noon
Jean Royce Hall
Open daily from 8 am to 3 am
Closes April 23 at 12 noon
Victoria Hall
Open 24/7
Closes April 27 at 12 midnight
Security Details
Campus Security and Emergency Services remain active after Residences close. They can be contacted for lockouts or crisis/emergency situations at 613-533-6111.
A limited Don on-call structure will be from April 23 – April 27.
Events & What to Donate
Donate items that you no longer need: Every common room, laundry room and garbage room has bags that you can use for your clothing and shoe donations for the Canadian Diabetes Association. Drop-off locations are listed below.
Donate larger items: Make a plan for disposing of large, unwanted items like printers, bookshelves, sports equipment, mirrors and the like. Donate items in good condition.
Donate food: If you are leaving campus and have extra meals left on your meal plan, consider donating one of your planned unused weekly dining hall meals to a peer in need. Simply ask a cashier to Swipe It Forward, and a future meal will be provided to a student requiring support to access a nutritious meal.
- Meal donations must be from the plan holder’s current weekly allotment (not past or a future week’s meals) to a maximum of one meal per day and no more than five meals per semester.
Donate non-perishable food items: Please consider donating your non-perishable food items to the food bank. Collections are taking place in your common room, the Lazy Scholar and Location 21.
Recycling: Use the recycling depot in your building until the end of term – any recyclable items or garbage that is left in the hallways of your floor/house will result in clean-up charges. If you have any questions, please call the Facilities Control Centre at 613- 533-3155.
Batteries, Ink Cartridges and Toner: Used batteries, ink cartridges or toner can be properly disposed of in your garbage room. Please put your items in the appropriate containers.
Second-hand Shuffle
April 28 – 30
Everyone is welcome to donate their gently used items and also pick up any items they need from others' donations for FREE.
We will only accept items that are functioning and unsoiled
- Furniture and household items (Chairs, lamps, décor, laundry bins, coat hangers, etc.)
- Small appliances (Mini fridges, toasters, microwaves, blenders, etc.)
- Kitchenware (Pots, pans, plates, utensils, slow cookers, rice cookers, mugs, etc.)
- Electronics (Laptops, printers, etc.)
- Office/School supplies (Textbooks, paper, calculators, staplers, etc.)
- Clothing
- Linens (Towels, bed sheets, comforters)
- Unopened, non-perishable food items
GOOD TO GO
You and your fellow students helped divert 259,444 single-use containers (and counting) from waste streams this year!
Don’t forget to return your GOOD TO GO reusable containers and/or carabiners before you depart from Residence to receive a $5 Flex for each deposit paid. Simply inform a cashier that you are opting out of the initiative for the term and your student account will be credited.
You can return your GOOD TO GO containers at the following locations:
- The Lazy Scholar
- Location 21
- Student Street
- °Â²¹±ô±ô²â’s
- Flip!t
- MC2
- Jean Royce Barista
- Jean Royce Dining Hall (lunch)
Donation Bins
Collection starting Friday April 4
Start gathering the clothes and shoes you'd like to donate and put them in a clear plastic bag. Available plastic bags can be found in every Common room, garbage room and laundry room. Ask your Don if you need help finding one.
You can drop off your filled bag of clothing & shoe donations at these locations:
| Residence | Drop Off Location |
| Adelaide Hall / Ban Righ Hall | Laundry Room – Basement of Adelaide Room 015 |
| Brant House | Laundry Room 106 |
| Chown Hall | Recycling Room G12 |
| Gordon-Brockington House | Brock side – Garbage Room 118 |
| Endaayaan – Tkanónsote | All Common Rooms |
| Harkness Hall | Ground Floor Foyer |
| JDUC | Common Room 424 |
| Jean Royce Hall | Phase 1 – Beside Games Room C115 |
| Jean Royce Hall | Phase 2 – Garbage Room |
| Leggett Hall | Recycling Room 1006 |
| Leonard Hall | Recycling Room 122 |
| McNeill House | Large Common Room – Ground Floor Room 14 |
| Morris Hall | Recycling Room B13 |
| Smith House | Laundry Room 131 |
| Victoria Hall | Ground Floor Laundry Room B005 |
| Waldron Tower | Vending Machine Room 1–127 |
| Watts Hall | Fireplace Lounge – Ground Floor |
Off-Campus Storage
The following off-campus storage facilities are available in Kingston:
 – 1414 Audrey St. (613) 542-1985
 – 31 Steve Fonyo Dr. (613) 531-3114 (Climate-controlled)
 – 1600 Bath Rd. (613) 389-1655 (Climate controlled)
   – 60 Rigney St. (613) 546-1828 (Climate-controlled)
   – 1234 Gardiners Rd.
  – 42 Terry Fox Dr. (613) 545-1362
 – P.O. Box 26010 Gardiners Rd. (613) 544-7319
 – 685 Development Dr. (613) 389-8669
Please be advised that you must contact these companies directly to make storage arrangements
Moving off-campus?
Off-Campus Living Advisor, Mary Ann Tierney provides confidential guidance on evaluating off-campus housing, tenant rights and responsibilities, and resources for moving in/out.
View the Off-Campus Housing Resource Guide intended to provide support as you navigate neighbourhood relations, the City of Kingston regulations, tenant rights, living with housemates, and much more.