Living on campus this academic year? At King’s, you’ll quickly find yourself at home in one of the stone residence buildings nestled around the college’s Quad.
Our residence accommodations are largely made up of double rooms with a limited number of single rooms available. Generally, our single rooms are reserved for upper-year students and those with documented medical needs.
All washrooms in residence at King’s are gender neutral; this helps foster an inclusive community for all and reduces wait times.
Here’s some information on each of King’s residence buildings!
Alexandra Hall
Alexandra Hall (Alex Hall) is the largest residence building on campus, accommodating approximately 150 students. The building offers a mix of traditional single and double rooms across five levels, including accessible rooms, and also serves as a central hub for residence services and after-hours campus communications.
The building features a variety of shared spaces where students can study, relax and connect with friends, including the Manning Room, common lounges, a shared kitchen and laundry facilities. Alex Hall is also home to the Housing & Residence Life team, the Alex Hall Front Desk and Residence Dons who live throughout the building, making it easy for students to access support throughout the year.
The Bays
North Pole Bay
Attached to the left side of the Arts & Administration (A&A) Building, North Pole Bay was the highest spot on the original Windsor campus, and so was aptly named.
With a common room and kitchen, generally reserved for upper-year students, North Pole Bay houses 20 students in single rooms that open on a common corridor with shared washrooms. The North Pole Bay Residence Don oversees both North Pole Bay and Angel’s Roost.
The residence features a common room with a kitchenette and a small laundry room on the main floor, shared by upper-year residents.
Cochran Bay
Attached to the right side of the A&A Building, Cochran Bay is named after the first president of the college, William Cochran. This residence has a central staircase with the don’s suite located on the first floor, as well as single and double rooms, housing 20 students with shared washrooms. The single rooms are on the top floor (reserved for upper-year students), while there are four double rooms and a washroom leading off each stairway landing. Also in this building you’ll find a laundry room in the basement that is shared with Angels’ Roost residents.
The Tri-Bays
Chapel, Radical and Middle Bay each consist of a central staircase with the don’s suite located on the first floor. There is a mix of single and double rooms on the 4th floor; the doubles are a traditional style and not like the semi-private doubles on the 2nd and 3rd floors. There are three double rooms and a single room on each of the 2nd and 3rd floors, with a shared washroom leading off each landing. Residents of the Tri-Bays buildings share a common room with a kitchenette and laundry room, located in Middle Bay.
Chapel Bay
Located on the southeast corner of campus, next to the gym, Chapel Bay was named after the college chapel established within its quarters on the original Windsor campus in 1842.
Chapel Bay has single, semi-private and traditional double rooms (4th floor), housing 24 students with shared washrooms.
Middle Bay
Middle Bay was named for its location, which is sandwiched between Chapel and Radical Bays. It carries over its door a statue of Aeneas fleeing Troy, taking his father, his son and the household gods with him.
Middle Bay has single, semi-private and traditional double rooms (4th floor), housing 20 students with shared washrooms.
Radical Bay
Located on the southwest corner of the campus, adjacent to North Pole Bay and attached to Middle Bay, Radical Bay takes its name from the divinity students, who once lived there on the original Windsor campus and acquired the nickname of ‘radical’ in jest of their apparently good behaviour.
Radical Bay has single, semi-private and traditional double rooms (4th floor), housing 24 students with shared washrooms.
Angels’ Roost
The Angels’ Roost is located on the top floor of the A&A Building, overlooking the King’s campus. It formerly housed the college maids but is now generally home to second-degree and upper-year students.
Located one floor above the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing, the Roost is the ideal location for journalism students and tends to be occupied by students in the one-year Bachelor of Journalism program.
Angels’ Roost has single rooms, housing 12 students with both shared and individual washrooms. The Residence Don for Angels’ Roost resides in North Pole Bay.
Residents have access to a central common / TV room, a full kitchen and shared laundry facilities in the basement of Cochran Bay.
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