jessmyles

Just to hop in on the housing discussion, a great website that I used to find my place was rentals.ca. Unlike kijiji etc. which can be kind of unreliable and prone to scams, this website lets you look at listings on their map view so you can immediately find ones that are a decent commute to campus (which is important). You can also set your price range and the number of bedrooms/bathrooms you're looking for. I wouldn't really recommend purchasing a place in Ottawa unless you think you're going to live there for a very substantial length of time, it's much cheaper to rent a place. Hope this helps!

Congrats on your acceptance! Just to answer your original question in case some future UOttawa students see this thread, there's a lot of good resources out there to help you find an affordable place to live. The website I used to find a place was rentals.ca which I believe has listings for a lot of cities besides Ottawa. It was convenient because unlike kijiji etc. they have a map view that lets you see the locations of places immediately so you can find somewhere that's commutable to campus. Rental websites in general also have less scams which is important to be careful of. Padmapper is okay, but it just aggregates results from other websites so they don't verify the authenticity of the listings on their site which can be frustrating. Good luck at McGill!

Congrats on your acceptance! Just to hop in as housing can be overwhelming at first, there's a lot of good resources out there to help you find an affordable place to live. The website I used to find a place was rentals.ca which I believe has listings for a lot of cities besides Ottawa. It was convenient because unlike kijiji etc. they have a map view that lets you see the locations of places immediately so you can find somewhere that's commutable to campus. Rental websites in general also have less scams which is important to be careful of. Good luck with your search and with finding a roommate as well!