UofT Residence Guarantee Options for New JD Students 2024-2025
Updated March 10, 2025
We are delighted to be able to offer new first year JD students who are interested in residence-style accommodation, the opportunity to obtain guaranteed accommodation for their first year.
- The accommodation styles and eligibility requirements are quite different, so close attention must be paid to determine which is more suitable to your needs.
This offer is for a “Recruitment Space” courtesy of the Faculty of Law, on a first-come, first-served basis, with preference given to students whose permanent residences are farthest from Toronto. The JD Admissions Office will collect requests for the guaranteed spaces, determine who will receive the guarantee, then forward the names to the residence.
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Main Specifications
This is a very brief summary compiled by JD Admissions, which may be outdated. For the most accurate and complete list of amenities and facility specifications, please view the respective websites, in order to make the most informed decision.
| | GRADUATE HOUSE (Grad House) | UNIVERSITY FAMILY HOUSING (UFH) |
| Website | gradhouse.utoronto.ca | universityfamilyhousing.utoronto.ca |
| Phone & Help | 416-946-8881 | 416-978-8049 |
| Email | admissions.gradhouse@utoronto.ca | studentadmissions.ufh@utoronto.ca
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| Tours | View the virtual tour | View the virtual tour |
| Eligibility | Incoming first-year JD student, regardless of relationship status. Accommodation is for the law student only. | Incoming first-year JD student who, is not single and:- is living full-time with a spouse/common-law partner (proof required); the partner does not have to be a UofT student
AND/OR - has custody of 1 or 2 children
Accommodation is for the law student and eligible partner and/or children. |
| Guaranteed Spaces | 20-23  (March 10, 2025) | 2 |
| Rent | 2024-2025 $1,074 - $1,570 per month | 2024-2025
$1,152 - $2,289 per month |
| Location | 60 Harbord St
Toronto ON M5S 3L1
[MAP] | 30 & 35 Charles St. West
Toronto ON M4Y 1R6
[MAP] |
| Distance from law school | 15 min walking, 4 blocks westward | 15 minutes walking, 3 blocks eastward |
| Style/Furnishing | Grad House is the only residence at UofT reserved exclusively for masters-level and doctoral-level students, along with the second-entry professional faculties, such as Law. One high-rise building. Units are fully furnished suites with 3 or 4 bedrooms. Single-gender or all-gender options. | UFH is a family-oriented residence reserved for UofT students in a full-time degree program with partners and/or children Two high-rise buildings. Units are unfurnished self-contained apartments |
| Bedroom Options | Premium Single
Single
Double (2 beds in one room) | Bachelor/Studio (combination bed and sitting room)
1 Bedroom
Large 1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms |
| Kitchen | Yes, full kitchen shared with co-residents of unit, appliances provided | Yes, full kitchen, appliances provided |
| Bathrooms | 2 or 3 bathrooms depending on unit layout
External to bedrooms (not en-suite) | 1 per apartment with shower/bath combination
External to bedrooms (not en-suite) |
| Living /Dining Room | Separate or combined with kitchen area | Bachelor: combined with bedroom
Otherwise: separate room |
| Laundry facilities | Not within units, on lower floor of building. Pay operated machines (put money on to a smart card) | Not within units, on lower floor of building. Pay operated machines (put money on to a smart card). |
| Utilities | Included in rent: water, heat, electricity, internet | Included in rent: water, heat, electricity. Wireless internet is provided in common areas only, not in individual apartments. |
| Air Conditioning | Yes | Yes |
| Parking | No | In the building's underground garage, reserved monthly parking and pay parking for visitors |
| Bicycle Storage | Yes | Yes |
| Child Care | No | Yes; limited spaces for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers; monthly fee for service |
| Pets | No | Yes |
| Security | 24 hr in building; key access throughout | 24 hr in building; key access throughout |
| Smoking | Not permitted on premises anywhere | Not permitted on premises anywhere |
| Miscellaneous | Study rooms, meeting rooms; community spaces; residence life staff, support events and activities | Each apartment has a balcony; grocery on ground floor, another across the street; residence life staff, support events and activities |
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Requesting a Guaranteed Unit in University Family Housing (UFH)
This process is for obtaining one of the guaranteed units in UFH only, and is not an application for a unit.
Please AWAIT our email in early May with the call for requests for the guarantee
- Check that you meet the UFH eligibility requirements, and review the facility information and other pertinent details at the UFH website
- EMAIL us at JD Admissions at admissions.law@utoronto.ca with your request for a guaranteed space by the end of day Sunday May 11, 2025
- Be prepared to indicate:
- how you meet the eligibility requirements, and also
- that you will be able to provide the requisite proof for the SFH application as described on the SFH website
- Update your current mailing address and phone number on ACORN and OLSAS
Selection for the Guarantee
After receipt of all requests by the deadline, JD Admissions will make the selection on who will be nominated for the guarantee. Consideration will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with preference will given to students with families and/or students who reside geographically furthest to the university. Obtaining the guarantee will be subject to meeting UFH eligibility requirements as determined by UFH.
Notification
Notification of selection is expected to be emailed by June 1 from JD Admissions.
- Students nominated for the guarantee
The notification will include instructions for applying to UFH for the units.
- Students not seeking/without the guarantee
You are welcome to apply to SFH by the usual methods as described on the SFH website. We would recommend that you submit that application early, since students who are able to move into SFH before July 1, have traditionally the best chance of obtaining a unit.
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Requesting a Guaranteed Unit in Graduate House (Grad House)
This process is for obtaining one of the guaranteed spaces only, and is not an application for accommodation.
The law school only handles the selection for a guaranteed spot, it does not handle the applications for accommodation.
For requesting a guaranteed spot please AWAIT our email in early May with the call for requests.
In the interim, if you are CERTAIN that you wish to live in Grad House (regardless of any guarantee) then as soon as is possible, apply to Grad House for accommodation by its standard application procedures, so that you can be considered for a non-guaranteed spot.
- Check that you meet the Grad House eligibility requirements, and review the facility information and other pertinent details at the Grad House website
- EMAIL us at JD Admissions at admissions.law@utoronto.ca with your request for a guaranteed space by the end of day Sunday May 11, 2025
- Update your current mailing address and phone number on ACORN and OLSAS
Selection for the Guarantee
After receipt of all requests by the deadline, JD Admissions will make the selection on who will be nominated for the guarantee. Consideration will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with preference will given to students with families and/or students who reside geographically furthest to the university. Obtaining the guarantee will be subject to meeting Grad House eligibility requirements as determined by Grad House.
Notification
Notification of selection is expected to be emailed by June 1 from JD Admissions.
- Students nominated for the guarantee
The notification will include instructions for applying to Grad House for a space.
- Students without the guarantee
You are welcome to apply to Grad House by the usual methods as described below. We would recommend that you submit that application early.
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Applying for a NON-GUARANTEED Suite in Graduate House (Grad House)
You will be applying for accommodation for which the selection will be made by Grad House, and not the law school. Please follow the standard application procedures as described by Grad House.
- If you have not already applied online for Grad House accommodation
- Apply online to Grad House for a suite, without delay, as a Graduate/Second Entry Student/Applicant.
- You will need your UofT Student Number (located at the end of your offer of admission letter); and your enabled JOINid (or UTORid, sent by email previously) to access the online application.
- Apply using the Student Housing Portal.
- When you submit your application, you will need to pay a (March 10, 2025) $350 application deposit (payable by credit card). Please note the refund policy for the deposit at the Grad House website.
- Contact Grad House directly with all inquiries on its accommodation policies. The law school has no jurisdiction over the operation of the residences.
- If you have already applied online for Graduate House accommodation
- Do not re-apply since you are already being considered for selection by its regular process. Grad House will make the selection and not the law school.
- If you are offered a space, then we advise you to inform Grad House of the early start date (Aug 18) of your JD program, and the consequent need to move-in before then.
- Contact Grad House directly with all inquiries on its accommodation policies. The law school has no jurisdiction over the operation of the residences.
