New student housing coming to Camosun College
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The Province is investing in student housing as part of Homes for People, which commits more than $2 billion to the housing action plan that includes building 12,000 on-campus student housing beds. To date, 9,095 new beds are complete or underway, enabling more people in British Columbia to have affordable housing to pursue post-secondary education and taking pressure off local rental markets.
Provincially funded projects include:
Interior:
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- 533 beds at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. Total project cost is $38 million ($25.5 million provincial funding). Completed September 2019.
- 220 beds at University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna. Total project cost is $25 million ($18.7 million provincial funding). Completed September 2020.
- 100 beds at the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook. Total project cost is $19 million ($12.9 million provincial funding). Completed December 2020.
- 148 beds at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. Total project cost is $19.5 million ($10.9 million provincial funding). Completed November 2023.
New student housing underway
- Okanagan College campuses in Vernon (100 beds), Salmon Arm (60 beds) and Kelowna (216 beds). Total project cost is $75.1 million ($73.5 million provincial funding).
- Selkirk College in Castlegar (114 beds) and Nelson (36 beds). Total project cost is $37.7 million ($35.6 million provincial funding).
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (30 beds). Total project cost is $19.6 million ($19.6 million provincial funding).
- Okanagan College Penticton campus (101 beds), Total project cost is $24.0 million ($23.5 million provincial funding).
Lower Mainland:
New student housing open
- 383 beds at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby. Total cost is $115.6 million ($73 million provincial funding). Completed May 2023.
New student housing underway
- 398 beds at University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. Total cost is $105 million ($87.6 million provincial funding).
- 362 beds at Capilano University in North Vancouver. Total cost is $58.2 million ($41.5 million provincial funding).
- 470 beds at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby. Total cost is $141.7 million ($129.9 million provincial funding).
- 368 beds and an academic space at Douglas College in New Westminster. Total cost is $332.5 million (government contribution of $232.3 million; $74 million in provincial funding for the academic part of the project and $158.3 million for the student housing from the BC Student Housing Program).
- 333 beds at Capilano University in Squamish. Total cost is $55 million ($48 million in provincial funding).
- 445 beds at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby. Total cost is $187.6 million ($132.2 million provincial funding).
Northern B.C.:
New student housing open
- 108 beds at Coast Mountain College in Terrace. Total project cost is $21.6 million ($20.6 million provincial funding). Opened October 2021.
- In Prince George, the College of New Caledonia opened 12 beds in September 2021. Total project cost is $5.3 million, fully funded by the province.
Vancouver Island:
New student housing open
- The University of Victoria opened its first 398-bed building with dining facilities in September 2022. The second 385-bed building opened in September 2023, for a total of 783 new beds (621 net new and 162 replacement beds). Total project cost is $242.5 million ($127.7 million provincial funding).
New student housing underway
- 217 beds at North Island College. Total cost is $77.9 million ($75.9 million provincial funding).
- 266 new student housing beds at Vancouver Island University. Total cost is $87.8 million ($87 million provincial funding).
- 423 beds at Camosun College (Lansdowne). Total cost is $154.7 million ($151.7 million provincial funding).
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