Pictou Campus housing
Applications for the 2026/2027 academic year will open at 12:00 pm (noon) on March 2nd, please check back at that time for the link
Pictou Campus student housing is a new building that opened in the fall of 2024. It is just steps from the campus building where classrooms, labs, the gym and library are located.
2026 Spring Term applications for current NSCC students
To apply you must use your NSCC username (w# + @campus.nscc.ca) and password. If you need help with your Login or password, please click on trouble signing in
Capacity and room types
Capacity: 50 student rooms
Room types: 1-bedroom and 4-bedroom suites.
Pictou Campus housing video
Take a video tour of our housing suites to see what it's like to live on campus.
What’s included (amenities):
Living on campus offers the ease of an all-inclusive living environment from September to April which includes:
- Furniture
- Heat, power and water
- High-speed internet
- In-house laundry facilities
- Shared common spaces for socializing and studying
- Regular cleaning of public areas
- Accessible washrooms
- Parking
- 24-hour on-call security
- Events, community, and more
Dining
Pictou Campus has a full-service cafeteria located on campus; however, there are no dining facilities (i.e., a cafeteria) located in the campus housing building.
Students living at Pictou campus are automatically enrolled in a $250/term dining dollars program, offered through the full-service cafeteria. Additional options are offered for students who wish to participate at a greater level.
Costs and payment dates
All rates and fees are payable through your campus Business Office and are determined based on fair market averages, as well as individual campus offerings and services. The non-refundable/non-transferrable campus housing deposit of $500 will be attributed to your fall term payment.
The fees listed below are per student.
Fall 2025 and Winter 2026
| Room type | Fall term fees (due August 1, 2025) |
Winter term fees (due January 2, 2026) |
2025/2026 total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-bedroom suite | $4,298 | $4,298 | $8,596 |
| 4-bedroom suite | $3,650 | $3,650 | $7,300 |
*Campus housing fees listed above for Pictou Campus include all utilities, high speed internet (Wi-Fi), $250/term dining dollars and parking.
Spring 2026
The fees listed below are per student and based on a weekly rate (Tuesday – Tuesday) to coincide with the beginning and end of the Spring term.
| Room type | Spring term fees |
|---|---|
| 1-bedroom suite | $250 |
| 4-bedroom suite | $210 |
Campus housing fees listed above for Pictou Campus for the Spring 2026 term include utilities, high speed internet (Wi-Fi), laundry and parking only. HST applies to those students not currently in NSCC Campus Housing and whose stay is less than 30 days.
Campus housing fees listed above do not include a mandatory dining component; most campus food services are reduced or unavailable during the Spring and Summer terms.