Off-Campus Living
- Temporary Housing - hotels, motels, and bed & breakfasts in the area
- Sabbatical Listings - for faculty or upper graduate students with families
- HomeStay - for International Students
- U of Winnipeg - U of Winnipeg has some housing available for Bannaytne Campus students in McFeetors Hall with a reduced meal plan.
Students and staff can also find a place to live off-campus through the University of Manitoba Students' Union (UMSU) Housing Websites at:
http://living.umsu.ca/
Another two websites for student housing are listed below:
www.homes4students.ca
www.rentingspaces.ca
The UMSU LIVING Office:
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The Office is located at 108A University Centre
and is open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday,
(summer hours may be limited); phone (204) 474-9717 or toll-free
for Manitoba residents 1-800-432-1960 (extension 9717). The
office will help with rent, sublet, carpool, and buy/sell
furniture. Their email is umsuliving@umsu.ca. |
Renters: Although the University lists available accommodations,
it does not approve, license, or inspect them. Housing arrangements
are your responsibility and must be made directly between you
and the landlord.
Homeowners: Beware of scams such
as a potential renter sending you a cheque in foreign funds for
six months rent and then shortly afterward asking you to return
the money as they need the funds for their airfare to come to
Canada. You later find out that their cheque did not clear, and
you are out the money that you returned to the potential renter.
Renters: You should always call property management companies to check on suites listed online in case they are listed as part of a scam to get your first month's rent and damage deposit. You should always submit applications and damage deposits directly to the companies, not to individual renters. Any receipt for payment should come straight from the company. See story in the Winnipeg Free Press, "Online rental scam a nasty $1,200 lesson" on Thursday, July 23/09.
The University requires that all landlords offer their accommodation on the same basis as the University offers its facilities; i.e., without regard to race, colour, religion, nationality, age, marital status, ethnic origin, or source of income.
Additional Housing Information
For apartment listings through property management companies
go to www.homebase.ca then select Manitoba, Rental, and Start Search,
click Property Management Profiles, click View PowerPage
Inventory to view the listings offered by each of the Property
Managers.
For assistance in resolving rental disputes, please contact the
Rentalsman's Office at (204) 945-2476. For your convenience, further
landlord/tenant information is available at the Residential
Tenancies Branch website.
Additional Resources:
Below are some websites that may help you in your search. If
you notice a link that is not working, please email to housing_studentlife@umanitoba.ca and it will be updated. Thanks.
ADS AND APARTMENT/HOUSE SEARCHES:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com - Winnipeg Free Press Classified Ads
http://www.classifiedextra.ca - Winnipeg Sun Classified Ads
http://www.winnipegrentnet.ca
http://www.rentaplace.com
http://www.apartmentscanada.com
http://247apartments.com/
http://www.rentsearch.com/canada.html
http://www.homefinders.ca
http://relocatecanada.com/winnipeg/rentals.html
http://www.places4rent.com/
http://www.buyitcanada.com/Canada/Manitoba/Real_Estate/Winnipeg/Apartments/
http://myidealhome.ca
http://www.sublet.com
http://canada.themovechannel.com/Canada/Manitoba
http://rentcanada.com
http://www.best-price.com/
http://www.canadarentals.net/city-view.cfm?CityID=457
http://www.rentmore.ca
http://winnipeg.craigslist.org/
http://www.rentboard.ca/rentals/student-housing/index.aspx?schid=109
http://winnipeg.kijiji.ca/f-housing-W0QQCatIdZ34
MAP OF WINNIPEG THAT LETS YOU PINPOINT EXACT ADDRESSES: http://www.city.winnipeg.mb.ca/interhom/maps/ - click on electronic citizen information service
INFORMATION ABOUT AND MAPS OF WINNIPEG NEIGHBOURHOODS: http://www.foundlocally.com/Winnipeg/Home/Neigh-Info.htm
http://www.remax-winnipeg.com/neighbourhood.htm
TRANSIT INFORMATION AND MAPS:
http://www.winnipegtransit.com - Navigo
http://www.yellowpages.ca - try searching for “apartment” or “housing”
INFORMATION ABOUT MOVING TO WINNIPEG: http://www.gov.mb.ca/labour/immigrate/newcomerservices/5.html
http://www.relocatecanada.com/movingcentre.html |
