Thousands of university students are back in class in Montreal, but many who came to the city to study have had to find themselves seeking a home.
A student housing shortage brought on by an influx of students has seen residences fill up fast and an increase in students seeking apartments off-campus.
Concordia University had 600 applications to live in residence this year, but only 424 spots.
"Concordia's application rate has increased and as the applications increase, so will our applications and interest in residence," said D'Arcy Ryan, Concordia's director of residence life.
"Students have been actively pursuing us for help and we refer them to the Concordia Student Union. They have an off-campus job and housing link."
Those that won one of the small, but coveted university rooms say they feel lucky to be living in res, which comes with benefits like built-in security and the opportunity to make new friends.
"We have great res life staff here, all the RAs are really, really outgoing and very helpful. I don't know what I would do without res," said Concordia student Kelsey Pudlowski.
