Between both the Saint John and Fredericton campus, The University of New Brunswick is home to sixteen unique residence buildings. Fourteen of which give students the traditional dorm experience, while two of which provide more of an apartment style independent living atmosphere. The university takes pride in ensuring students’ classes, professors, dining halls, libraries and all that UNB has to offer is just a step away.
The university’s Saint John campus offers three traditional residence buildings, while the Fredericton campus accounts for an outstanding thirteen (eleven traditional, two apartment-style). All living facilities are tailored to meet the needs of all students.
Aitken House
Aitken House — named in honour of William Maxwell Aitken, the University’s first chancellor, is located at UNB’s Fredericton campus. Aitken houses up to ninety-five students, both male and female, although provides a designated floor to all-male living. Available room types include forty-three double, and nine single rooms, all in which require a meal plan. Features include a TV lounge, study lounge, computer lab, pool table, foosball table, exercise lounge, and laundry facilities. Aitken House is known for its Club Med Social — one of the most anticipated campus events of the year. The building’s basement is virtually transformed into a beach with truckloads of sand brought in every November for the party.
Bridges House
Bridges House — named in honour of brothers Henry Seabury Bridges (Professor of Classics at UNB 1881-1895) and Hedley Vicars Burpee Bridges (Principle of the Provincial Normal School 1906-1933). Bridges houses up to ninety-seven students, both male and female. Available room types include thirty-eight double, and twenty-one single rooms, all in which require a meal plan. Features include a TV lounge, study lounge, computer lab, pool table, exercise lounge, kitchenette, and laundry facilities. Bridges House is known for its annual polar dip. Every February, residents take the plunge into an icy outdoor pool. The event is held in financial support of the IWK Children’s Hospital.
Harrison House
Harrison House — named in honour of Thomas Harrison, UNB’s first president to be born in New Brunswick. Harrison houses up to ninety-seven students, both male and female. Available room types include thirty-eight double, and twenty-one single rooms, all in which require a meal plan. Features include; a TV lounge, study lounge, pool table, kitchenette, and laundry facilities. Harrison House is known for its creation of UNB’s longest standing tradition — the Great Pumpkin Sacrifice, which began in 1973. Each year, house residents carve a gigantic pumpkin in the likeness of Roman god Janus. On October 31th students carry the pumpkin to Joy Kidd House, where it is blessed. It is then returned to Harrison House where it is sacrificially dropped from the roof. The event is meant to represent the “academic harvest” and the pumpkin is sacrificed to ensure academic success.
Joy W.Kidd House
Joy W Kidd House — named in honour Joy Wells Kidd, dean of women at UNB Fredericton from 1966-1985. Kidd houses up to one-hundred and sixty-two students, both male and female. Available room types include, twenty-seven double, and forty-one single rooms, fifty-two single rooms with semi-private bathrooms attached, fourteen single rooms with private bathrooms, and one accessible room with private bathrooms, all in which require a meal plan. Features include; a TV lounge, study lounge, computer lab, kitchenette, and laundry facilities. Joy W Kidd House is known for hosting Kiddstock, a charity concert featuring local musicians from all around New Brunswick. All proceeds raised from the event go to Joy W. Kidd House’s charity, Habitat for Humanity.
Lady Beaverbrook Residence (LBR)
Lady Beaverbrook House — named in honour of Gladys Drury, the first Lady Beaverbrook. The LBR houses up to sixty-four students both male and female. Available room types include twenty-three double, and eighteen single rooms, all in which require a meal plan. Features include; a TV lounge, study lounge, kitchenette and laundry facilities. Lady Beaverbrook is known for its beautiful atmosphere, and was named one of Canada’s most beautiful residences by Huffington Post in 2016.
Lady Dunn Hall
Lady Dunn Hall — named in honour of Marcia Anastasia Christoforides, wife of Sir James Dunn and second wife to Lord Beaverbrook (Sir Max Aitken). Lady Dunn was the first on-campus accommodation for women at UNB. Dunn houses up to eighty-eight students, both male and female, although provides a designated floor to all-female living. Available room types include twenty-four double rooms, and twenty-six single rooms, ten single rooms with private bathrooms, and four accessible rooms with private bathrooms, all in which require a meal plan. Features include; a TV lounge, study lounge, kitchenette, and laundry facilities. Lady Dunn is known for being the residence in which housed Canadian singer Anne Murray throughout her Physical Education studies in 1966.
Mackenzie house
Mackenzie house — named in honour of Dr. Normand Archibald MacRae MacKenzie, president of UNB from 1940-1944. Mackenzie houses up to ninety-nine students, both male and female. Available room types include; thirty-four double, and thirty-one single rooms, all in which require a meal plan. Features include; a TV lounge, study lounge, computer lab, pool table, exercise lounge, squash court, and laundry facilities. Mackenzie house is known for its annual house charity event — the Caber Toss. The event is a version of the traditional Highland Games where participants throw a large tree trunk.
Mcleod House
Mcleod House — named in honour of Edith G. McLeod, Registrar Emerita, secretary to the president from 1927-1945 and University registrar from 1946-1968. Mcleod houses up to one-hundred and forty-five students, both male and female. Available room types include; sixteen double rooms, seventy-seven single rooms, and twenty-seven single rooms with a shared private bathroom, all in which require a meal plan. Features include; a TV lounge, study lounge, exercise lounge, computer lab, pool table, and laundry facilities. Mcleod House is known for its own in-house meal hall, providing students with the convenience of prepared meals within their residence.
Neville/Jones House
Neville/Jones House — named in honour of former president and chancellor of UNB from 1906-1940. Neville House merged with Jones House upon its closure in 2006 and became Neville/Jones House. Neville houses up to ninety-four students, both male and female. Available room types include; thirty-nine double, and sixteen single rooms, all in which require a meal plan. Features include; TV lounge, study lounge, exercise lounge, computer lab, pool table, and laundry facilities. Neville/Jones House is known for its annual ped-push. The tradition which began in 1992, consisted of house residents pushing a bed one-hundred and twenty kilometers from the UNB Saint John campus, to the Fredericton campus. This route ended in 2010, although the push is still one-hundred and twenty kilometres around the BMO soccer field on the Fredericton campus, rain or shine!
