List of McMaster University Residences

*Bates Residence - Furnished Apartments
** Built in 1973, 504 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
** Named to honour Marion Stillwell Bates, a distinguished dean of women from 1947 to 1965.
*Brandon Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1970, 558 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
** Named to commemorate the affiliation, from 1910 to 1938, of with McMaster.
*Edwards Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1930, 107 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Small
** Was a gift from Gordon C. Edwards, a long-time member of the University's Board of Governors, who desired that the hall be named in memory of his father.
** Originally a male-only dormitory.
*Hedden Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1991, 425 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Large
** Named in memory of Mike Hedden, who, as Vice-President Administration, played a pivotal role in the development of McMaster, including the planning and construction of most residences in the 1960s and 1970s.
*Les Prince Hall - Traditional
** Built in 2006, 390 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named in honour of Dr. Leslie A. Prince, a former dedicated varsity coach, Director of Athletics, Dean of Men, and Dean of Students.
*Mary E. Keyes - Suite-Style
** Built in 2003, 280 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named to honour Dr. Mary Keyes, a key figure in enhancing student life and student services at McMaster University as Professor of Kinesiology, Director of Physical Education and Athletics, and the Associate Vice-President of Student Affairs.
*Matthews Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1965, 278 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named to honour Albert Matthews, an influential member of McMaster's Board of Governors for over forty years.
*McKay Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1965, 280 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named for Alexander McKay, one of McMaster's earliest professors and former Registrar, Dean, and Head of the University. Alexander McKay is also the Honorary President of the Ontario Classics Association.
*Moulton Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1961, 234 bedspaces, Co-ed/Female based on demand - Size: Medium
** Named to recall Moulton College in Toronto, an institution that was associated with McMaster for more than sixty years following its founding by Susan Moulton McMaster, wife of Senator William McMaster.
*Wallingford Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1930, 74 bedspaces, Female only - Size: Small
** Wallingford, Oxfordshire was the birthplace of William Davies, benefactor in 1920 of a Wallingford Hall as a women's Residence during McMaster's years in Toronto. The present Wallingford Hall perpetuates the name.
*Whidden Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1961, 333 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named to honour Howard P. Whidden, whose effective leadership of McMaster spanned the years of the University's complicated move from Toronto to Hamilton in 1930.
*Woodstock Hall - Traditional
** Built in 1970, 293 bedspaces, Co-ed - Size: Medium
** Named to recall the memory of Woodstock College, in Woodstock, Ontario, a precursor of McMaster University.

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