Replying to Concordia - Places to live

I got accepted in Concordia, and will most likely accept my offer of admission. Before you go ahead bashing the school etc, and telling me about the jews and palestines, can someone give me some legit answers on places to live other then res.

So if you know anything about the school, they don't have guarunteed residence for first years, and coming from Toronto, I'm really hoping on securing on of those spots, but if not, I'm going to need options as to good places to live in the downtown area, close to the campus.

Any help is appreciated, and +karma for those who do.