sorry I guess I was a little unclear before
but here, this is directly from the housing website

"The room was probably assigned to a student who was higher on the priority list for room assignments. Student staff and IRC Reps are assigned rooms first, then student on the Dean's Honour's List according to sessional average, and then students by lottery number."

Heyy
you can check the off-campus housing website for jan-april sublets.
These are for students transfering or coming back from exchange.
If not campus than you can check these out

p.s. I am renting out my room, for the Jan- April, if you're interested message me and we can work something out.