University Rankings
by Maclean's
October 7, 2022

Canada's Best Universities 2023: Average Entering Grade

This measure tracks incoming first-year students' average high school grades

(Photo courtesy of Matthew Dochstader, University of Toronto)

These numbers show the average final-year grades of full-time, first-year students entering university from high school or Quebec's CEGEP system. Grades shown are for students entering university from their home province in fall 2021. CEGEP grades are converted to percentage grades.

UniversityGrade
Lethbridge82.4
Windsor84.2
Ontario Tech84.3
UQAM85.0
Bishop's85.2
Trent85.2
Winnipeg85.4
Brock85.5
Laurentian85.6
Lakehead85.7
York85.9
Concordia86.0
Cape Breton 86.4
Acadia86.5
Mount Saint Vincent86.7
Nipissing86.8
Saint Mary's86.8
Carleton86.9
Wilfrid Laurier87.0
Ottawa87.2
Moncton87.3
Regina87.3
St. Thomas87.3
Laval87.6
Memorial87.6
New Brunswick87.6
UPEI87.7
Toronto *87.9
Mount Allison88.0
Brandon88.1
Sherbrooke88.1
UNBC88.2
Guelph88.3
St. Francis Xavier88.4
Simon Fraser88.7
Toronto Metropolitan89.1
Saskatchewan89.2
Dalhousie89.3
Montréal89.5
Calgary89.7
Alberta89.9
Victoria90.5
McGill92.0
McMaster92.0
Queen's92.2
Western92.2
Waterloo92.6
Manitoba92.8

* Figure is for fall 2020. UBC did not provide a figure.