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)
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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.
 University | Grade |
|---|---|
| Manitoba | 92.8 |
| Waterloo | 92.6 |
| Queen's | 92.2 |
| Western | 92.2 |
| McGill | 92.0 |
| McMaster | 92.0 |
| Victoria | 90.5 |
| Alberta | 89.9 |
| Calgary | 89.7 |
| Montréal | 89.5 |
| Dalhousie | 89.3 |
| Saskatchewan | 89.2 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 89.1 |
| Simon Fraser | 88.7 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 88.4 |
| Guelph | 88.3 |
| UNBC | 88.2 |
| Brandon | 88.1 |
| Sherbrooke | 88.1 |
| Mount Allison | 88.0 |
| Toronto * | 87.9 |
| UPEI | 87.7 |
| Laval | 87.6 |
| Memorial | 87.6 |
| New Brunswick | 87.6 |
| Moncton | 87.3 |
| Regina | 87.3 |
| St. Thomas | 87.3 |
| Ottawa | 87.2 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 87.0 |
| Carleton | 86.9 |
| Nipissing | 86.8 |
| Saint Mary's | 86.8 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 86.7 |
| Acadia | 86.5 |
| Cape Breton | 86.4 |
| Concordia | 86.0 |
| York | 85.9 |
| Lakehead | 85.7 |
| Laurentian | 85.6 |
| Brock | 85.5 |
| Winnipeg | 85.4 |
| Bishop's | 85.2 |
| Trent | 85.2 |
| UQAM | 85.0 |
| Ontario Tech | 84.3 |
| Windsor | 84.2 |
| Lethbridge | 82.4 |
*Figure is for fall 2020. UBC did not provide a figure.
More on Canada’s best universities:
Grade distribution
Student retention
Proportion who graduate
Average class size
Faculty with highest degree in their field