McGill campus students taking in the eclipse. (Laurie Devine/McGill University) credit TK
Canadian universities: minimum entering grades by faculty
This chart provides a breakdown of grades for acceptance divided by arts, science, commerce and engineering faculties
Here, we present the grade average of incoming first-year students for arts, science, commerce and engineering students. Here, the average final-year grades of full-time, first-year students entering university from high school or Quebec’s CEGEP system. For Quebec schools, the "R" score refers to the rating used by universities in that province to compare students. A blank space indicates the school does not have a particular faculty or the information was not available.
Minimum Grades - National
| University | Minimum entering grade: Arts | Minimum entering grade: Science | Minimum entering grade: Commerce | Minimum entering grade: Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 70-80% | 83-88% | 85-90% | |
| Calgary | 70-78% | 78-90% | 82% | 85% |
| Dalhousie | 70% | 75% | 78% | 75% |
| Laval | R score of 20-30 | R score of 22-33 | R score of 23 | R score of 22-26 |
| Manitoba | Arts, Science: 85% direct entry; students with less than 85% complete first year in University 1 program | 89% or via University 1 | 87% or via University 1 | |
| McGill | 86% | 91-93% | 94.5% | 92-96% |
| McMaster | 75% | 85-90% | 82.5% | 89% |
| Montr�al | R score of 22.2-25.2 | R score of 22-29.2 | R score of 26 | R score of 25.4-30.6 |
| Ottawa | 73-78% | 75-84% | 75-85% | 80-85% |
| Queen's | 80% | 84% | 87% | 90% |
| Saskatchewan | 70% | 70% | 83% | 85% |
| Sherbrooke | R score of 20.4 to 27.2 | R score of 20.2 to 22.5 | R score of 23.5 | R score of 20 to 26.7 |
| Toronto | 75-84% | 75-91% | 83-88% | 85-93% |
| UBC | 75% | 86% | 84% | 85% |
| Western | 83.5% | 83.5% | 87.5% | 87% |
| Brock | 70% | 70% | 84% | |
| Carleton | 78% | 78-80% | 80% | 76-86% |
| Concordia (Montreal) | 70-90% | 70-90% | 80% | 80-85% |
| Guelph | 78-84% | 80-85% | 78-84% | 83-85% |
| Memorial | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| New Brunswick | 65% | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| Regina | 65% | 70% | 85% | 70-90% |
| Ryerson | 73-88% | 72-90% | 72-85% | 88-90% |
| Simon Fraser | 80% | 85% | 83% | 86% |
| UQAM | R score of 17.37-23.25 | R score of 17.63-21.57 | R score of 21.11-25.44 | |
| Victoria | 77% | 82% | 80% | 84% |
| Waterloo | 80% | 80% | 80-92% | 88% |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 70-86% | 74-91% | 89-93.5% | |
| Windsor | 70-80% | 70% | 73-78% | 74% |
| York | 75% | 80% | 90% | 80% |
| Acadia | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| Bishop's | 75% | 75% | 80% | |
| Brandon | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| Cape Breton | 65% | 65% | 65% | 65% |
| Lakehead | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| Laurentian | 72% | 72% | 72% | 72-80% |
| Lethbridge | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| Moncton | 68.9% | 73% | 68% | 68.5% |
| Mount Allison | 70.9% | 73.5% | 73.2% | |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 70% | 71% | 70.4% | |
| Nipissing | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| Saint Mary's | 70% | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| St. Francis Xavier | 70% | 70% | 70% | 71.0% |
| St. Thomas | 70% | |||
| Trent | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| UNBC | 67% | 67% | 67% | 75% |
| UOIT | 70-75% | 70-80% | 75-80% | 80-85% |
| UPEI | 70% | 70% | 70% | 74% |
| Winnipeg | 55.3% | 54% | 54.7% | |
| ACAD | 60%, plus portfolio | |||
| Algoma | 65% | 65% | 65% | 65% |
| Athabasca | No grade specification; undergraduate students are not required to have a high school diploma | |||
| Chicoutimi | R score of 17.68 | R score of 18.68 | R score of 16.73 | R score of 19.68 |
| Concordia Edmonton | 60% | 60% | 65% | |
| Emily Carr | 67%, plus portfolio | |||
| Fraser Valley | 72% | 70% | 70% | 73% |
| King's | 71.2% | 85.2% | ||
| Kwantlen | High school diploma; minimum grade C+ in English 12 or equivalent; some program entrance requirements may be higher | |||
| MacEwan | 65% | 65% | 65% | 75% |
| Mount Royal | 65% | 78% | 78% | |
| NSCAD | 70%, plus portfolio | |||
| OCAD U | 70%, plus portfolio | |||
| Outaouais | If R score is less than 22, admission is granted on condition of passing an appointed course | |||
| Rimouski | Grades and requirements vary by program; admission is not contingent on the R Score for most programs | |||
| RMC | 75% (Acceptance criteria are also based on suitability to become an officer) | |||
| Royal Roads | No direct admittance for Canadian students to first-year undergraduate programs; B average in first two years of post-secondary for entry to third-year programs | |||
| Sainte-Anne | 69.5% | 74.1% | 63.3% | |
| Thompson Rivers | High school diploma; 73% in Grade 12 English; some programs require specific courses and higher grades | |||
| Trois-Rivi�res | Admission varies by program; some are contingent on the R Score | |||
| Vancouver Island | 60% | 60% | 60% | 68% |
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