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.
University | Minimum entering grade: Arts | Minimum entering grade: Science | Minimum entering grade: Commerce | Minimum entering grade: Engineering |
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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% |
Montral | 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-Rivires | Admission varies by program; some are contingent on the R Score | |||
Vancouver Island | 60% | 60% | 60% | 68% |
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