Canada’s Best Universities 2023: Average Entering Grade

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 distributionStudent retention Proportion who graduateAverage class sizeFaculty with highest degree in their field