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Grade Distribution by University
A look at the average high school grades of each school’s incoming students. These numbers show the percentage of full-time students who entered first year university in the fall of 2023 with high school grade averages in the following ranges:
| University | LESS THAN 70% | 70 TO 74.9% | 75 TO 79.9% | 80 TO 84.9% | 85 TO 89.9% | 90 TO 94.9% | 95% OR HIGHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia | 0.6 | 5.9 | 12.1 | 19.3 | 24.3 | 24.9 | 13.0 |
| Algoma | 10.9 | 12.0 | 15.2 | 23.9 | 19.6 | 15.2 | 3.3 |
| Alberta | 0.0 | 0.2 | 9.9 | 21.5 | 32.2 | 27.3 | 8.8 |
| Bishop's | 0.0 | 0.7 | 10.8 | 38.4 | 35.8 | 13.8 | 0.4 |
| Brandon | 4.3 | 4.3 | 11.6 | 15.2 | 22.2 | 26.5 | 15.9 |
| Brock | 0.0 | 12.2 | 16.6 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 16.3 | 5.5 |
| Calgary | 0.1 | 1.8 | 6.7 | 18.9 | 33.1 | 28.2 | 11.3 |
| Cape Breton | 4.0 | 2.6 | 9.6 | 13.5 | 21.5 | 28.1 | 20.8 |
| Carleton | 0.0 | 1.6 | 11.3 | 24.5 | 29.7 | 24.2 | 8.7 |
| Concordia | 0.0 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 24.8 | 43.5 | 23.5 | 0.5 |
| Dalhousie | 0.0 | 1.8 | 7.3 | 16.3 | 24.4 | 29.0 | 21.1 |
| Guelph | 0.0 | 0.4 | 10.4 | 25.2 | 34.0 | 23.9 | 6.1 |
| Lakehead | 6.6 | 11.8 | 18.0 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 16.2 | 8.0 |
| Laurentian | 4.6 | 11.4 | 16.2 | 22.0 | 25.5 | 14.7 | 5.6 |
| Laval | 0.0 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 22.1 | 41.7 | 27.9 | 2.1 |
| Lethbridge | 6.8 | 13.4 | 23.0 | 23.6 | 19.4 | 10.0 | 3.8 |
| Manitoba | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 16.1 | 31.1 | 41.6 |
| McGill | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 23.4 | 51.0 | 22.6 |
| McMaster | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 23.3 | 39.8 | 24.5 |
| Memorial | 0.2 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 14.6 | 24.6 | 28.9 | 17.6 |
| Moncton | 0.8 | 4.1 | 12.9 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 20.9 | 15.1 |
| Montréal | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 8.0 | 41.0 | 42.6 | 7.2 |
| Mount Allison | 0.0 | 3.6 | 13.5 | 14.2 | 19.9 | 24.2 | 24.6 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 3.6 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 15.8 | 20.5 | 30.7 | 17.2 |
| New Brunswick | 1.2 | 2.3 | 9.6 | 18.3 | 23.5 | 27.6 | 17.7 |
| Nipissing | 1.3 | 7.3 | 17.2 | 26.8 | 23.8 | 16.5 | 7.1 |
| Ontario Tech | 1.1 | 14.2 | 24.6 | 25.2 | 20.9 | 12.0 | 1.9 |
| Ottawa | 0.0 | 3.1 | 9.8 | 22.2 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 10.9 |
| Queen's | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 7.0 | 24.1 | 45.2 | 22.4 |
| Regina | 1.2 | 4.8 | 10.4 | 17.3 | 28.2 | 28.9 | 9.2 |
| Saint Mary's | 0.0 | 6.9 | 13.0 | 17.5 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 18.6 |
| Saskatchewan | 0.0 | 4.9 | 9.1 | 14.4 | 21.5 | 28.6 | 21.5 |
| Sherbrooke | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 22.0 | 39.7 | 29.8 | 4.8 |
| Simon Fraser | 0.0 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 19.9 | 37.8 | 30.9 | 6.9 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 0.5 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 13.8 | 27.1 | 33.2 | 14.1 |
| St. Thomas | 0.0 | 5.3 | 12.7 | 16.8 | 24.2 | 23.8 | 17.2 |
| Toronto * | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 9.5 | 20.2 | 34.9 | 31.6 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 0.0 | 4.4 | 9.2 | 25.1 | 32.6 | 23.6 | 5.1 |
| Trent | 2.0 | 13.0 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 |
| UNBC | 1.1 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 15.5 | 24.5 | 31.8 | 15.5 |
| UPEI | 0.0 | 8.9 | 12.7 | 23.4 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 10.7 |
| UQAM | 0.0 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 33.5 | 37.6 | 15.0 | 0.4 |
| Victoria | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 13.7 | 31.2 | 33.5 | 18.0 |
| Waterloo | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 10.7 | 21.0 | 31.9 | 33.2 |
| Western | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 36.5 | 37.4 | 14.5 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 0.2 | 10.8 | 16.2 | 23.9 | 24.3 | 19.3 | 5.4 |
| Windsor | 0.7 | 8.8 | 15.2 | 24.6 | 25.3 | 19.6 | 5.7 |
| Winnipeg | 7.6 | 5.6 | 12.2 | 18.2 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 11.7 |
| York | 1.0 | 8.9 | 18.5 | 25.5 | 22.6 | 18.5 | 5.0 |
* Figures are for fall 2022.
UBC did not provide figures.