What grades do I need to get into Canadian universities?
A handy guide to the average overall grades of full-time students entering 49 different Canadian universities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCR0AZHy818 Grades are a strong indication of student quality and potential. Maclean’s presents the over-all grade average of incoming first-year students. Here, 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 in their home province in fall 2016. For a more detailed look at minimum grades for different faculties, click here.
average entering grade - uni guide 2018
| School | Grade (per cent) |
|---|---|
| Waterloo | 90.4 |
| McGill | 90.3 |
| Western | 90.0 |
| Manitoba | 89.2 |
| Queen's | 89.0 |
| UBC | 88.6 |
| Montréal | 88.1 |
| Acadia | 87.9 |
| Saskatchewan | 87.9 |
| Dalhousie | 87.6 |
| McMaster | 87.6 |
| Simon Fraser | 87.5 |
| Alberta | 87.4 |
| UPEI | 86.9 |
| Toronto (fall 2015 figure) | 86.5 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 86.4 |
| Cape Breton | 86.3 |
| Victoria | 86.3 |
| UQAM | 86.2 |
| UNBC | 86.1 |
| Sherbrooke | 86.0 |
| Mount Allison | 85.9 |
| New Brunswick | 85.9 |
| Calgary | 85.7 |
| Regina | 85.4 |
| Laval | 85.3 |
| St. Thomas | 84.8 |
| Moncton | 84.7 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 84.7 |
| Ottawa | 84.7 |
| Ryerson | 84.4 |
| Guelph | 83.8 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 83.8 |
| Brock | 83.3 |
| Carleton | 83.2 |
| Concordia | 83.2 |
| Brandon | 83.1 |
| Bishop's | 82.6 |
| Laurentian | 82.5 |
| Nipissing | 82.5 |
| Memorial | 82.4 |
| Saint Mary's | 81.8 |
| Winnipeg | 81.8 |
| York | 81.7 |
| Trent | 81.4 |
| Windsor | 81.4 |
| Lethbridge | 81.2 |
| Lakehead | 80.1 |
| UOIT | 80.0 |
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