But be careful, the pool of the current year’s applicants determines the admission cut-off, so aim to be comfortably above the average.
There is a correlation between the reputation of the university and the minimum Grade 12 averages. The higher the reputation, the higher the average.
Here’s a comprehensive list of average entering grades for Canadian Universities. It’s important to note that this is the average, not the minimum. Furthermore, some competitive programs will have higher averages than the university’s average.| Province | University | Average Entering Grade |
| Alberta | University of Alberta | 85.7% |
| Alberta | Alberta College of Art & Design | 60% |
| Alberta | Athbasca University | NA |
| Alberta | Brandon University | 79.1% |
| Alberta | University of Calgary | 82.2% |
| Alberta | University of Lethbridge | 80.2% |
| Alberta | Mount Royal University | 80.8% |
| British Columbia | University of Brtish Columbia | 87.6% |
| British Columbia | Emily Carr University of Art & Design | 75% |
| British Columbia | University of the Fraser Valley | 79% |
| British Columbia | Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 60% |
| British Columbia | University of Northern British Columbia | 85.2% |
| British Columbia | Royal Roads University | NA |
| British Columbia | Simon Fraser University | 85% |
| British Columbia | Thompson Rivers University | 78.8% |
| British Columbia | Vancouver Island University | 78.1% |
| British Columbia | University of Victoria | 83.6% |
| Manitoba | University of Manitoba | 86.6% |
| Manitoba | University of Winnipeg | 80% |
| New Brunswich | Universite de Moncton | 65% |
| New Brunswich | Mount Allison University | 85.9% |
| New Brunswich | University of New Brunswick | 83.6% |
| New Brunswich | St. Thomas University | 83.8% |
| Newfoundland | Memorial University of Newfoundland | 79.9% |
| Nova Scotia | Acadia University | 84.9% |
| Nova Scotia | Cape Breton University | 84.5% |
| Nova Scotia | Dalhousie University | 86.4% |
| Nova Scotia | University of King's College | 70% |
| Nova Scotia | Mount Saint Vincent University | 84.2% |
| Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia Agricultural College | 80.1% |
| Nova Scotia | NSCAD | 70% |
| Nova Scotia | Universite Sainte-Anne | 73.7% |
| Nova Scotia | St. Francis Xavier University | 83.5% |
| Nova Scotia | Saint Mary's University | 79.4% |
| Ontario | Algoma University | 78.4% |
| Ontario | Brock University | 80% |
| Ontario | Carleton University | 80.5% |
| Ontario | University of Guelph | 80.9% |
| Ontario | Lakehead University | 78.2% |
| Ontario | Laurentian University | 78.8% |
| Ontario | McMaster University | 84.9% |
| Ontario | Nipissing University | 80.7% |
| Ontario | OCAD University | 80.4% |
| Ontario | University of Ontario Institute of Technology | 77.2% |
| Ontario | University of Ottawa | 81.6% |
| Ontario | Queen's University | 87.3% |
| Ontario | Royal Military College of Canada | 83.5% |
| Ontario | Ryerson University | 80.8% |
| Ontario | University of Toronto | 84% |
| Ontario | Trent University | 78.1% |
| Ontario | University of Waterloo | 86.8% |
| Ontario | University of Western Ontario | 86.4% |
| Ontario | Wilfrid Laurier University | 81.6% |
| Ontario | University of Windsor | 79.1% |
| Ontario | York University | 81% |
| Prince Edward Island | University of Prince Edward Island | 84.5% |
| Quebec | Bishop's University | 84.2% |
| Quebec | Concordia University | 65% |
| Quebec | Universite Laval | NA |
| Quebec | McGill University | 89.5% |
| Quebec | Universite de Montreal | 87.9% |
| Quebec | Universite du Quebec | NA |
| Quebec | Universite de Sherbrooke | 86.9% |
| Saskatchewan | University of Regina | 85% |
| Saskatchewan | University of Saskatchewan | 87.9% |
