Canada’s Best Universities 2024: Grade Distribution
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 2022 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 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 20.7 | 24.5 | 25.4 | 13.0 |
| Alberta | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 16.3 | 29.2 | 34.2 | 13.9 |
| Bishop's | 0.0 | 1.9 | 15.9 | 36.0 | 31.8 | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| Brandon | 3.0 | 6.4 | 8.0 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 24.1 | 22.9 |
| Brock | 0.0 | 8.2 | 14.2 | 23.9 | 26.8 | 20.7 | 5.8 |
| Calgary | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 14.5 | 33.9 | 31.7 | 13.9 |
| Cape Breton | 1.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 16.5 | 22.1 | 31.7 | 18.9 |
| Carleton | 0.0 | 2.2 | 8.7 | 21.9 | 29.2 | 27.6 | 10.3 |
| Concordia | 0.0 | 0.7 | 7.3 | 24.5 | 43.0 | 23.8 | 0.7 |
| Dalhousie | 0.0 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 13.4 | 23.4 | 30.9 | 25.4 |
| Guelph | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 21.8 | 33.9 | 28.8 | 7.8 |
| Lakehead | 3.7 | 9.7 | 15.2 | 17.9 | 24.5 | 17.2 | 11.5 |
| Laurentian | 4.6 | 9.9 | 16.6 | 21.4 | 23.8 | 16.8 | 6.8 |
| Laval | 0.0 | 0.3 | 6.5 | 19.5 | 41.1 | 28.5 | 4.1 |
| Lethbridge | 5.4 | 13.3 | 18.4 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 13.6 | 4.6 |
| Manitoba | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 15.1 | 29.0 | 45.9 |
| McGill | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 21.6 | 46.8 | 29.0 |
| McMaster | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 6.6 | 22.2 | 40.2 | 29.5 |
| Memorial | 0.0 | 4.9 | 8.7 | 17.2 | 24.9 | 29.6 | 14.9 |
| Moncton | 0.2 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 19.7 | 27.4 | 24.1 | 16.3 |
| Montréal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 38.8 | 41.6 | 9.8 |
| Mount Allison | 0.0 | 2.9 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 20.1 | 25.2 | 24.5 |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 3.1 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 19.0 | 23.6 | 30.8 | 9.2 |
| New Brunswick | 1.4 | 2.3 | 9.5 | 16.8 | 22.0 | 27.5 | 20.4 |
| Nipissing | 2.3 | 6.2 | 12.1 | 24.2 | 27.8 | 22.5 | 4.9 |
| Ontario Tech | 0.7 | 7.9 | 18.6 | 29.0 | 24.8 | 14.9 | 4.0 |
| Ottawa | 0.0 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 18.0 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 15.9 |
| Queen's | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 21.8 | 51.0 | 21.6 |
| Regina | 1.1 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 18.5 | 25.6 | 25.1 | 13.1 |
| Saint Mary's | 0.0 | 8.3 | 13.7 | 16.6 | 21.3 | 25.1 | 15.1 |
| Saskatchewan | 0.0 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 13.5 | 19.7 | 27.9 | 26.0 |
| Sherbrooke | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 22.9 | 37.3 | 30.1 | 5.8 |
| Simon Fraser | 0.0 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 16.9 | 40.2 | 32.4 | 6.9 |
| St. Francis Xavier | 0.5 | 2.4 | 9.7 | 18.7 | 26.5 | 26.7 | 15.5 |
| St. Thomas | 0.0 | 9.4 | 17.7 | 22.7 | 21.7 | 20.2 | 8.4 |
| Toronto * | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 19.8 | 37.4 | 32.5 |
| Toronto Metropolitan | 0.0 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 18.5 | 30.9 | 33.8 | 10.0 |
| Trent | 1.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 28.0 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 6.0 |
| UNBC | 0.2 | 1.5 | 7.1 | 16.2 | 27.0 | 31.8 | 16.2 |
| UPEI | 0.0 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 19.6 | 23.5 | 26.3 | 16.2 |
| UQAM | 0.1 | 0.5 | 12.4 | 34.7 | 37.5 | 14.4 | 0.4 |
| Victoria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 9.8 | 33.0 | 36.7 | 19.7 |
| Waterloo | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 8.3 | 17.5 | 30.6 | 41.5 |
| Western | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 30.5 | 41.7 | 20.5 |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 0.2 | 8.0 | 12.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 25.3 | 8.0 |
| Windsor | 0.6 | 6.4 | 15.2 | 21.8 | 29.2 | 21.8 | 5.0 |
| Winnipeg | 4.9 | 5.9 | 12.7 | 17.0 | 26.6 | 22.4 | 10.6 |
| York | 1.0 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 25.5 | 23.4 | 20.0 | 6.6 |
* Figures are for fall 2021. Algoma and UBC did not provide figures.