Canada has no single GPA scale. Choose your university's scale, add courses with their credit weight, and you'll get your GPA on that scale plus an OUAC 4.0 equivalent.
Course
Credit weight
Grade
GPA scales at Canadian universities
4.0 letter scale — U of T and many others; A+ and A both equal 4.0.
4.33 scale — some universities (such as SFU) give A+ 4.33.
9-point — York University (A+ = 9).
12-point — McMaster (A+ = 12).
Percentages — UBC, Waterloo, Western and others report averages out of 100.
For professional school applications in Ontario (medicine, law), OUAC converts every grade with its own table. Use our OMSAS GPA calculator for that.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good GPA in Canada?
On a 4.0 scale, 3.0 (B) is a common minimum for graduate study and 3.7+ (A-) is competitive. On percentage scales, 75–80% is roughly B to A-.
What is 80% in GPA in Canada?
On the OUAC percentage scale used for Ontario applications, 80–84% converts to 3.7.
What is credit weight?
A one-term course is usually 0.5 credits at U of T (or 3 credits elsewhere); a full-year course is 1.0 (or 6). Use whatever your transcript shows.