Admission Requirements for the Canadian Faculties of Medicine

Ontario Schools

• Lakehead/Laurentian University

  Applicants must have completed a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA. No MCAT is required.

  McMaster University

  Applicants must have completed three full undergraduate years with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and a minimum score of 6 on the verbal reasoning portion of the MCAT.

  Queen's University

  Students must have completed three full undergraduate years with at least one course in each of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences and Humanities. Minimum GPA's and MCAT scores vary yearly depending on the applicant pool.

  University of Ottawa

  Applicants must have completed three full undergraduate years with at least one course in each of biology and humanities/social sciences and at least two courses in chemistry, biochemistry and organic chemistry. There is no MCAT requirement and GPA requirements vary depending on students' demographic factors. Students must also have Level C CPR certification.

  University of Toronto

  Students must have completed three full undergraduate years with at least two courses in Life Sciences. Students must score a minimum of 9 on each section of the MCAT and have Standard First Aid and Level C CPR certification. Minimum GPA's vary yearly depending on the applicant pool.

  University of Western Ontario

  Applicants must have completed an Honors Bachelor's Degree, write the MCAT and have Standard First Aid and Level C CPR certification. Minimum GPA's and MCAT scores vary yearly depending on the applicant pool.

Quebec Schools

• McGill University

  Applicants must have a Bachelor's Degree with at least six university credits in each of Chemistry, Biology and Physics and three credits in Organic Chemistry. Minimum GPA's and MCAT scores vary yearly depending on the applicant pool.

  There are also three French language medical schools in the province of Quebec: Université Laval, Université de Sherbrooke and Université de Montréal. Find links to these universities' medical schools in Resources.

Dalhousie University

• Applicants from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I must have a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum GPA of 3.3 and get a minimum Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) score of 24. Students from all other regions must have a minimum GPA of 3.7 and a minimum MCAT score of 30.

Memorial University

• Applicants must have completed a Bachelor's Degree with at least one course in English. Minimum GPA's and MCAT scores vary yearly depending on the applicant pool.

University of Alberta

• Applicants must have completed at least two full undergraduate years with a minimum GPA of 3.7 with at least one full year credit in each of General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics and English and at least one half year credit in each of Statistics and Biochemistry. Minimum MCAT results vary yearly depending on the applicant pool.

University of British Columbia

• Applicants must have completed at lease three full undergraduate years with an average of 70% and completed at least two courses in each of English, Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry. Applicants must score at least 7 on each section of the MCAT and at least M in the writing sample.

University of Calgary

• Applicants must have completed at least two full time undergraduate years with a GPA of 3.2 for Alberta residents and 3.6 for non-Albertans. Minimum MCAT results vary yearly depending on the applicant pool.

University of Manitoba

• Applicants must be eligible to complete a Bachelor's Degree with two credits in Biochemistry and a minimum GPA of 3.3. Applicants most also score a minimum of 7 on each section of the MCAT.

University of Saskatchewan

• Applicants must have completed at least two full time undergraduate years. Students at the Universities of Saskatchewan and Regina can waive the MCAT by getting two credits in each of Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, English and Humanities/Social Sciences. Applicants from other universities must write the MCAT and get a minimum score of 26 with a score of N in the writing section. Saskatchewan residents must have an average of 78% and non-residents 80%.