Do you need ENG4U for university in Ontario?
ENG4U is English, a Grade 12 english course.
1525 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require English — 97%. The other 53 do not.
Require it
1525
Share of programs
97%
Campuses
34
What you can still apply to without it
53 programs do not ask for ENG4U, with published ranges starting at 65%. Biggest subject areas among them:
- 9 General or Integrated Engineering9% of that subject
- 7 Environmental Studies6% of that subject
- 6 Artificial Intelligence13% of that subject
- 6 Others in Subjects Related to Medicine7% of that subject
- 6 Interdisciplinary Studies3% of that subject
- 5 Business Studies3% of that subject
- 5 Computer Science4% of that subject
- 5 Physics9% of that subject
- 4 Medical Technology19% of that subject
- 4 Economics4% of that subject
- 4 Chemistry5% of that subject
- 4 Others in Physical Sciences9% of that subject
Where it is required
The subjects that ask for ENG4U most often, and how much of each one does.
- 190Business Studies97%
- 180Interdisciplinary Studies97%
- 128Computer Science96%
- 108Environmental Studies94%
- 103Education Studies97%
- 102Psychology97%
- 97Law & Criminology100%
- 95General or Integrated Engineering91%
- 94Media and Communication Studies98%
- 90Economics96%
By university
How much of each campus’s catalogue asks for it. Sorted by share, not raw count — a small campus where most programs need it matters more than a large one where few do.
- Ottawa247 of 248100%
- Trent159 of 159100%
- Ontario Tech153 of 153100%
- York104 of 104100%
- Brock86 of 86100%
- Algoma66 of 66100%
- TMU64 of 64100%
- Trent (Durham)51 of 51100%
- McMaster47 of 47100%
- Waterloo47 of 47100%
- Lakehead43 of 43100%
- Nipissing33 of 33100%
- Queen's26 of 26100%
- Saint Paul24 of 24100%
- U of T (Scarborough)18 of 18100%
- Western18 of 18100%
- OCAD17 of 17100%
- York (Glendon)17 of 17100%
- U of T (Mississauga)12 of 12100%
- Laurier (Brantford)12 of 12100%
- York (Markham)9 of 9100%
- King's8 of 8100%
- Guelph-Humber7 of 7100%
- RMC5 of 5100%
- Huron3 of 3100%
- Laurier (Milton)3 of 3100%
- St. Jerome's2 of 2100%
- Renison1 of 1100%
- Guelph47 of 4898%
- Windsor64 of 6697%
- Laurier (Waterloo)31 of 3297%
- U of T (St. George)25 of 2696%
- Laurentian56 of 6488%
- Carleton20 of 4544%
Lowest ranges that require ENG4U
If you have the course but not the marks, these publish the lowest ranges of anything that asks for it.
- 65%AlgomaAccounting (BA 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaAnishinaabe Studies (BA 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaAnishinaabemowin (BA 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaCommunity Development (BA 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaCommunity Economic and Social Development (BA 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaCommunity Economic and Social Development (BA 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaCommunity Economic and Social Development (Brampton) (BA 3 year)
- 65%AlgomaCommunity Economic and Social Development (Brampton) (BA 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science - Data Science and AI (BCOSC 4 Year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science - Data Science and AI (Brampton) (BCOSC 4 Year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science - Mobile Software Engineering (BCOSC 4 Year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science - Online (BCOSC 3 Year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science – Computer Games Technology (BCOSC 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science – Computer Games Technology/Creative Arts (BCOSC 4 year)
- 65%AlgomaComputer Science (BCOSC 3 year)
Other english courses
The calculator knows which of your six targets need ENG4U, and builds your average the way universities do — required courses first, whether or not they are your best marks.
Counted across the 1,578 programs whose published prerequisite text names at least one Grade 12 course. 40 listings describe their requirements in prose we do not parse into codes and are left out of every number on this page rather than assumed either way. Always confirm a prerequisite with the university before you drop a course.