Do you need FIF4U for university in Ontario?
FIF4U is French Immersion, a Grade 12 languages course.
29 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require French Immersion — 2%. The other 1,549 do not.
Require it
29
Share of programs
2%
Campuses
6
What you can still apply to without it
1,549 programs do not ask for FIF4U, with published ranges starting at 65%. Biggest subject areas among them:
- 192 Business Studies98% of that subject
- 183 Interdisciplinary Studies98% of that subject
- 132 Computer Science99% of that subject
- 113 Environmental Studies98% of that subject
- 104 Psychology99% of that subject
- 104 General or Integrated Engineering100% of that subject
- 99 Education Studies93% of that subject
- 96 Law & Criminology99% of that subject
- 94 Media and Communication Studies98% of that subject
- 91 Mathematics100% of that subject
- 91 Economics97% of that subject
- 90 Biological Sciences100% of that subject
Where it is required
The subjects that ask for FIF4U most often, and how much of each one does.
- 7Education Studies7%
- 3Business Studies2%
- 3Economics3%
- 3Entrepreneurship9%
- 3International Development6%
- 3Human Biology4%
- 3Interdisciplinary Studies2%
- 2Accounting4%
- 2Human Resource Management5%
- 2Others in Subjects Related to Medicine2%
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.
- UOF10 of 10100%
- Laurentian9 of 6414%
- Lakehead4 of 439%
- York (Glendon)1 of 176%
- York3 of 1043%
- Brock2 of 862%
Lowest ranges that require FIF4U
If you have the course but not the marks, these publish the lowest ranges of anything that asks for it.
- 70%LaurentianÉducation concurrente et Administration des affaires – moyen/intermédiare
- 70%UOFBachelor in Mental Health (Hon)
- 70%UOFBachelor of Business Administration (Hon)
- 70%UOFBachelor of Social Work
- 70%UOFCommunications and Digital Media (Hon)
- 70%UOFConcurrent Bachelor of Education (BA - BEd): Intermediate–Senior (IS)
- 70%UOFConcurrent Bachelor of Education (BA - BEd): Junior–Intermediate (JI)
- 70%UOFConcurrent Bachelor of Education (BA - BEd): Primary–Junior (PJ)
- 70%LakeheadConcurrent Education (Intermediate/Senior – Teach Grades 7 to 12) (Thunder Bay)
- 70%LakeheadConcurrent Education (Primary/Junior) (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70%UOFEconomy and Social Innovation (Hon)
- 70%LakeheadEnglish (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70%LakeheadFrench (Thunder Bay)
- 70%UOFHuman plurality (Hon)
- 70%LaurentianOrthophonie
Other languages courses
The calculator knows which of your six targets need FIF4U, 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.