Do you need MCV4U for university in Ontario?
MCV4U is Calculus and Vectors, a Grade 12 mathematics course.
611 of the 1,578 Ontario university programs whose prerequisites we could read require Calculus and Vectors — 39%. The other 967 do not.
Require it
611
Share of programs
39%
Campuses
29
What you can still apply to without it
967 programs do not ask for MCV4U, with published ranges starting at 65%. Biggest subject areas among them:
- 118 Interdisciplinary Studies63% of that subject
- 107 Business Studies55% of that subject
- 91 Media and Communication Studies95% of that subject
- 87 Law & Criminology90% of that subject
- 84 Education Studies79% of that subject
- 80 Politics89% of that subject
- 70 Psychology67% of that subject
- 68 Social Policy92% of that subject
- 67 Sociology89% of that subject
- 57 English Studies83% of that subject
- 53 Environmental Studies46% of that subject
- 49 Economics52% of that subject
Where it is required
The subjects that ask for MCV4U most often, and how much of each one does.
- 100General or Integrated Engineering96%
- 95Computer Science71%
- 88Business Studies45%
- 87Mathematics96%
- 68Interdisciplinary Studies37%
- 67Biological Sciences74%
- 67Chemistry78%
- 62Environmental Studies54%
- 55Human Biology65%
- 50Others in Subjects Related to Medicine56%
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.
- St. Jerome's2 of 2100%
- McMaster41 of 4787%
- Queen's19 of 2673%
- Waterloo34 of 4772%
- U of T (Scarborough)13 of 1872%
- U of T (St. George)18 of 2669%
- Huron2 of 367%
- Laurier (Milton)2 of 367%
- Carleton29 of 4564%
- Lakehead27 of 4363%
- Ontario Tech94 of 15361%
- RMC3 of 560%
- U of T (Mississauga)7 of 1258%
- Ottawa130 of 24852%
- Western9 of 1850%
- TMU25 of 6439%
- Windsor25 of 6638%
- Laurier (Waterloo)12 of 3238%
- Nipissing11 of 3333%
- Guelph15 of 4831%
- UOF3 of 1030%
- Brock25 of 8629%
- York (Glendon)5 of 1729%
- King's2 of 825%
- York24 of 10423%
- York (Markham)2 of 922%
- Trent26 of 15916%
- Trent (Durham)3 of 516%
- Laurentian3 of 645%
Lowest ranges that require MCV4U
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
- 70–73%Ontario TechAccounting
- 70–73%Ontario TechAccounting (Co-op)
- 70%TrentAcounting & Economics
- 70%WindsorActuarial Science
- 70%LakeheadAnthropology (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70–73%Ontario TechApplied Biotechnology
- 70–73%Ontario TechApplied Biotechnology (Co-op)
- 70–75%LakeheadApplied Life Sciences (Thunder Bay and Orillia)
- 70–73%Ontario TechAstrophysics
- 70–73%Ontario TechAstrophysics (Co-op)
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Arts
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce
- 70%UOFBachelor of Business Administration (Hon)
- 70%NipissingBachelor of Science
Other mathematics courses
The calculator knows which of your six targets need MCV4U, 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.