Studying Accounting in Ontario

Western University

Apply to DAN Management & Organizational Studies (ED)

You choose accounting after first year — you apply to your BMOS module.

The Academic Calendar is explicit: 'Students may not apply into any of the BMOS modules when they apply for admission to the University.' You apply to DAN MOS (ED) as a whole. After first year, a BMOS Specialization needs a 65% cumulative average; the Honours Specialization in Accounting needs a 73% average in the 3.0 principal first-year courses with no grade below 60%, and enrolment is limited — DAN warns that meeting the minimum does not guarantee acceptance. DAN offers all the courses required to pursue the CPA designation; the CPA Ontario-accredited credential is Western's separate Graduate Diploma in Accounting after the degree.

McMaster University

Apply to Business I

You choose accounting after your first two foundational years in Commerce.

There is no accounting application from Grade 12. You apply to Business I, complete two foundational years, then choose one of seven areas of focus (Accounting, Finance, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management, Strategic Management). Every Commerce student takes the intro accounting courses regardless.

University of Toronto — St. George

Apply to Rotman Commerce

You choose accounting after first year, when you select your specialist.

You never apply to Accounting from high school — U of T lists it as a BCom Specialist under code TAC. You apply to Rotman Commerce, then choose Accounting, Finance and Economics, or Management at the end of first year.

University of Toronto — Mississauga

Apply to Commerce & Management (TMG)

You choose accounting You don't pick Accounting on your OUAC application. You apply to the broad "Commerce & Management" (TMG) entry point, and then formally request the Accounting Specialist as your "Subject POSt" (Program of Study) once you're a UTM student — after completing the required first-year courses (Intro to Financial Accounting, Intro to Management Functions, an economics course, and a calculus course) with the minimum grade in each..

There's no separate OUAC code for accounting at UTM — it lives inside the "Commerce: Accounting - Specialist (BCom)" program, which is a limited-enrolment Subject POSt you apply for internally, not at OUAC application time. Entry is competitive: you need roughly 63% minimum in each of MGT120H5 (Intro to Financial Accounting), MGM101H5 (Intro to Management Functions), an economics prerequisite (ECO101H5+ECO102H5 or ECO100Y5), and a calculus course (MAT133Y5 or MAT135H5+MAT136H5), plus the department sets an annual competitive cutoff average on top of that minimum — so just passing first year isn't automatically enough to get into Accounting specifically. Also note this Accounting Specialist can't be combined with the Management (Major/Specialist), Digital Enterprise Management, or Human Resource Management Specialist programs, so students shouldn't assume they can double up.

University of Toronto — Scarborough

Apply to Management

You choose accounting end of first year, when you request the Management & Accounting specialist.

Management and Accounting is a specialist inside the BBA, not a separate OUAC choice. Same TSM application, same SAF, same Calculus & Vectors requirement, mid 80s. The specialist is CPA Canada accredited but is limited-enrolment.

Wilfrid Laurier University — Waterloo

Apply to Economics (UZE)

You choose accounting inside the Economics degree, as the Economics and Accounting stream.

Laurier has no standalone accounting degree from Grade 12. Economics and Accounting is a BA stream entered through Economics (UZE, low-80s). The Business Administration (BBA, UB, high-80s) is the other route and has an accounting concentration inside it. Note the gap: the BBA asks roughly eight points more.

York University

Apply to Business Administration (BBA) (YBA)

You choose accounting inside the BBA, as a specialization chosen after entry.

The Commerce (BCom) code this route previously used no longer appears on OUInfo for 2027 entry; the listed door into accounting at Keele is the Schulich BBA, which declares specializations after entry.

University of Windsor

Apply to Business Administration (NC)

You choose accounting inside the BComm, as a concentration chosen after admission.

Windsor has no standalone accounting code. Accounting is a concentration within Business Administration (NC), published at a 73% minimum, or 78% for the co-op version. Windsor publishes a minimum average rather than a range, and its own pages show the minimum is a floor for consideration, not the bar: Nursing is listed at 70% but Windsor recommends 85%, and Concurrent Education lists 75% while the admitted mean is 86%. For limited-enrolment programmes, treat the published number as the lowest you can apply with, not what gets you in.

Lakehead University

Apply to Business (ATT)

You choose accounting inside the Business degree, as a major chosen after admission.

Lakehead has no standalone accounting code. Accounting is a major inside the Honours Bachelor of Commerce (ATT, 70%), offered at both campuses; Lakehead's 'Declare a Major (For Business Students)' process handles it after entry.

Nipissing University

Apply to Bachelor of Business Administration (PBA)

You choose accounting inside the BBA, as a stream chosen after admission.

Nipissing has no accounting code. Accounting is a stream within the Bachelor of Business Administration (PBA, 70% minimum). A Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce (PAB) and a distance Bachelor of Commerce (PCO) also exist.

Trent University — Durham GTA

Apply to Bachelor of Business Administration (RDO)

You choose accounting inside the BBA, as a specialization chosen after admission.

Durham has no named accounting code; Business Administration (RDO, 70% minimum) declares specializations after entry. The named routes — Accounting & Economics (RDU) and BBA Accounting co-op (RDM) — run at the Peterborough campus.