Studying History in Ontario
You can’t always apply to history directly. Some universities admit you straight into it; others admit you into a broad first-year category and you choose history later. That difference is why searching for a major by name can make it look like a university doesn’t offer it.
Apply broad, choose history later
Western University
Apply to Social Science (EO)
You choose history at the end of first year, during Intent to Register in March.
Counterintuitive but confirmed in the Academic Calendar: Western's Department of History is in the Faculty of SOCIAL SCIENCE, not Arts & Humanities. Applying to Arts & Humanities (EA) because history 'feels like a humanity' puts you in the wrong faculty. Jewish Studies and the Minor in Public History live here too, and International Relations is jointly run with Political Science.
https://welcome.uwo.ca/what-can-i-study/undergraduate-programs/social-science.htmlQueen's University
Apply to Arts (QA)
You choose history during Plan Selection in May at the end of first year.
You do not apply to History from Grade 12 — you apply to Arts with English 4U plus five 4U/4M courses, take a broad first year, then request History on SOLUS during the May 19-29 Plan Selection window.
https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/undergraduate/first-year-students/plan-selectionMcMaster University
Apply to Humanities I
You choose history at the end of first year.
No separate History application from Grade 12 — Humanities I is the only door, and you pick your program in the spring of first year.
https://future.mcmaster.ca/programs/humanities/University of Toronto — St. George
Apply to Humanities
You choose history at the end of first year.
Confirmed in the calendar: the History Major and Specialist are both limited enrolment with their own first-year requirements. It is not the automatic fallback humanities program students assume it is. Only ENG4U is needed to apply.
https://future.utoronto.ca/program/history/University of Toronto — Mississauga
Apply to Humanities
You choose history after first year (4.0 credits).
History is Humanities (TMH), but History & Political Science is filed under Social Sciences (TMS) — two different Grade 12 applications for two very similar-sounding programs.
https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/future-students/programs/historyUniversity of Toronto — Scarborough
Apply to Social Sciences & Humanities (OUAC TUD)
You choose history end of first year, on ACORN.
Entry point is TUD, not in this dataset. Grade 12 English only, mid 70s; co-op option at high 70s.
https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/admissions/programs/historyUniversity of Waterloo
Apply to Honours Arts
You choose history at the end of first year.
An Honours Arts major. Related-sounding majors — Classical Studies, Medieval Studies — are separate declarations under the same Honours Arts code, not concentrations inside History.
https://uwaterloo.ca/future-students/programs/history
Read off each university’s own admissions pages, and covering the seven campuses Ontario students apply to most. Entry structures change — confirm with the university before you build a timetable around one. Search all programs.