Studying Medical Sciences in Ontario
You can’t always apply to medical sciences directly. Some universities admit you straight into it; others admit you into a broad first-year category and you choose medical sciences 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 medical sciences later
Apply to Life Science & Biochemistry (QL)
You choose medical sciences at Plan Selection after first year, when you choose a Life Sciences plan and sub-plan such as Biomedical Sciences.
Queen's does not use the name "Medical Sciences" — that is Western's program name, and searching it at Queen's returns nothing. The equivalent pre-med style degrees are Life Sciences (QL) and the Bachelor of Health Sciences (QH). Marked as non-direct because there is no Medical Sciences code to apply to: you enter QL and pick a plan plus sub-plan (Biomedical Sciences is the closest fit) after first year. QL requires English 4U, Calculus and Vectors 4U, Biology 4U and Chemistry 4U; QH requires Bio, Chem, English at 80% and one of the two maths.
https://healthsci.queensu.ca/liscbchm/life-sciences/degree-plansApply to Life Sciences Gateway
You choose medical sciences at the end of first year.
McMaster has no undergraduate program called Medical Sciences — that is a Western/Queen's name. The equivalent pre-med route here is the Life Sciences Gateway, or Honours Health Sciences if you can get in. Two things not to mistake for it: 'Medicine' on McMaster's site is the MD program, which you cannot enter from Grade 12, and Honours Medical Radiation Sciences is a specific imaging and radiation therapy degree, not a general medical science route.
https://future.mcmaster.ca/programs/lifesci/University of Toronto — St. George
Apply to Life Sciences (including Psychology)
You choose medical sciences at the end of first year.
U of T St. George has no Medical Sciences degree — that program page does not exist, unlike Western's BMSc. Students aiming at medicine apply to Life Sciences and then take Human Biology, Health and Disease, Physiology, Pharmacology or Immunology. The MD itself is applied to after a bachelor's degree.
https://future.utoronto.ca/program/human-biology/University of Toronto — Mississauga
Apply to Life Sciences
You choose medical sciences after first year (4.0 credits).
UTM has no 'Medical Sciences' program — that name belongs to Western's BMSc. Pre-med students at UTM apply to Life Sciences and typically take Biology for Health Sciences; medical school is a separate graduate-entry application after your degree.
https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/future-students/programs/biology-health-sciencesUniversity of Toronto — Scarborough
Apply to Life Sciences
You choose medical sciences end of first year, on ACORN.
No program at UTSC is called medical sciences. Pre-med students usually take Human Biology or Molecular Biology, Immunology and Disease under Life Sciences, often in the Health Sciences stream (TXD). Human Biology's specialist requires Grade 12 Calculus & Vectors and is limited-enrolment.
https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/admissions/programs/human-biologyApply to Health Sciences (CHS)
You choose medical sciences inside the Health Sciences degree, as the Biomedical Sciences concentration.
Carleton has no medical sciences degree. Biomedical Sciences is a concentration within Health Sciences (CHS, 80-85%), which is the usual pre-health route. Biomedical and Electrical / Mechanical Engineering are engineering degrees, not medical ones.
https://admissions.carleton.ca/cu-programs/Wilfrid Laurier University — Waterloo
Apply to Health Sciences (BSc) (UZK)
You choose medical sciences inside Health Sciences — Laurier has no medical sciences degree.
Laurier has no medical sciences programme. Health Sciences (UZK, low-80s) is the pre-health route; Biochemistry and Biotechnology (UBI) is the lab-science one.
https://www.wlu.ca/programs/index.htmlApply to Chemistry (includes Medical Sciences) (AF)
You choose medical sciences on the application — Medical Sciences is a stream inside Chemistry at Lakehead.
Lakehead has no standalone medical sciences degree. Its own listing places Medical Sciences as a stream inside Chemistry (AF, 70%, Thunder Bay). It is an undergraduate science route, not entry to medicine. Lakehead has two campuses and many programmes run at only one: check the campus in the programme name before you apply, because Thunder Bay and Orillia are 1,400 km apart.
https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/undergraduate-programsApply to not offered at Nipissing
Nipissing has no medical sciences, biomedical or health sciences degree. Biology, chosen inside the Bachelor of Science (PS), and Nursing (PSN) are the nearest.
https://future.nipissingu.ca/programs/Apply to not offered at Algoma
Algoma has no medical, biomedical or health sciences programme. Biology (JGA) is the nearest.
https://algomau.ca/academics/programs/Apply to not offered at Trent Durham
Not at Durham; Biomedical Science (RBS) is at the Peterborough campus.
https://www.trentu.ca/durham/
Apply straight to medical sciences
You apply straight to Medical Sciences (ESM) from Grade 12, but understand what you are buying: ESM covers Years 1-2 only, and the Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree is a second-entry program you join in Year 3. ESM's advantage over Science (ES) is assured Year-3 BMSc entry if you finish Year-2 core courses with at least an 80% average and no mark below 60%; from ES you take the same courses but compete for Year-3 seats. Requires ENG4U, MCV4U, SBI4U and SCH4U; SPH4U recommended. Applying to both ES and ESM does not hurt your Medical Sciences chances — Western assesses each choice independently.
Two traps on this search term. First, Waterloo now has a literal "Medical Sciences (Waterloo) and Doctor of Medicine (St. George's University)" admission program starting September 2026 — two years at Waterloo then four at SGU in Grenada, and you apply through SGU first before being sent to OUAC, so it is not a normal Waterloo application at all. If you meant a regular Canadian undergrad science degree, the answer is Biomedical Sciences: direct entry, Faculty of Science, deliberately REGULAR ONLY with no co-op so you reach medical, pharmacy, optometry or dental school sooner. Advanced Functions and Calculus and Vectors plus two sciences, admission average low 80s. Second, do not confuse it with Biomedical Engineering, a co-op-only Engineering program with an entirely different application.
Bio-Medical Science (BSc) Honours (GZB)
Bio-Medical Science has its own code and is one of the two highest BSc ranges at Guelph, 85-91%. It is a common pre-med route but it is an undergraduate science degree, not entry to medicine.
Biomedical Science (BSc) (YSW)
Biomedical Science is direct entry at low-to-mid 80s, co-op available. It is an undergraduate science degree and a common pre-med route, not entry to medicine.
Medical Sciences is direct entry at mid-70s — unusually, it has its own code rather than being a stream inside another degree. It is an undergraduate science degree, not entry to medicine.
Biomedical Sciences is direct entry at 80-85%, co-op available. Medical Physics (SMP, 70-75%) is the physics-side alternative. Both are undergraduate science degrees, not entry to medicine.
Biomedical Sciences is direct entry at a 70% minimum. It is an undergraduate science degree and a common pre-health route, not entry to medicine. 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.
Biomedical Science is direct entry at low-70s (DUC co-op). Medical Laboratory Science (DHL, low-80s) is the accredited clinical-lab degree. Both are undergraduate science degrees, not entry to medicine.
Biomedical Science is direct entry at a 75% minimum, and Trent names it as a limited-enrolment programme where 'fulfillment of the minimum requirements does not necessarily guarantee admission'. The Medical Professional Stream (RKA, 80% minimum) is the structured pre-med route. Both are undergraduate science degrees, not entry to medicine.
Biomedical Biology is direct entry at 70% (LBB in French). It is an undergraduate science degree and a common pre-health route, not entry to medicine. Laurentian is bilingual and publishes most programmes twice — an English code and a French code, usually at the same range. Apply to the language you will study in.
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.