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Which Ontario universities give automatic entrance scholarships?

Most Ontario universities award entrance money automatically on your admission average, with no application and no essay. What differs is which average they use — top six, prerequisites included or not — and whether the award renews if you keep your marks up.

Every answer below is what the university tells Ontario guidance counsellors, quoted from the OUAC guide for September 2026 entry. It isn’t published on their student pages. Rules like this change rarely; dates don’t — check any date here with the university. Where this comes from.

What each of the 22 universities says

Top 6 Grade 12 U/M courses are automatically considered for our entrance awards. Awards are renewable for up to 4 years, up to the maximum value, if the student maintains an average listed within the award level, based on full-time studies. | www.algomau.ca/awards

Brock Scholars Awards are automatic for all incoming students entering their first undergraduate program with an admission average of 85% or higher.

Award values range from $3,000 to $7,000.

We adjust awards based on final admission averages.

We will automatically consider admitted high school students who have an admission average of 80% or higher for a renewable Entrance Scholarship.

Entrance Scholarships are renewable over the first 4 years of an undergraduate degree with an A- standing (10.0 annual grade point average).

Guaranteed entrance scholarships for full-time, first-year students with an admission average of 80% or higher in Grade 12 U/M courses (or equivalent).

Entrance scholarships range from $750 to free domestic tuition. These scholarships are renewable annually, provided the student maintains scholarship average. www.lakeheadu.ca/studentcentral/financing-budgeting/ entrance-scholarships-for-future-new-students

We offer guaranteed entrance scholarships to all full-time, first-year students entering directly into an undergraduate degree program from high school with an average of 75% or higher.

Academic Access Award: One-time $750 award for Canadian high school applicants to Laurentian with an average of 75 to 79% in their 6 best 4U/M courses.

Academic Excellence Scholarship: Ranges from $1,000 to $4,000 per year. The student must present a minimum of 80% in their 6 best 4U/M courses. These scholarships are renewable, provided the student maintains an average of 80% or higher in subsequent years.

Francophone Excellence Awards: Students will receive $1,250 per year. The student must present a minimum of 80% in their 6 best 4U/M courses, including required courses for their program. They must register in 24 university credits, (i.e., 80% of a full course load) taught in French in their first year. To renew the award, the student must maintain an 80% GPA in subsequent years and register in a minimum of 24 credits taught in French.

Guaranteed entrance scholarships are based on final admission averages. All awards are non-renewable. https://registrar.mcmaster.ca/entrance-awards

Guaranteed to all high school students admitted to fulltime studies with a minimum final average of 80% or higher in their best six 4U/M courses, not including prerequisites, or an IB score of 30 or higher (including bonus points).

Students with 95% or higher (IB score of 39 or higher) will receive free domestic tuition. These scholarships are automatic and do not require an application. www.nipissingu.ca/highschoolawards

We do not offer guaranteed entrance scholarships.

We give Automatic Awards of Recognition to Canadian high school students, and recent graduates who present an average of 85% or higher.

Awards are based on the student's top six 4U/M (or equivalent) final grades and range in value from $1,000 to $4,000.

We award entrance scholarships of $7,000 based on academic excellence to students who are in the top 3% of the competitive admission average for each first-entry undergraduate degree program.

International Admission Awards: Awards of up to $100,000 over 4 years are available for international students entering their first year of an undergraduate degree on a study permit. www.queensu.ca/registrar/financial-aid/ specific-students/international

We admit candidates to RMC in the ROTP. www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/registrars-office/ regular-officer-training-plan-rotp

https://ustpaul.ca/en/scholarships-2

Students attending a Canadian high school are eligible for guaranteed and renewable entrance scholarships.

Grade ranges, terms and conditions: www.torontomu.ca/scholarships

Awarded to Canadian citizens and permanent residents (landed immigrants) entering their first year at Trent directly from a Canadian high school. o Full Tuition for 95% or higher (renews at $4,000 per year) o $3,000 for 90-94% o $2,000 for 8589% o $1,500 for 80-84%

All entrance scholarships are renewable annually for domestic students. | www.trentu.ca/financialaid

All students entering the first semester of an undergraduate degree for the first time are automatically considered for a U of G Entrance Scholarship, based on admission average.

Entrance scholarships for Canadian citizens and permanent residents, and for international students: www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/finances-fees/scholarships-bursaries

Renewable Entrance Scholarship (up to $17,000).

We automatically consider applicants with an admission average of 75% or higher.

Admission Scholarship ($1,000-$3,000): Awarded automatically to Canadian students with 85-100% admission averages.

International English Admission Scholarship ($15,000 per year): Awarded automatically to international students enrolled in an English language bachelor's program in a direct-entry faculty and admitted with an average of at least 80%.

International English Academic Excellence Scholarship ($10,000, renewable): 100 scholarships for international students who have 90% on their average will be considered.

The 2 English International Scholarships can be combined.

More than 1,100 admission awards ranging in value from $10,000 to $15,000, which may be held in conjunction with any admission award that students may receive from their college or faculty, if the division permits.

Participating faculties automatically consider international students for the International Scholar Awards and International Merit Admission Award. | https://uoft.me/internationalscholarships

NEW! International fee-paying students admitted to full-time, first-year degree studies starting September 2026 will receive $10,000 for their first-year studies. No application is required: https://uwaterloo.ca/future-students/financing/ international-scholarships

Students with an admission average of 85% or higher are eligible for scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $2,000. We calculate this average using the top six 4U/M or equivalent courses, including each of the required courses for the program(s) of admission. www.uwaterloo.ca/future/financing/scholarships

If a student's final grades are higher than their mid-May grades, we will upgrade their scholarship(s). We do not downgrade or cancel entrance scholarship offers based on final grades, provided the student fulfills all conditions on their offer of admission.

Our Automatic Admission Scholarships are based on admission averages. Some are renewable. They are open to both domestic and international students.

International students joining Western from Canadian high schools could receive the $40,000 Continue in Canada Admission Scholarship. Students are considered automatically.

Western's Admission Scholarships for Black Students and Indigenous Students range from, $12,000 to $26,000 over 4 years. Students are automatically considered but need to self-identify.

More scholarship details: registrar.uwo.ca/scholarships.

We automatically assess students for an entrance scholarship when they apply to Laurier. Scholarships are based on admission average, as of July 2026, and no application is required. The value of the entrance scholarship is split between the first 2 full-time terms of study. | www.wlu.ca/scholarships

Renewable Automatic Entrance Scholarship amounts are based on final admission average and range in value from $1,000 to $3,500 per year.

Automatic Entrance Scholarships are now renewable at all tiers to recipients who maintain the minimum required grade point average (GPA).

Notes: o If a student's GPA drops below the renewability threshold, they can now regain their Automatic Entrance Scholarship for the following academic year once they bring their GPA back up to the minimum required. o A student's total award value over 4 years will vary between $4,000 and $14,000. o All students entering with a final admission average of 80% or higher will be eligible to receive a $1,500 Study Abroad Award (packaged with the Automatic Entrance Scholarship) if they participate in a formal exchange experience.

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