Does OCAD count night school, summer school and online courses?
Provided that the course is completed at a Ministryinspected and -approved institution, we will accept Grade 12 U/M courses regardless of how or where students take them. Final official documents are due in July or August each year.
OCAD University, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
OCAD accepts them but enforces a hard cut-off date. Only 7 of the 23 Ontario universities that answer this do, so it is worth knowing before you assume the common rule applies.
13 universities accept them as equal, provided the school is Ministry-inspected
Algoma, Brock, Carleton, Laurentian, Queen's, RMC, Trent, Guelph, Guelph-Humber, Ottawa, U of T (St. George), Windsor, York
1 university accepts them but reserves the right to ask questions
Waterloo
This is what OCAD tells Ontario guidance counsellors; it is not published on their student pages. Rules like this change rarely, but confirm anything you are about to act on.