Does Waterloo count night school, summer school and online courses?
We accept all approved courses through schools accredited by the Ministry of Education.
Once students have applied, we may ask them to identify courses they have taken or are taking outside of regular day school and to explain why. Taking required courses in summer school could negatively affect a student's application to some programs. www.uwaterloo.ca/future/repeated-courses
University of Waterloo, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
Waterloo accepts them but reserves the right to ask questions. Only 1 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
7 universities accept them but enforce a hard cut-off date
Lakehead, McMaster, Nipissing, OCAD, TMU, Western, Laurier (Waterloo)
This is what Waterloo 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.