Does Western count night school, summer school and online courses?
We will accept online, summer, night and private school courses as long as the school is accredited through the Ontario Ministry of Education and offers the same rigorous curriculum and level of instruction that they would receive from their day school.
When students take courses outside of a regular day school, it is their responsibility to ensure that all in-progress and final grades are uploaded to their OUAC Undergraduate application by the appropriate deadlines.
Western University, quoted from the OUAC guide for guidance counsellors, September 2026 entry.
How that compares
Western 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 Western 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.