OCAD GPA scale
OCAD University records percentages, not grade points. The letters below are the bands its calendar draws on those percentages — an A starts at 90% — with the passing grade and how the average is computed.
This is the scale you are graded on once you arrive. It is not the average you are admitted on — Ontario universities admit on your Grade 12 percentage average, and OCAD’s admission requirements are on their own page.
100%
top of the scale
%
recorded as percentages
13
letter bands
The scale, as the registrar prints it
From Senate Policy 2.13 — Grading: Undergraduate (latest revision approved May 2025, effective September 2025), read 2026-08-22. The source.
| Letter | Percentage | Note |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 90–100 | Exceptional |
| A | 85–89 | Excellent |
| A− | 80–84 | |
| B+ | 77–79 | Good |
| B | 74–76 | |
| B− | 70–73 | |
| C+ | 67–69 | Satisfactory |
| C | 64–66 | |
| C− | 60–63 | |
| D+ | 57–59 | Poor |
| D | 54–56 | |
| D− | 50–53 | |
| F | 0–49 |
What passes at OCAD
D− (50–53) is the lowest passing band; 0–49 is F.
How OCAD computes your average
“OCAD University uses a numerical grading system based upon percentages, with the exception of courses designated as Pass/Fail. For the purposes of faculty/student communication, numerical grades may be translated into letter grades.”
Worth knowing before first year
- OCAD's B and C bands are cut one point differently from everyone else's (B 74–76, C 64–66) — a 73 is a B− here and a B at Guelph. The policy has no grade-point column; there is no GPA.
The same mark at other campuses
Where a 95, 85, 78, 72, 65 lands at OCAD and at the other universities that publish percentage bands. Useful when comparing scholarship-renewal or program-entry thresholds written in different currencies.
| Campus | 95% | 85% | 78% | 72% | 65% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCADpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| McMaster12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| Queen's4.3 | A+ · 4.3 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| U of T (St. George)4.0 | A+ · 4.0 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| Westernpercentage | A+ | A | B | B | C |
| Carleton12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| Ottawa10-point | A+ · 10 | A · 9 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Laurier (Waterloo)12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| TMU4.33 | A+ · 4.33 | A · 4.00 | B+ · 3.33 | B− · 2.67 | C · 2.00 |
| Guelphpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| Guelph-Humberpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| York9-point | A+ · 9 | A · 8 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Brockpercentage | A | A | B | B | C |
| Windsorpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| Trentpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| Lakeheadpercentage | A+ | A | B | B | C |
| Laurentian10-point | A+ · 10 | A · 9 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Ontario Tech4.3 | A+ · 4.3 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| Nipissingpercentage | A | A | B | B | C |
| Algomapercentage | A+ | A− | B+ | B− | C |
| RMCpercentage | A+ | A− | B+ | B− | C |
Waterloo is not in the table: it has no letters, so a 78 is a 78.