Queen's GPA scale
Queen's University grades on a 4.3 scale: an A+ is 4.3, an A is 4.0, and the table below is the registrar's own, 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 Queen's’s admission requirements are on their own page.
4.3
top of the scale
GPA
what the transcript carries
13
letter bands
The scale, as the registrar prints it
From Office of the University Registrar — Official GPA Grading Scale (scale effective May 1, 2011), read 2026-08-22. The source.
| Letter | Grade points | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 4.3 | 90–100 |
| A | 4.0 | 85–89.9 |
| A− | 3.7 | 80–84.9 |
| B+ | 3.3 | 77–79.9 |
| B | 3.0 | 73–76.9 |
| B− | 2.7 | 70–72.9 |
| C+ | 2.3 | 67–69.9 |
| C | 2.0 | 63–66.9 |
| C− | 1.7 | 60–62.9 |
| D+ | 1.3 | 57–59.9 |
| D | 1.0 | 53–56.9 |
| D− | 0.7 | 50–52.9 |
| F | 0.0 | 0–49.9 |
What passes at Queen's
The registrar's page gives program minimums rather than one rule: C− for medicine and nursing, B− for graduate studies.
How Queen's computes your average
Letter grades carry grade points on the 4.3 scale; “P/F grades are not factored into the calculation of the GPA.” “Effective January 7, 2014, a student's cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) will no longer appear on the Queen's University official transcript.”
Worth knowing before first year
- Queen's moved every faculty from percentages to the 4.3 letter scale on May 1, 2011 — the A+ is worth more than an A, unlike at U of T.
- Your cumulative GPA is computed but has not been printed on the transcript since January 2014.
The same mark at other campuses
Where a 95, 85, 78, 72, 65 lands at Queen's 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's4.3 | A+ · 4.3 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| McMaster12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| 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 |
| OCADpercentage | 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.