Economics at Waterloo
Not directly. At University of Waterloo you apply to Honours Arts, then choose economics at the end of first year.
The program you actually apply to
Honours Arts (Regular/Co-op)
77–80%OUAC WACo-op available
Prerequisites
- Any Grade 12 U English (min. 70%)
When you choose economics
At the end of first year.
What to watch for
No Economics admission code. "Apply to Honours Arts or Honours Arts and Business and choose Economics as your major at the end of first year." Honours Arts asks only for any 4U English at 70%, but Waterloo strongly recommends Advanced Functions and Calculus and Vectors because economics is mathematically intensive — you can make them up in first year if you did not take them. If you want the quantitative version, Mathematical Economics is a different route entirely: a major inside the Mathematics code (wm), with calculus required for admission rather than merely recommended.
The same application also gets you to
Honours Arts (Regular/Co-op) is the entry point for 9 other majors at Waterloo. You are not choosing between these at application time.
Economics at the other campuses
Compare the entry programs side by side →- AlgomaDirect entry65%
- BrockDirect entry73–77%
- CarletonDirect entry75%
- Guelphvia Bachelor of Arts (BA) Honours (GK)75–80%
- LakeheadDirect entry70%
- LaurentianDirect entry70%
- Laurier (Waterloo)Direct entry80–83%
- McMasterDirect entry80–87%
- Nipissingvia Bachelor of Arts (PA)70%
- Ontario Technot offered at Ontario Tech
- Queen'sDirect entry83–87%
- TMUDirect entry70–75%
- TrentDirect entry70%
- U of T (Mississauga)via Social Sciences73–80%
- U of T (Scarborough)via Management83–90%
- U of T (St. George)via Social Sciences83–90%
- Westernvia Social Science (EO)80–87%
- WindsorDirect entry70%
- YorkDirect entry73–77%
Entry routes were researched against each university’s own program pages in 2026-08-16. Waterloo’s page. Faculties restructure — confirm before you apply.