Western GPA scale
Western 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 Western’s admission requirements are on their own page.
100%
top of the scale
%
recorded as percentages
6
letter bands
2
affiliates on this scale
The scale, as the registrar prints it
From Senate Academic Policy — Marks/Grades; Grading Scale for Undergraduate Students (effective September 1, 2024 (supersedes September 2015)), read 2026-08-22. The source.
| Letter | Percentage | Note |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 90–100 | |
| A | 80–89 | |
| B | 70–79 | |
| C | 60–69 | |
| D | 50–59 | |
| F | below 50 | or assigned when course is dropped with academic penalty |
What passes at Western
D, 50–59%. “F — below 50% or assigned when course is dropped with academic penalty.”
How Western computes your average
Marks are recorded and averaged as percentages; the letters are bands on the percentage, not a separate scale. There is no grade-point average at Western.
Worth knowing before first year
- Western does not compute a GPA. Your transcript is percentages, and the letter bands are ten points wide — an A is anything from 80 to 89.
- The policy names the affiliated colleges explicitly: Huron and King's grade on the same scale.
- Dentistry, Law and the MD program have their own grading policies.
The same scale applies at Huron and King's.
The same mark at other campuses
Where a 95, 85, 78, 72, 65 lands at Western 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westernpercentage | 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 |
| 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.