Canadian GPA Converter
Enter your Canadian percentage marks or letter grades and course credits, choose a published scale, and get a credit-weighted GPA on the 4.0 scale with the grade points behind it. Canada has no national scale, so you can compare the University of Toronto table with UBC's bands scored with Alberta's letter values. Free, no sign-up.
Canada has no national scale. These are two published ones; the university or application service you apply to decides which applies.
Your courses
Result
2.95
GPA (4.0 scale)
75.83
Weighted average mark
B
Letter for the average
18
Credits counted
| Course | Mark % | Letter | Grade points | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course 1 | 92 | A+ | 4.0 | 3 |
| Course 2 | 84 | A− | 3.7 | 3 |
| Course 3 | 78 | B+ | 3.3 | 3 |
| Course 4 | 71 | B− | 2.7 | 3 |
| Course 5 | 65 | C | 2.0 | 6 |
| Mark from | Letter | Grade points |
|---|---|---|
| 90 | A+ | 4.0 |
| 85 | A | 4.0 |
| 80 | A− | 3.7 |
| 77 | B+ | 3.3 |
| 73 | B | 3.0 |
| 70 | B− | 2.7 |
| 67 | C+ | 2.3 |
| 63 | C | 2.0 |
| 60 | C− | 1.7 |
| 57 | D+ | 1.3 |
| 53 | D | 1.0 |
| 50 | D− | 0.7 |
| 0 | F | 0.0 |
Professional and graduate application services, such as OMSAS for Ontario medical schools, re-convert grades with their own university-by-university tables, so their GPA can differ from this one.
How to Use the Canadian GPA Converter
- 1. Choose a scale. The University of Toronto table is the usual Ontario 4.0 reference. The second option applies the University of Alberta's four-point letter values to UBC's percentage bands.
- 2. Say what you have. Enter percentage marks, or switch to letter grades if your transcript shows only letters.
- 3. Enter your courses. One row per course with its mark or letter and its credits. Use half-credit values like 0.5 or 3-credit and 6-credit values as your university does.
- 4. Read the result. You get the credit-weighted GPA, the average mark and its letter when you entered percentages, and a table showing the grade points for every course.
There Is No Single Canadian GPA
Each Canadian university sets its own grading scheme, and some report percentages, some letters and some a nine-point scale. The University of Alberta, for example, has used a letter system with a four-point scale of numerical equivalents since September 2003, and publishes no percentage ranges for it. UBC publishes percentage bands for each letter and says nothing about grade points. The University of Toronto publishes all three: percentage, letter and grade point value.
| Percentage (Toronto) | Letter | Points | Percentage (UBC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90–100 | A+ | 4.0 | 90–100 |
| 85–89 | A | 4.0 | 85–89 |
| 80–84 | A− | 3.7 | 80–84 |
| 77–79 | B+ | 3.3 | 76–79 |
| 73–76 | B | 3.0 | 72–75 |
| 70–72 | B− | 2.7 | 68–71 |
| 67–69 | C+ | 2.3 | 64–67 |
| 63–66 | C | 2.0 | 60–63 |
| 60–62 | C− | 1.7 | 55–59 |
| 57–59 | D+ | 1.3 | no band |
| 53–56 | D | 1.0 | 50–54 |
| 50–52 | D− | 0.7 | no band |
| 0–49 | F | 0.0 | 0–49 |
University of Toronto Mississauga, Office of the Registrar, Final Grades (percentage, letter and grade point value). UBC Academic Calendar, Grading Practices, Introduction (percentage bands, no grade points). Grade points for the UBC column are the four-point letter values published by the University of Alberta Registrar's Grade Comparison Guide, which has no D− and no percentages.
The two percentage columns agree at the top and disagree in the middle: a 78 is a B+ on both, but a 76 is a B+ at UBC and a B at Toronto, and a 65 is a C+ at UBC and a C at Toronto. For a single course the gap can be 0.3 of a grade point.
Worked Example
Marks of 92, 84, 78 and 71 in 3-credit courses and 65 in a 6-credit course, 18 credits in all. On the Toronto scale the grades are A+, A−, B+, B− and C, and the GPA is (4.0 × 3 + 3.7 × 3 + 3.3 × 3 + 2.7 × 3 + 2.0 × 6) ÷ 18 = 2.95. On UBC's bands with Alberta's values the 65 becomes a C+ worth 2.3, and the GPA is 3.05. The credit-weighted average mark is 75.83, a B on both scales.
Application services re-convert your grades
The Ontario Universities' Application Centre says OMSAS converts grades to a 4.0 scale with its own undergraduate conversion table, set for each university, so the GPA a medical school sees can differ from the one calculated here. Other programmes may use their own conversions too. Use the receiving institution's published method when there is one.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I convert my Canadian percentage to a 4.0 GPA?
- Find your university's scale, convert each percentage to a letter and grade points, then average the points weighted by credits. On the University of Toronto scale, 85 to 100 is 4.0, 80 to 84 is 3.7, 77 to 79 is 3.3 and 73 to 76 is 3.0. Another university's table can give different points.
- What is an 80% in GPA?
- On the University of Toronto scale an 80 is an A−, 3.7. At UBC it is also an A−, and with the University of Alberta's letter values that is 3.7 as well. Many other tables treat 80 differently, so check the one your target uses.
- What is the Ontario 4.0 scale?
- Universities do not share one scale, but the University of Toronto's is a common Ontario reference: A+ 90 to 100 and A 85 to 89 are 4.0, A− is 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B− 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C− 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0, D− 0.7. The converter offers it as the Ontario reference.
- How does the Alberta 4.0 scale work?
- The University of Alberta grades with letters and gives each a four-point value: A+ and A 4.0, A− 3.7, B+ 3.3, B 3.0, B− 2.7, C+ 2.3, C 2.0, C− 1.7, D+ 1.3, D 1.0 and F 0.0. Choose letter grades in the converter and select the Alberta-based scale to use these values directly.
- Does UBC use a 4.0 GPA?
- UBC's calendar publishes percentage bands for each letter grade and does not publish grade points. The second scale here scores UBC's bands with the four-point values Alberta publishes for the same letters, and says so, so treat it as an approximation of a 4.0 GPA, not a UBC figure.
- Is this the GPA that medical or graduate schools use?
- Not necessarily. Application services such as OMSAS re-convert grades with their own university-specific tables, and a school may calculate a different GPA from the one the service reports. Check the programme's admission criteria before relying on any converter.