Graduation Requirements

Last updated February 4th, 2013

Students must earn the following compulsory credits to obtain the Ontario Secondary
School Diploma:

  • 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)*
  • 3 credits in mathematics (1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
  • 2 credits in science
  • 1 credit in Canadian history
  • 1 credit in Canadian geography
  • 1 credit in the arts
  • 1 credit in health and physical education
  • 1 credit in French as a second language
  • 0.5 credit in career studies
  • 0.5 credit in civics

Plus one credit from each of the following groups:

  • New 1 additional credit (group 1): additional credit in English, or French
    as a second language,** or a Native language, or a classical or an international
    language, or social sciences and the humanities, or Canadian and world studies,
    or guidance and career education, or cooperative education***
  • New 1 additional credit (group 2): additional credit in health and physical
    education, or the arts, or business studies, or French as a second language,**
    or cooperative education***
  • New 1 additional credit (group 3): additional credit in science (Grade
    11 or 12), or technological education, or French as a second language,** or
    computer studies, or cooperative education***

In addition to the compulsory credits, students must complete:

  • 12 optional credits†
  • 40 hours of community involvement activities
  • the provincial literacy requirement