Admission Requirements for Medical Schools in Canada

Medical school admission requirements change frequently, so please check the school's website for the most up to date information. Here are the basic admission requirements for each school in Canada as of June 2014.

Medical Schools in Ontario

Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine (McMaster University)

• No required courses
• MCAT required: only verbal reasoning

Northern Ontario School of Medicine

• No required courses
• MCAT not required

University of Ottawa

• 2 semesters of humanities or social sciences
• 4 semesters of courses from:
• Biochemistry (without lab)
• General chemistry (with lab)
• Organic chemistry (with lab)
• 2 semesters of biology/zoology with lab
• MCAT not required

Queen's University

• No required courses
• MCAT required

University of Toronto

• 4 semesters of life sciences (example: biology, biochemistry)
• 2 semesters of humanities or social sciences
• MCAT required: as a cutoff for interviews

Schulich School of Medicine (Western University)

• No required courses
• MCAT required

Medical Schools Outside of Ontario

University of Alberta

• 2 semesters of chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, physics and English
• 1 semester of statistics and biochemistry
• MCAT required

The University of British Columbia

• 2 semesters of English, biology, chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry
• MCAT required

University of Calgary

• No required courses
• MCAT required

Dalhousie University

• iNo required courses
• MCAT required

University of Manitoba

• 2 semesters of biochemistry
• MCAT required

McGill University

• 2 semesters with lab of biology, physics and chemistry
• 1 semester of organic chemistry with labs
• recommended: biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology and statistics
• MCAT is optional

Memorial University

• 2 semesters of English
• MCAT required

University of Saskatchewan

• No required courses
• MCAT required