University applications.
What happens and when, for students applying for 2027 entry. Our guidance team runs this with every family, so nobody works through an application centre alone.
The year
What happens, and when.
Two kinds of date run through the year. A few need you to act. The rest happen to your file whether you do anything or not, including every date on which your marks travel from us to the universities.
- You
- Your school
- Universities
Autumn, Grade 12
September 26, 2026
YouOntario college applications open
October 15, 2026
YouUCAS deadline for Oxford, Cambridge, medicine, dentistry and veterinary
November 1, 2026
UniversitiesOntario colleges may start sending offers
November 19, 2026
Your schoolWe report the Grade 12 marks we have so far
Midterm or final marks for 4U and 4M courses.
November 26, 2026
UniversitiesUniversities receive those marks
Applying
January 13, 2027
YouUCAS deadline for all other courses
Equal consideration, 18:00 UK time.
January 15, 2027
YouOUAC application deadline
Apply by this date for equal consideration at every Ontario university.
January 21, 2027
UniversitiesUniversities receive your application and grades
February 1, 2027
YouOntario college equal consideration date
Also the cut-off for highly competitive programs.
Marks and offers
February 11, 2027
Your schoolWe report final first-semester marks
The last report most offers are decided on, so a first-semester retake has to be finished by now.
February 18, 2027
UniversitiesUniversities receive them
April 22, 2027
Your schoolWe report later and interim marks
May 1, 2027
YouAccept your Ontario college offer by this date
May 3, 2027
UniversitiesUniversities receive them
May 28, 2027
UniversitiesThe latest you can expect an answer from an Ontario university
An offer, a refusal or a deferral, if you applied by January 15.
June 1, 2027
YouThe earliest you can be required to accept an offer
No Ontario university can ask for a decision or a deposit before this date.
July 8, 2027
Your schoolWe report final marks for the year
August 2 to 31, 2027
Your schoolSummer school marks are collected from Ontario schools
Our semester and examination dates sit alongside these on important dates, and OUAC dates for 2027 explains the Ontario university timeline in more detail.
Who does what
Your part and ours.
We handle
Your accounts
Setting up OUAC and OCAS with you, and checking the application before it goes.
Transcripts
Sent to the application centres directly by us, on their schedule.
Essays and statements
Every draft read by the English teachers who already taught you.
References
Written by teachers who have taught you for a year or more, finished before your earliest deadline.
The calendar
Your whole program list on one timeline, UK and US deadlines included.
You handle
Your access code
Collect it from the guidance office. Nothing can start until you have it.
Choosing programs
Including each one's own requirements, supplementary forms and earlier deadlines.
The writing
We help shape the argument. The sentences have to be yours.
Admission tests
Booking any test a university outside Ontario asks for, early enough to sit it twice.
Answering offers
Once they arrive, before the deadline attached to each one.
Outcomes
100% of our university applicants are admitted.
Year after year, Vaughan students leave with offers from top Canadian and international universities, in the programs they applied for, with scholarships behind them.
Alumnus voice
They take the time to address any questions or concerns we have, and their dedication to helping us succeed is evident.
Adam Szocs — Alumnus, Grade 12
Next step
Book time with guidance.
Bring your program list, or come without one. Whether you are starting Grade 11 or finishing a Grade 12 application, a short conversation is how we work out what you need and when.
Dates confirmed against the OUAC, Ontario Colleges and UCAS published schedules in October 2026.