Ontario Secondary School Diploma Requirements

Students must earn 30 credits in order to obtain an Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

A) 18 compulsory credits as follows:

4 credits in English (1 credit per grade, must have course codes
beginning with “ENG”)
3 credits in mathematics (at least 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)
2 credits in science
1 credit in French as a second language
(Tollgate students do not take French. The Principal will substitute another credit in its place)
1 credit in Canadian history
1 credit in Canadian geography
1 credit in the arts
1 credit in health and physical education
.5 credits in civics
.5 credit in career studies
plus:

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*

1 additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or

business studies, or cooperative education*

1 additional credit in science (Grade 11 or 12) or technological education (Grades 9 - 12), or cooperative education*

B) 12 optional credits

C) Other diploma requirements

40 hours of community involvement activities

Successful completion of the provincial literacy requirement
(Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test or OLC course)