ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS
In order to earn an OSSD a student must:
- Earn 30 credits: 18 compulsory and 12 optional credits
- Complete 40 hours of community involvement activities
- Successfully complete the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT)
- earn at least two online learning credits – or complete the opt-out form prior to graduation (available here) and hand it in to guidance
Compulsory Credits
- 4 English (one per grade)
- 3 Mathematics (at least one in Grade 11 or 12)
- 2 Science
- 1 French as a Second Language
- 1 Canadian Geography
- 1 Canadian History
- 1 Arts
- 1 Health and Physical Education
- 0.5 Career Studies and 0.5 Civics
- Group 1: 1 additional credit in English or French as a second language* or a Native language or Classical or International language or Social Science and Humanities or Canadian and World Studies or Guidance and Career Education, or Cooperative Education*
- Group 2: 1 additional credit in Health and Physical Education or Arts or Business Studies or French as a Second Language* orCooperative Education*
- Group 3: 1 additional credit in Grade 11 or 12 Science or Grades 9-12 Technological Education or French as a Second Language* or Computer Studies or Cooperative Education *
* A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education and French as a Second Language can count as compulsory credits.
