17 COMPULSORY CREDITS

• 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)

• 3 credits in mathematics (Grade 9, Grade 10 and 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)

• 2 credits in science

• 1 credit in technological education (Grade 9 or Grade 10)

• 1 credit in Canadian history (Grade 10)

• 1 credit in Canadian geography (Grade 9)

• 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 and citizenship

• 1 credit from the STEM-related course group (see below)

STEM Related Course Group

• business studies

• computer studies

• cooperative education

• mathematics (in addition to the 3 compulsory credits currently required)

• science (in addition to the 2 compulsory credits currently required)

• technological education (in addition to the 1 compulsory credit required)

13 OPTIONAL CREDITS

LITERACY GRADUATION REQUIREMENT 

You must meet the literacy graduation requirement to earn your high school diploma.

ONLINE LEARNING GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

If you started Grade 9 in the 2020-21 school year or later, you must earn at least 2 online learning credits to get your high school diploma.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES 

You need to have at least 40 hours of community involvement activities (volunteering) to graduate and earn your OSSD.

18 COMPULSORY CREDITS

• 4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)

• 3 credits in mathematics (at least 1 credit in Grade 11 or 12)

• 3 credits for group 1, 2 and 3 courses (1 credit in each group)

• 2 credits in science

• 1 credit in Canadian history (Grade 10)

• 1 credit in Canadian geography (Grade 9)

• 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 and citizenship

Group 1, 2 and 3 compulsory credits

Of the 18 compulsory credits, you must complete 1 from each of the following groups:

Group 1

• English (including the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Course) or French as a second language

• Native languages

• First Nations, Métis, and Inuit studies

• classical studies and international languages

• social sciences and the humanities

• Canadian and world studies

• guidance and career education

• cooperative education

• American Sign Language as a second language

• Langue des signes québécoise langue seconde

Group 2

• health and physical education

• the arts

• business studies

• French as a second language

• cooperative education

• American Sign Language as a second language

• Langue des signes québécoise langue seconde

Group 3

• science (Grade 11 or 12)

• technological education

• French as a second language

• computer studies

• cooperative education

• American Sign Language as a second language

• Langue des signes québécoise langue seconde

12 OPTIONAL CREDITS

LITERACY GRADUATION REQUIREMENT 

You must meet the literacy graduation requirement to earn your high school diploma.

ONLINE LEARNING GRADUATION REQUIREMENT

If you started Grade 9 in the 2020-21 school year or later, you must earn at least 2 online learning credits to get your high school diploma.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES 

You need to have at least 40 hours of community involvement activities (volunteering) to graduate and earn your OSSD.