The Ministry of Education sets the guidelines for what is required to graduate with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) and an Ontario Secondary School Certificate (OSSC). 

Through their myBlueprint accounts, students will select courses that suit their needs and interests, monitor their goals and community involvement, and, whether they already know where they want to end up or are starting from scratch, will have opportunity to personalize their high school plan. All of the course offerings available in UGDSB, along with their prerequisites, are listed in students’ myBlueprint accounts.

In order to graduate with an OSSD (Ontario Secondary School Diploma), all students are required to:

To earn a high school diploma in Ontario

If you started Grade 9 in 2024 or in later years you must earn:

17 compulsory credits

13 optional credits

the literacy requirement

at least 2 online learning credits

If you started Grade 9 in 2023 or in prior years, you must earn:

18  compulsory credits

12 optional credits

the literacy requirement

at least 2 online learning credits