What you need to earn an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) depends on the year you started high school.
A. If you started Grade 9 in 2024-2025, or in later years, you must earn:
- earn at least 30 credits including 17 compulsory and 13 optional credits
- complete a minimum 40 hours community involvement
- meet the literacy requirement
- complete the online learning requirement (earn at least 2 online courses)
- earn the financial literacy graduation requirement (starting in September 2026)
More information can be found at https://www.ontario.ca/page/earning-your-high-school-diploma
B. If you started an Ontario high school between September 1, 1999, and August 31, 2024, you must earn:
- a minimum of 30 credits
- 18 compulsory and 12 optional credits
- the literacy graduation requirement
- 40 hours of community involvement activities (volunteering)
- at least 2 online learning credits (applies to students who started Grade 9 in 2020-2021 academic year or later and to adult learners who entered secondary school starting in the 2023-2024 academic year)
More information can be found at https://www.ilc.org/pages/what-we-offer-ossd
C. If you started an Ontario high school between September 1st, 1984 and August 31, 1999, you can complete the requirements that were in effect at the time. More information can be found at https://ilc.tvo.org/en-ca/ilc-courses/diploma
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