University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario 🇨🇦MD · 4 years

Takes out-of-provinceNo MCATPanel interviewFrench

Admissions websiteVerified Oct 5, 2026

At a glance

Average GPA

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Average MCAT

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Class size

184

Applicants

5,920

Interviewed

621

Admitted

189

Program length

4 years

Deadline

Oct 1, 2026

2026 entry figures from official sources

Who can apply

Ontario residents

95% of seats

At least 95% of seats for Ontario residents under Ontario Regulation 130/25 (AFMC 2027 p.45), with CNFS seats counted outside this quota.

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Out-of-province Canadians

5% of seats

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Anglophone stream

128 seats

Roughly 128 of an average 184 students enrolled each year, and applicants cannot transfer between streams.

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Francophone stream

56 seats

Roughly 56 a year; applicants must function orally and in writing in French, assessed at the interview, and uOttawa publishes no CEFR level.

Minimums: GPA 3.5

CNFS pathway: francophones from outside Ontario and Quebec (francophone stream)

8 seats

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Regional candidates (Ottawa and surrounding areas)

70% of seats

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Indigenous Program

7 seats

Up to 7 seats, with proof of Indigenous identity required.

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Black Student Application Program (BSAP)

No designated quota.

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Government of Nunavut pathway

1 seats

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Social Accountability Initiative

2 seats

2 seats for applicants from a low socio-economic background.

Minimums: GPA 3.5

Canadian Armed Forces pathway (MMTP)

Regular Force CAF members only, with no seat number published.

Requirements

Degree

At least 3 years of full-time study (5 courses per term) in a program leading to a bachelor's degree, completed with final grades by June 30, 2027; a year with 4 courses per term counts if missing courses are made up; a CEGEP/college diploma counts as 1 year; remote/online full-time study is not recognized for the full-time requirement.

Prerequisites

6 units humanities/social sciences (no second-language courses)
6 units biology (anatomy and physiology accepted)
3 units organic chemistry
3 units general chemistry
3 units biochemistry
3 units statistics
6 units of the science courses must include an on-site laboratory component

GPA

Minimum 3.5 (OMSAS 4.0). Cumulative GPA (CGPA) over the most recent 3 years of full-time undergraduate study toward a bachelor's degree (fall/winter plus spring/summer courses in that period, except abroad); each year needs at least 4 graded courses per term; years with exchange terms abroad and graduate grades excluded; repeated courses both count; current-year grades not in the initial calculation; no year-based weighting is described.

MCAT

No MCATThe MCAT is not an admission requirement.

Casper

Not required

Also required

Early-phase MMI instead of Casper: asynchronous recorded video on Acuity Insights (about 1 hour 15 minutes, 8 stations plus a rest station), taken in the language of the chosen stream on October 16, 18 or 19, 2026; its score counts toward interview invitations · Autobiographical Sketch with top 3 activities per category (max 18) · 3 Confidential Assessment Forms (academic/employment, non-academic, any) · Panel interview · Must function orally and in writing in the chosen language of instruction; francophone-stream applicants are also assessed in English, and a language test may be requested

How selection works

After an initial review of full-time status, prerequisites, CGPA (minimum 3.50 over the last three full-time years), citizenship and completion of the asynchronous early-phase MMI (which uOttawa uses instead of Casper, taken in the stream's language), the ABS is scored and references verified; interview invitations come from a rank-order list built on CGPA, early-phase MMI score and ABS score, with about 70% of seats reserved for regional candidates, and offers follow a rank-order list based primarily on the interview.

Interview

Format

Panel

Delivery

Virtual

When

February and March 2027

Dates, deadlines & fees

Aug 22, 2026
Fee waiver application deadline (AFMC Ontario Medical School Application Fee Waiver Program), 11:59 pm ET
Sep 15, 2026
Recommended date to send reference requests (4:30 pm ET)
Oct 1, 2026
Deadline: OMSAS application, transcripts, references and payments (4:30 pm ET, strict)
Oct 21, 2026
MCAT scores must be received by OMSAS (request release by October 15)
May 11, 2027
Offers (first round)
Jun 30, 2027
Final transcripts due to OMSAS
Oct 20, 2026
Early-phase MMI scheduling instructions sent · Early October 2026
Oct 16, 2026
Early-phase MMI dates
Jan 20, 2027
Application status emails · Last week of January 2027
Mar 20, 2027
Interviews · February and March 2027
Jun 30, 2027
Deferral request deadline

OMSAS application fee

CAD 220

Ottawa university fee (via OMSAS)

CAD 135

Acceptance deposit (applied to tuition)

CAD 1,000

Early-phase MMI (Acuity Insights) assessment and distribution

CAD 18.00

Tuition (2025-26)

Domestic: CAD 25,487.00 (Ontario); CAD 29,504.00 (out-of-province); compulsory fees CAD 1,525 · International: Not eligible (Kuwait partnership tuition TBD)

Special programs & mission

MD Family Medicine Focus (MD/FM)

Up to 8 seats (4 EN, 4 FR); may bypass CaRMS into uOttawa Family Medicine residency if benchmarks are met.

MD/Master's

Up to 4 seats; master's (1-2 years) before the MD.

MD/PhD

Up to 4 seats; PhD (3-4 years) before the MD.

Indigenous Program

Up to 7 seats; proof of Indigenous identity required.

Black Student Application Program (BSAP)

No designated quota.

CNFS pathway (francophones outside Ontario and Quebec)

8 seats in the francophone stream, outside the Ontario quota; clinical placements in home communities.

Government of Nunavut pathway

Funds at least 1 seat for Nunavut Inuit or Nunavummiut applicants; Return of Service for non-Inuit.

Social Accountability Initiative

2 seats for applicants from a low socio-economic background.

Regional Initiative

About 70% of seats for applicants from Ottawa and surrounding areas.

Canadian Armed Forces pathway (MMTP)

Regular Force CAF members only.

Our mission is to select a culturally and socioeconomically diverse group of medical students who are ready to pursue academic and personal excellence and who possess multifaceted interests and personal qualities.

Sources

Every figure links to the official page it came from. Look for the icon. Verified Oct 5, 2026.

Some details aren't published by the school yet; they show as “—” until they are.

Where official sources disagree

classSize: uOttawa's OMSAS guide page says 184 enrol on average (about 128 anglophone, 56 francophone); the OMSAS overview lists a 2027 target of 122 for the English stream, and AFMC 2027 anticipates about 183 offers across both streams.
stats.applicants: uOttawa's about-admissions page says 5,920 applicants; the OMSAS overview lists 5,921 for 2026.
timeline.Fee waiver application deadline: OMSAS Key Dates gives August 22, 2026 (11:59 pm ET); the Queen's admissions page says the Ontario fee waiver program closed August 21, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET.