BC GPA Calculator

British Columbia issues no GPA. Here is the number it does issue, and the one universities actually read: your credit-weighted percentage average.

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Search for a BC GPA and every calculator will hand you a 4.0 or 4.33 figure. British Columbia does not issue one. The province's schools report a percentage and the letter grade it falls in, set by the Provincial Letter Grades Order: A from 86, B from 73, C+ from 67, C from 60, C− from 50, and F below. There is no A+ and no D on the provincial secondary scale. Enter each course with its credits and its percentage; the credit-weighted average and its letter band update as you type.

That percentage average is not a lesser substitute for a GPA, it is the number that decides things. BC universities admit from an average built on Grade 12 courses, each institution naming which ones count, and they read percentages directly. So the useful exercise is to enter only the Grade 12 courses your target school lists, not your whole transcript, and watch that average rather than any converted grade point.

If you are already at a university, this is the wrong page: the provincial secondary bands are not the post-secondary ones, and they sit close enough together to be mistaken for each other. When an application demands a GPA, convert with the table published by whoever is asking, and say which scale you used.

The scale this page uses

Letter grade	Minimum %
A	86.0
B	73.0
C+	67.0
C	60.0
C-	50.0
F (Fail)	0.0

Award class	Minimum GPA
A (86-100)	86.00
B (73-85)	73.00
C+ (67-72)	67.00
C (60-66)	60.00
C- (50-59)	50.00

These are the province's own letter grades for Grades 10 to 12, set by the Provincial Letter Grades Order: A from 86, B from 73, C+ from 67, C from 60, C- from 50, and F below 50. C- is the minimum grade that completes a Grade 10, 11 or 12 course. Note there is no A+ and no D: the provincial secondary scale is coarser than the post-secondary tables it is easy to mistake it for. BC secondary schools report percentages and letter grades and issue no GPA, so the number that actually moves a university application is the percentage average this page computes.

Source. This scale is set by Province of British Columbia, Provincial Letter Grades Order, which is the body that writes the rule. Click for authoritative source. We last read that document on 3 October 2026, and the sources page says when we check it again.

Worked examples

Four Grade 12 courses

You have 91, 84, 78 and 88 in four Grade 12 courses, each worth 4 credits: (91 × 4 + 84 × 4 + 78 × 4 + 88 × 4) ÷ 16 = 1364 ÷ 16 = 85.25. Two of the four marks are A marks, but the average sits just under the 86 where the A range starts, so it falls in the B range.

One course below 50

Marks of 72, 66, 45 and 80, all 4-credit courses. With equal credits the weights cancel out, so it's a plain average: (72 + 66 + 45 + 80) ÷ 4 = 263 ÷ 4 = 65.75, which lands in the C range. The 45 matters more than the average shows: it's an F, and a Grade 10, 11 or 12 course needs at least a C- (50) to count as completed.

An A average

94, 89, 86 and 90 in four 4-credit courses: (94 + 89 + 86 + 90) ÷ 4 = 359 ÷ 4 = 89.75. Every mark is in the A range (86 to 100), and so is the average. Notice the 86 still counts as an A. There's no A+ in BC's high school scale, so a 94 and an 86 get the same letter.

How this scale works

In Grades 10 to 12, BC reports every course as a letter grade and a percentage. The letters are set by the province, not your school: A is 86 to 100, B is 73 to 85, C+ is 67 to 72, C is 60 to 66, C- is 50 to 59, and F is 0 to 49. There's no A+, no B+ and no D.

C- is the lowest grade that completes a Grade 10, 11 or 12 course. An F can only go on a report after the student has first been given an IE, which means "Insufficient Evidence of Learning". W means the student withdrew from the course.

Courses are counted in credits, and most are worth 4. You need at least 80 credits to graduate with the Dogwood Diploma, and at least 16 of them must be at the Grade 12 level. Because most courses carry the same 4 credits, a credit-weighted average and a plain average usually come out the same.

The province's order sets letters and percentages, not grade points, so the average this page works out is a percentage average. If you're working out an average for a university application, check which courses your programme counts before you add them here.

Where these rules come from

Read from a government instrument, quoted below in their own words.

The letter grades and their percentages. The Provincial Letter Grades Order (Ministerial Order 192/94, as amended) sets Table 1: A 86 - 100, B 73 - 85, C+ 67 - 72, C 60 - 66, C- 50 - 59 and F 0 - 49. It describes A as "excellent or outstanding performance" and C- as "minimally acceptable performance", and says "The successful completion of a course numbered 10, 11 or 12 requires a minimum of a C- grade." On F it says "The letter grade F may only be assigned if an "IE" (Insufficient Evidence of Learning) letter grade has previously been assigned for that course." Source: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, Provincial Letter Grades Order (PDF).

Credits. The province says "Students require a minimum of 80 credits to graduate", with "At least 16 credits" at the Grade 12 level, and lists the required courses at 4 credits each. Source: Government of British Columbia, Certificates of Graduation.

Checked on 2026-10-01 against the sources linked above.

Questions this calculator gets asked

What is a BC GPA?

There is no such thing as an official one. BC secondary schools record a percentage and a provincial letter grade, and issue no grade point average. Any BC GPA you have been shown is a conversion someone applied afterwards, and different evaluators convert the same transcript differently.

How do I calculate my BC average?

Multiply each course's percentage by its credits, add those products together, and divide by the total credits. That credit-weighted percentage is what this page computes, and it is the figure BC universities read off your transcript.

What percentage is an A in BC?

86 and above. B runs 73 to 85, C+ is 67 to 72, C is 60 to 66, C- is 50 to 59, and anything below 50 is an F. These are the province's Grade 10 to 12 bands, and note there is no A+ and no D among them.

What is the minimum passing grade in BC?

C-, which is 50 per cent. A grade below C- does not complete a Grade 10, 11 or 12 course, so the course has to be repeated or replaced before it counts toward graduation.

Which courses count for BC university admission?

Grade 12 courses, and each university names its own list, usually a required English Studies 12 plus a set number of approved academic Grade 12 courses. Enter only those courses here for a realistic admission average; adding Grade 10 and 11 results will flatter or depress a number no admissions office is looking at.

How do I convert a BC percentage to a 4.0 or 4.33 GPA?

Use the conversion table published by the institution asking for it, because there is no single right answer. A BC transcript can convert to different GPAs at an American graduate school, a Canadian professional faculty and a scholarship body, and each is correct under its own rules. Report the percentage and name the scale wherever a form lets you.

Does the provincial school scale match the one my university uses?

No, and the gap catches people out. The province puts a single A at 86 and has no A+ at all, while a post-secondary table usually does: UBC starts an A at 85 and adds an A+ at 90. A mark that is an A at your high school can sit in a different band once you are enrolled, so use the calculator that matches the transcript in front of you.

Is this BC calculator free, with nothing uploaded?

Yes. No account and no upload. Courses, credits and percentages are handled in your own browser and never reach a server, and the page keeps working offline.

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