The average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score required by MBA schools in Canada is 550, ranging from a low of 500 to a high of over 600. The average GMAT score attained by MBA students, however, is 606. A proportional relationship appears to exist between a school's supposed place on the hierarchy of business education and its average GMAT score. That is, schools higher up on the hierarchy tend to have higher scores. For example, students at the traditionally elite business schools of Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Queen's University, and Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario have, on average, a GMAT score of 654 ranging from 642 to 661. The higher scores that the more prestigious schools average are most likely the result of their higher admissions standards. Furthermore, schools with no established minimum GMAT score for admission tend to have a student body whose average scores are higher (622) than those who have set a minimum score (600). However, except for McGill University and Queen's University, most of those schools usually viewed among the elite in Canada do not have a minimum required GMAT score; thus, because these schools have higher overall admissions' standards helps explain why, on average, those with no set minimum have a higher average GMAT score. There is no apparent correlation between age and/or work experience and a higher or lower GMAT score.
| UNIVERSITY | GMAT Scores |
| Athabasca University | The GMAT is not required |
| Brock University | 550 |
| Cape Breton University | Satisfactory scores on a GMAT or GRE is required. |
| Carleton University | 600 |
| Concordia University | 600 |
| Dalhousie University | 550 |
| First Nations University of Canada | 600 |
| HEC Montreal | A satisfactory GMAT score is required.. |
| Lakehead University | 500 or better |
| Laurentian University | The GMAT is only needed for applicants from an honours program in Commerce who have graduated with a 75% or better average but who have less than 2 years of work experience. In this case, a minimum score of 500 is needed |
| Vancouver Island University | No GMAT score is required |
| McGill University | 570 |
| McMaster University | No minimum GMAT score is set but successful applicants typically have a score of over 600. |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | 580 |
| Queen's University | 600 |
| Royal Military College | Applicants must obtain a satisfactory GMAT score taken within 5 years of the application's submission. |
| Royal Roads University | No GMAT score is required. |
| Ryerson University | 550 or better |
| Saint Mary's University | 550 |
| Simon Fraser University | 550 |
| University of Alberta | 550 |
| University of British Columbia | No minimum GMAT score is set but successful candidates for the MBA program typically earn a score of 550 or better. |
| University of Calgary | 550 |
| University of Guelph | GMAT is not required but the Admissions Committee reserves the right to request one be taken in certain circumstances. |
| University of Lethbridge | A minimum score of of 550 on the GMAT is required; equivalent exams, like the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), may be taken instead where circumstances warrant such a substitution. |
| University of Manitoba | 500 |
| University of New Brunswick-Fredericton | 550 |
| University of New Brunswick-Saint John | 550 |
| University of Ottawa | Applicants must achieve at least a 50th percentile overall score on the GMAT, achieving a score above the 45th percentile for each individual component and a score of 4.5 on the essay writing. |
| University of Regina | Satisfactory completion of the GMAT is required. |
| University of Saskatchewan | 600 |
| University of Toronto | No minimum GMAT score is set but the University prefers scores of at least 550 or higher. |
| University of Victoria | No minimum GMAT score is set, but a score of over 550 is preferred. |
| University of Western Ontario | The University does not have a set minimum GMAT score but a score of 620 or better is preferred. |
| University of Windsor | 550 (minimum quantitative score of 30 and minimum verbal score of 26 required) |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | 550; this requirement may be waived in circumstances where the student has completed a university-level course in Calculus or Statistics with a "B" grade or higher within the last 5 years |
| York University | A satisfactory score on the GMAT is required |
