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Medical School Application Statistics

The following are statistics for applicants to Ontario medical schools. OUAC began processing applications for the medical schools in 1975.

System Data

 Year 

Number of      Candidates    

Registered Applicants

1975 3,787 602
1976 3,577 616
1977 3,569 615
1978 3,566 615
1979 3,599 616
1980 3,503 617
1981 3,692 611
1982 3,590 608
1983 3,872 609
1984 3,949 614
1985 3,823 611
1986 3,907 599
1987 3,829 611
1988 3,630 610
1989 3,551 612
1990

3,558

612

1991

3,729

602

1992

3,915

600

1993

3,448

528

1994

3,387

526

1995

3,282

527

1996

3,713

532

1997

3,594

529

1998

3,589

530

1999

3,553

532

2000

3,907

571

2001

3,854

644

2002

3,800

689

2003

4,489

688

2004

4,797

692

2005

4,863

780

2006

5,577

800

2007

5,874

845

2008

5,611

857

2009

5,815

877

Individual University Data

McMaster
Northern Ontario
School of Medecine
Ottawa
Year Applicants
Registrants Applicants Registrants Applicants Registrants
1975 2,190 100     2,270 84
1976 2,191 101     2,069 84
1977 2,386 100     2,097 84
1978 2,449 101     1,998 82
1979 2,515 100     1,995 84
1980 2,456 101     1,809 84
1981 2,571 100     2,008 82
1982 2,499 100     1,940 83
1983 2,751 100     2,143 82
1984 2,866 100     2,161 81
1985 2,720 100     2,055 82
1986 2,765 100     2,218 76
1987 2,880 100     2,136 80
1988 2,698 100     2,012 82
1989 2,615 101     2,074 83
1990

2,068

100    

2,109

84
1991

2,152

99    

2,332

84
1992

2,630

98    

1,989

84
1993

2,205

100    

1,864

82
1994

2,225

100    

1,783

80
1995

2,340

100    

1,660

84
1996

2,906

100    

1,903

84
1997

2,875

100    

1,823

83
1998

2,936

100    

1,851

83
1999

2,507

100    

2,391

84
2000

3,000

108    

2,491

91
2001

3,060

128    

2,102

110
2002

3,028

138    

2,040

123
2003

3,682

138    

2,447

123
2004

4,150

138    

2,712

123
2005

3,907

148 2,095 56

2,645

139
2006

4,602

148 2,050 56

3,161

139
2007

4,847

164 2,274 56

3,356

153
2008

4,735

183 1,894 58

3,269

145
2009

4,725

194 1,845 56

3,841

144

Queen's
Toronto
Western
Year Applicants
Registrants Applicants Registrants Applicants Registrants
1975 2,073 75 2,244 238 1,867 105
1976 1,978 75 1,962 251 1,822 105
1977 2,055 75 2,116 252 1,834 104
1978 2,078 75 2,033 252 1,648 105
1979 2,127 75 2,020 252 1,669 105
1980 2,095 75 2,043 252 1,699 105
1981 2,324 75 2,228 249 1,945 105
1982 2,208 74 2,069 246 1,826 105
1983 2,410 75 2,295 247 2,047 105
1984 2,389 78 2,508 250 2,069 105
1985 2,288 75 2,401 249 1,990 105
1986 2,435 71 2,522 248 2,039 104
1987 2,260 75 2,455 251 1,748 105
1988 2,107 75 2,287 248 2,111 105
1989 2,171 71 2,307 252 2,141 105
1990

2,162

73

2,260

250

2,211

105
1991

2,283

74

2,074

251

2,349

94
1992

1,241

72

2,029

250

2,047

96
1993

1,310

75

1,760

175

1,632

96
1994

1,488

75

1,729

175

1,768

96
1995

1,422

75

1,567

172

1,773

96
1996

1,549

75

1,758

177

1,847

96
1997

1,365

75

1,684

175

1,664

96
1998

1,418

75

1,632

176

1,627

96
1999

1,448

76

1,642

176

1,725

96
2000

1,570

80

1,725

189

1,825

103
2001

1,580

90

1,757

198

1,728

118
2002

1,641

100

1,681

195

1,690

133
2003

1,388

100

1,605

194

1,565

133
2004

1,614

100

1,950

198

1,706

133
2005

1,780

100

2,105

204

1,872

133
2006

2,205

100

2,763

218

2,531

139
2007

2,309

100

3,165

224

2,301

148
2008

1,852

100

2,734

224

1,803

147
2009

3,039

100

2,919

224

2,267

159

 


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