Canadian Studies program requirements
What the Canadian Studies Specialist, Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
Canadian Studies Specialist
- Arts program
- 11.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASSPE0728
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(11.0 credits of which at least 4.0 credits must be at the 300+ level, including at least 1.0 credit at the 400-level.)
First Year: No specific first-year requirements.
11.0 credit from CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
2INS200H1
30.5 credit from any 200-level course offered by the Canadian Studies program.
40.5 credit from CDN307H1, CDN450H1, CDN455H1
50.5 credit from CDN335H1, CDN440H1
63.0 credits from any 300+ level course offered by the Canadian Studies program.
7An additional 5.0 credits from Requirements 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6, with up to 2.0 credits from ENG215H1, ENG252H1, ENG254H1, FAH248H1, FOR200H1, FRE210H1, GGR240H1, GGR246H1, HIS262H1, HIS264H1, INS231H1, LIN201H1, POL214Y1, SLA238H1, SOC218H1, SOC220H1, TRN235H1.
Notes:
Note 11. Additional courses with significant Canadian content may be considered for approval for Requirement 7 by the Program Director (canadian.studies@utoronto.ca).
Note 22. Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis.
Note 33. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses.
Courses these requirements name
- CDN265H1Race and Racialization in Canada
- CDN267H1What is Canada?
- CDN268H1Canada and Globalization
- INS200H1Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience
- CDN307H1Asian Cultures in Canada
- CDN450H1Asian Canadian Memory and Practice
- CDN455H1Asian Canadian Ecologies and Futurities
- CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
- CDN440H1Afrofuturisms: Black Canadian Perspectives
- ENG215H1The Canadian Short Story
- ENG252H1Introduction to Canadian Literature
- ENG254H1Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- FAH248H1Canadian Painting 1665-1960
- FOR200H1Conservation of Canada's Forests
- FRE210H1Introduction to Québec Literature and Culture
- GGR240H1Geographies of Colonialism in North America
- GGR246H1Geography of Canada
- HIS262H1Canada: A Short History of Here
- HIS264H1Canadian History
- INS231H1Elementary Inuktitut
- LIN201H1Canadian English
- POL214Y1
- SLA238H1Literature of the Ukrainian-Canadian Experience
- SOC218H1Asian Communities in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SOC220H1Social Stratification
- TRN235H1Health Policy in Canada: Past, Present and Future last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
Canadian Studies Major
- Arts program
- 7.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMAJ0728
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(7.0 credits, of which at least 2.5 must be at the 300+ level, including at least 0.5 credit at the 400-level)
First Year: No specific first-year requirements.
11.0 credit from CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
2INS200H1
30.5 credit from any 200-level course offered by the Canadian Studies program.
40.5 credit from CDN307H1, CDN450H1, CDN455H1
50.5 credit from CDN335H1, CDN440H1
61.5 credits from any 300+ level course offered by the Canadian Studies program.
7An additional 2.5 credits from Requirements 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6, with up to 1.0 credit from ENG215H1, ENG252H1, ENG254H1, FAH248H1, FOR200H1, FRE210H1, GGR240H1, GGR246H1, HIS262H1, HIS264H1, INS231H1, LIN201H1, POL214Y1, SLA238H1, SOC218H1, SOC220H1, TRN235H1.
Notes:
Note 11. Additional courses with significant Canadian content may be considered for approval for Requirement 7 by the Program Director (canadian.studies@utoronto.ca).
Note 22. Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis.
Note 33. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses.
Courses these requirements name
- CDN265H1Race and Racialization in Canada
- CDN267H1What is Canada?
- CDN268H1Canada and Globalization
- INS200H1Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience
- CDN307H1Asian Cultures in Canada
- CDN450H1Asian Canadian Memory and Practice
- CDN455H1Asian Canadian Ecologies and Futurities
- CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
- CDN440H1Afrofuturisms: Black Canadian Perspectives
- ENG215H1The Canadian Short Story
- ENG252H1Introduction to Canadian Literature
- ENG254H1Introduction to Indigenous Literatures
- FAH248H1Canadian Painting 1665-1960
- FOR200H1Conservation of Canada's Forests
- FRE210H1Introduction to Québec Literature and Culture
- GGR240H1Geographies of Colonialism in North America
- GGR246H1Geography of Canada
- HIS262H1Canada: A Short History of Here
- HIS264H1Canadian History
- INS231H1Elementary Inuktitut
- LIN201H1Canadian English
- POL214Y1
- SLA238H1Literature of the Ukrainian-Canadian Experience
- SOC218H1Asian Communities in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SOC220H1Social Stratification
- TRN235H1Health Policy in Canada: Past, Present and Future last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
Canadian Studies Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN0728
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits, including 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)
First Year: No specific first-year requirements.
10.5 credit from CDN265H1, CDN267H1, CDN268H1
20.5 credit from CDN307H, CDN335H1, CDN367H1, CDN368H1, CDN385H1
33.0 credits from courses offered by the Canadian Studies Program, including additional courses from Requirements 1 and 2. Up to 1.0 credit of this requirement can also be completed from HST211H1/ PHS211H1, INS200H1, SDS355H1, SOC218H1, UNI101H1, UNI102H1, UNI103H1, UNI104H1.
Notes
Note 11. Additional courses with significant Canadian content may be considered for approval for Requirement 3 by the Program Director (canadian.studies@utoronto.ca).
Note 22. Please note that not all courses are offered on a regular basis.
Note 33. Students are responsible for checking co- and prerequisites for all courses.
Note 4Note: Effective Fall 2026, all courses associated with University College’s Public Health program will have the "PHS" designator. Existing "PHS" coded courses remain unchanged.
Courses these requirements name
- CDN265H1Race and Racialization in Canada
- CDN267H1What is Canada?
- CDN268H1Canada and Globalization
- CDN335H1Black Canadian Studies
- CDN367H1Canadian Pluralism
- CDN368H1Canada's Borders
- CDN385H1Re-Imagining Canada: Creative Visions of Our Past, Present, and Futures
- HST211H1Health Policy in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- PHS211H1Health Policy in Canada
- INS200H1Introduction to Indigenous Truth and Resilience
- SDS355H1Theories of Sexuality
- SOC218H1Asian Communities in Canada last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- UNI101H1Citizenship in the Canadian City
- UNI102H1Performing the City I
- UNI103H1Gradients of Health in an Urban Mosaic
- UNI104H1Sex in the City
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