How many courses do I need to be taking to be eligible?

• Fewer than 22 credits earned: you must be taking courses that make you a full-time student under the Ministry of Education definition. In a traditional school that is at least six full-day credit courses. In a semestered school it is at least three full-day credit courses in the semester in which you participate.
• 22 credits earned: you must be taking four non-semestered full-day credit courses over the school year, or two full-day credit courses in the semester in which you participate.
• Exemption: you may be exempted if you have an accommodated timetable or course load directed by a regulated mental health professional (such as a psychiatrist, psychologist or clinical psychiatric nurse) and supported by medical documentation. The request, with a letter from the professional, must go to the Association for approval before or during the competition season. You must then be registered in at least two full-day credit courses (non-semestered school) or one (semestered school) in the semester you participate.

Source: OFSAA Regulations (September 2026), Regulation E, Section 4(d).