Reading Week | All classes cancelled; offices closed on the weekends and the holiday Monday.
Undergraduate students: view the Undergraduate Studies Academic Calendar for more details.
Graduate students: view the Graduate Studies Academic Calendar for more details.
| Fall 2024 | Oct 12, 2024 to Oct 20, 2024 |
Thanksgiving Day | All classes cancelled and offices closed.
| Fall 2024 | Oct 14, 2024 |
Final examination relief requests due | Requests for relief for consecutive final exams are generally due two weeks after the final examination schedule is published.
| Fall 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 |
Requests due for accommodations on religious or creed grounds | Requests for accommodations on religious or creed grounds for final examinations should normally be made within two weeks of the final examination schedule being published. Students must contact their instructor by the deadline.
| Fall 2024 | Oct 15, 2024 |
Tuition and fee refund deadline - 50% | See Student Financial Services website.
| Fall 2024 | Oct 18, 2024 |
Convocation - fall 2024 |
| Fall 2024 | Oct 25, 2024 to Oct 26, 2024 |
View next term's schedule and appointments | Registered students can begin to view, in Quest, their next term's class schedule and appointment time. See How to view appointment time for the beginning of drop/add?
| Winter 2025 | Nov 7, 2024 |
Drop/Add Period begins | The Drop/Add Period begins with individualized Quest appointment times. See How to view appointment time for the beginning of drop/add.
Dates listed indicate Quest appointment period. The Add Period continues for all students until the last day to add a class.
| Winter 2025 | Nov 11, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024 |
Add Period begins (open enrolment) | The first day of the Drop/Add Period where all undergraduate students have equal access to make changes to their term class schedule (add, drop, swap) in Quest. The Add Period continues for all students until the last day to add a class.
| Winter 2025 | Nov 13, 2024 |
Drop with WD ends |
Last day to drop a class and receive a WD (Withdrew, no credit granted) grade.
| Fall 2024 | Nov 19, 2024 |
Drop with WF begins |
WF (Withdrew/Failure, no credit granted, value 32) grade assigned for class(es) dropped during this period.
Engineering students: Visit course load and withdrawal in the Undergraduate Calendar for specific regulations.
| Fall 2024 | Nov 20, 2024 |
Classes end | Laurier may have a different schedule - visit their website for applicable end dates.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 3, 2024 |
Pre-examination study days | | Fall 2024 | Dec 4, 2024 to Dec 5, 2024 |
Drop with WF ends | Last day to drop a class without a petition and receive a WF (Withdrew/Failure, no credit granted, value 32) grade.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 5, 2024 |
Final examinations begin | First day of the Final Examination Period.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 6, 2024 |
In-person exam days for online courses | Fall 2024 term dates; not all dates may be used.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 6, 2024 to Dec 7, 2024 |
Examinations on Sunday | Final examinations can be held on this day for the fall 2024 term.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 8, 2024 |
In-person exam days for online courses | Fall 2024 term dates; not all dates may be used.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 11, 2024 |
Opt out of optional/voluntary fees deadline | See how to opt out of optional or voluntary fees in Quest.
| Winter 2025 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Tuition and fees due |
Pay in full or become "Fees Arranged"; a Fees Arranged Extension fee applies after this date.
| Winter 2025 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Fees Arranged Extension fees begin |
| Winter 2025 | Dec 13, 2024 |
In-person exam days for online courses | Fall 2024 term dates; not all dates may be used.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 14, 2024 |
Final examination emergency days | Dates reserved to hold final examinations in the event the University is closed during the fall 2024 Final Examination Period: Examinations will be rescheduled on the next available day, including Sunday, on which examinations have not been scheduled.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 15, 2024 |
Final examinations end | Last day of the Final Examination Period.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 |
Co-operative work term ends | Actual dates may vary depending on employer or student requirements.
| Fall 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 |