Founded
February 1971 by the Committee of Presidents of Universities of Ontario (now called Council of Ontario Universities [COU]) and the Ontario Universities’ Council on Admissions. The OUAC is a not-for-profit agency and a division of the COU.
First Processing Cycle
1971-1972
Founding Director
Herbert W. Pettipiere
Executive Director
Heather Lane
Current Staff
Approximately 85 full time and 10 part time.
Facilities
The OUAC occupies 25,000 square feet of space in the Research Park in Guelph.
Application Volume
Over 240,000 individual applicants annually file approximately 600,000 application selections.
Computer System
The OUAC employs a variety of devices for application processing and associated services, including desktop PCs, laptops, tablets, servers and several high-speed scanners. The organization runs both an Oracle database, running Linux on Dell, and an SQL server database, running Windows on Nutanix.
Financial Information
During the OUAC’s last complete fiscal period (2023-2024), annual revenues were approximately $93.4 million, and OUAC operations cost approximately $13.7 million. $80.3 million was distributed to the universities to cover a portion of their recruitment and admissions costs.
Funding
The application processing fee and other contract work are the OUAC’s main source of funding.
Processing Divisions
- Undergraduate (formerly 101 and 105 Divisions)
- Ontario Medical School Application Service (OMSAS)
- Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS)
- Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Programs Application Service (ORPAS)
- Teacher Education Application Service (TEAS)
- Contract Processing Divisions (e.g., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate)
Peak Processing Period
October through May
Bilingualism
All of the OUAC’s external forms and publications are bilingual; one quarter of the full-time employees are fluently bilingual.