Does University of Toronto give transfer credit for IB English A: Language and Literature HL?

What to watch for:

• The 200-level skip at UTSG comes with a cap. The UTSG English Major allows only 1.0 FCE at the 100-level to count toward the 7.0 ENG credits required for the degree. If you accept the IB transfer credit as your 100-level FCE and then also complete a first-year gateway course (ENG110Y1 etc.) to satisfy the program admission grade requirement, you now have 2.0 FCE at the 100-level — only 1.0 of which can count toward your program. Plan your first-year English enrolment with this ceiling in mind.
• The IB credit and a first-year gateway course are not mutually exclusive at UTSG. Because the IB credit is unspecified (ENG1**Y), enrolling in ENG110Y1 or ENG140Y1 afterward will not trigger a course repeat flag. You can hold the IB credit and still take a gateway course for the graded program admission threshold — but both will appear on your transcript and only one can count toward your 100-level cap.
• The English B distinction matters. IB English B HL receives no credit at any U of T campus. This is a meaningful distinction from English A: if your IB English course was the B course (designed for non-native speakers), no transfer credit is awarded regardless of your score.
• UTSC students: the credit is breadth-only. Both ENGA**H half-credits carry BR=Arts. For students at UTSC entering an English or Humanities-heavy program, these breadth credits may duplicate what you would earn naturally through your required courses anyway. Consider whether the 1.0-credit slot is worth more as a different HL subject that carries program or prerequisite access.
• The 3.0 transfer credit cap applies. Effective September 2025, all three campuses impose a maximum of 3.0 transfer credits across all secondary school curricula. English HL uses 1.0 of that allocation. At UTSG and UTM, where the credit has real prerequisite value, accepting it is generally a good use of the slot. At UTSC, the calculus is less clear if you hold other HL subjects with stronger access.
• Submission and forfeiture deadlines. Results must reach University Admissions directly from the IBO by July 31, 2026 for Fall 2026 entry at all three campuses. At UTM, the deadline to mark awarded transfer credits as "extra" is May 31, 2027 for students admitted in 2026–27. At UTSG, the mechanism is called a forfeit rather than "mark as extra": the Faculty advises forfeiting unwanted secondary school transfer credits by the end of your first year, but no single hard published date equivalent to UTM's May 31 appears on the current UTSG transfer credit pages — confirm timing with your College Registrar's Office. At UTSC, the deadline to forfeit both ENGA**H credits together is October 31, 2026, and once forfeited the credits cannot be reinstated.