Key Dates

Please see the Academic Calendar for additional Undergraduate Sessional Dates.

                             Fall/Winter First-term

September 1, 2025 Labour Day; Western closed
September 4, 2025 Fall/Winter term classes begin
September 12, 2025 Last day to add/drop a full course, a first-term half course, a first-term full course, or a full-year half course on campus and Distance Studies. Courses dropped by this date will not appear on a transcript; no fee penalty.
September 30, 2025 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (non-instructional day)
October 13, 2025 Thanksgiving Holiday; Western closed
October 22–23, 2025 Autumn Convocation
October 30 or 31, 2025 Celebration of Day of the Dead (See Department Instagram)
November 3–9, 2025 Fall Reading Week
November 16, 2025 Western Fall Preview Day
December 1, 2025 Last day to withdraw from a first-term half course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ (withdrawn, without academic penalty). Course withdrawals after this date will appear on a transcript with a grade of ‘F.’
December 9, 2025 Fall/Winter Term classes end
December 10, 2025 Study Day
December 11–22, 2025 Mid-year examination period

                             Fall/Winter Second-term

January 5, 2026 Classes resume
January 13, 2026 Last day to add or drop a second-term half course. Courses dropped by this date will not appear on a transcript.
January 30, 2026 Last day to withdraw from a full course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ without academic penalty. Course withdrawals after this date will appear on a transcript with a grade of ‘F.’
February 14–22, 2026 Spring Reading Week
February 16, 2026 Family Day; Western closed
March 28, 2026 Western Spring Open House
March 30, 2026 Last day to withdraw from a second-term half course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ without academic penalty. Course withdrawals after this date will appear on a transcript with a grade of ‘F.’
April 3, 2026 Good Friday; Western closed
April 9, 2026 Fall/Winter Term classes end
April 10–11, 2026 Study Days
April 12–30, 2026 Final examination period