How TEAS Works: Applying to Ontario Teacher Education Programs
By Muntasir • Published Sep 23, 2026 • Updated Sep 23, 2026 • Fields of Study, Canadian Universities & Colleges
TEAS is Ontario's shared online application for Bachelor of Education programs, run through OUAC. Your base fee covers your first 3 choices, extra choices cost more, and each faculty of education adds its own supplementary fee on top.
🎓 TEAS covers consecutive B.Ed programs at Ontario faculties of education, applied through OUAC, not through 105 or 101.
Your base application fee covers your first 3 choices, extra choices cost $51 each.
💵 Each faculty charges its own non-refundable supplementary fee, roughly $65 to $80, once per faculty regardless of how many programs you pick there.
Ontario has proposed moving consecutive B.Ed programs to a 1-year, 12-month model, with the first cohort starting May 2027.
📩 Deadlines vary by university, some faculties keep applications open past the general deadline.
What TEAS Is
The Teacher Education Application Service (TEAS) is OUAC's shared online application for Ontario's consecutive Bachelor of Education programs. You submit one TEAS application and rank university and program choices, and each faculty of education reviews your file and makes its own decision.
How Many Choices You Get
Your base TEAS fee covers your first 3 university or program choices. Add a 4th choice or beyond and OUAC charges $51 per additional choice . Some faculties cap how many of their own programs you can select, Western's Teacher Education Program limits applicants to 2 selections there, so check each faculty's page before you finalize your list.
Supplementary Fees and Forms
Beyond the TEAS fee, most faculties charge their own non-refundable supplementary fee once you apply, this covers a supplementary application, an experience profile, or both. Amounts differ by school, Western charges $80, Brock $75, and Ontario Tech $65. You pay this fee once per faculty, even if you pick more than one program there.
Every Ontario faculty of education competes for a capped number of seats set by the province, and each wants applicants who show real fit for teaching before it commits a spot. TEAS handles routing and payment, while the supplementary fee, experience profile, and any faculty-specific writing task let each school look past your transcript at how you talk about your own experience with young people.
The experience profile asks about your volunteer, work, and teaching-related experience, and some faculties add short-answer questions or a written statement on top.
Documents and Deadlines
Have your transcripts, references, and experience profile ready ahead of your target deadline. Deadlines differ by university and by year, Wilfrid Laurier's deadline for fall 2026 entry was December 1, 2025, with supplemental materials due December 5, 2025. Trent required its Profile of Experience and Teaching Subject Course List by December 8, 2025. Confirm your target school's exact date on its TEAS page every cycle, since dates shift year to year.
A Change Coming to Ontario B.Ed Programs
Ontario has proposed legislation to shorten consecutive teacher education programs from 2 years to a 1-year, 12-month model, with the first cohort starting in May 2027. Watch each faculty's TEAS page for how this affects intake timing and choices going into the 2027 entry cycle.
After You Apply
Each faculty reviews applications on its own timeline. Some add an interview, a written task, or a reference check beyond what TEAS collects. Offers, waitlists, and deposit deadlines come directly from the university, not from OUAC, so watch your university email account through the whole cycle.
Where TEAS Fits in Your Application Season
Most applicants submit TEAS in the fall or early winter of their final undergraduate year, timed around each faculty's deadline. Keep your undergraduate coursework and GPA on track through your final year, faculties see updated transcripts as they arrive, and a drop in your final term can affect a borderline decision.
How TEAS Differs from OUAC's Undergraduate Applications
The 105 and 101 applications route you into undergraduate degrees, largely on your high school or undergraduate grades. TEAS serves applicants who already hold, or are finishing, an undergraduate degree and want a Bachelor of Education on top of it. Because of that, TEAS layers extra pieces onto your file that 105 and 101 don't ask for, a supplementary fee per faculty, an experience profile detailing relevant work and volunteer history, and sometimes a written statement or interview each faculty adds on its own.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Assuming your 3 included choices are locked in, you add choices later for the $51 per-choice fee, but confirm your faculty hasn't already capped its own selections.
Paying only the TEAS fee and forgetting a faculty's separate supplementary fee, your file stays incomplete at that faculty until both are paid.
Submitting a thin experience profile, faculties use it to judge relevant classroom, coaching, tutoring, or volunteer experience, not only your grades.
Missing a faculty-specific document deadline that falls earlier than the general TEAS deadline, confirm every faculty's own dates rather than assuming one shared date applies everywhere.
What to Prepare Before You Apply
Gather your transcripts from every postsecondary institution you attended, contact details for your references, and a clear written account of your relevant experience for your experience profile. Faculties weigh direct experience with children or youth, tutoring, coaching, camp counselling, or classroom volunteering, alongside your academic record, so give yourself time to write a strong account rather than a rushed summary the week of your deadline.
Before You Submit
Confirm 3 things at every faculty on your list: its exact deadline for the entry year you're targeting, its own supplementary fee and form, and any cap on how many of its own programs you can select. These details shift every cycle, so check the current TEAS page for each school rather than a past applicant's notes.