How to Write a Lab Report for a Canadian Science Course
5 min read · For Canadian students
A clean IMRaD structure for biology, chemistry, and physics.
Canadian lab reports follow IMRaD: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion.
Introduction: state the question and hypothesis. Two paragraphs maximum.
Methods: past tense, passive voice, reproducible.
Results: present data with figures and tables. Don't interpret here.
Discussion: interpret, compare to expected values, acknowledge sources of error.
Figures self-contained: title, axes, units, legend.
Cite textbook for methodology and peer-reviewed sources for context.
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