If I drop to 4 courses, which schools will it hurt for the weighted gpa (Canadian schools)?

[KingScrubs]

Right now I am taking a course that is not required for my degree and it is really bringing down my GPA, I want to drop it to salvage my GPA.

I desperately need for schools to drop my lowest year from their GPA because my first year went really bad (currently I am in second year).

I plan to apply for UManitoba, UCalgary and UAlberta (which all don't care about you many courses you take as long as you are full-time ( 3 courses per semester), correct me if I am wrong). Which Ontario schools will disqualify me from the wGPA? Here are how many courses I took:

1st year:

• Fall semester - 4 courses
• Winter semester - 5 courses

2nd year:

• Fall semester - 6 courses
• Winter semester (current): 4 course (If I drop my 5th one)

I know I screwed up in the 1 year by not taking 10 courses, but I plan to do 5 years of undergrad and from now on I will only take 5 courses a semester. Will schools average the 6 and 4 courses for a total full-time course of 10 for my second year? Or do I have to take 5 courses each semester? If it matters I retook 3 courses in my second year that I got a bad mark in first year.

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[pms_testosterone]

This is the type of question you should email admissions staff (after carefully reading each school's website to make sure the answer's not there). A lot of these details are not published and remain opaque to applicants unless we ask staff about our specific situation.
Don't retake courses you got a poor (but non-failing) mark in. Take the next level up.