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Olympiads and contests

Written at your own school on a fixed date, once your teacher registers.

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Olympiad. A timed exam in math, science or computing. The first round is written at your own school, and a teacher registers you.

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AMC 10 and AMC 12 (American Mathematics Competitions)

Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
  • 75-minute exam, 25 questions, with an A date and a B date in November
  • Grades 9–12 (AMC 10 for grade 10 and below, AMC 12 for grade 12 and below)
  • School-based across Alberta (your school registers as a competition site), with a $55 early bird, $75 regular or $115 late site fee, plus $30 per bundle of ten student licenses
Has a fee
Oct 28, due today
Details

Alberta High School Mathematics Competition (AHSMC)

A.H.S.M.C. Board, hosted by the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta
  • Two rounds, an 80-minute Part I in November and 3-hour Part II in February
  • High school, plus junior high students recommended by a math teacher
  • School-based across Alberta (written at your own school), $5 per extra Second Round nomination
Has a fee
Nov 12, 15 days left
Details

Canadian Chemistry Olympiad (CCO)

Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC)
  • Self-study + Canadian Chemistry Contest (January) + national camp for finalists
  • Grades 11–12
  • Province-wide (school-based), with a national training camp for finalists
Dec 29, 62 days left
Details

North American Computational Linguistics Open (NACLO)

NACLO, hosted in Alberta by the University of Alberta's Alberta Language Technology Lab
  • Open Round January 28, 2027, and Invitational Round March 18, 2027
  • High school (ages 13–18)
  • Host sites, including the University of Alberta North Campus in Edmonton
Jan 28, 92 days left
Details

Pascal, Cayley and Fermat Mathematics Contests

University of Waterloo, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
  • 60 minutes, 25 multiple-choice questions
  • Grades 9–11 (Pascal 9, Cayley 10, Fermat 11)
  • School-based across Alberta (written at your own school), $6 per participant plus school order fees
Has a fee
Feb 9, 104 days left
Details

Canadian Computing Competition (CCC)

University of Waterloo, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
  • Single competition day (Feb 17, 2027)
  • High school
  • School-based across Alberta (national competition)
Has a fee
Feb 11, 106 days left
Details

Euclid Mathematics Contest

University of Waterloo, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
  • 2.5 hours, 10 questions
  • Grade 12 (motivated younger students may write)
  • School-based across Alberta (written at your own school), $18 per participant plus school order fees
Has a fee
Mar 11, 134 days left
Details

Fryer, Galois and Hypatia Mathematics Contests

University of Waterloo, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
  • 75 minutes, 4 full-solution questions
  • Grades 9–11 (Fryer 9, Galois 10, Hypatia 11)
  • School-based across Alberta (written at your own school)
Has a fee
Mar 11, 134 days left
Details

Willow River Biology Contest

University of Waterloo, Centre for Advanced Science Education
  • 75 minutes, multiple choice
  • Grades 11–12
  • Written at your school
Has a fee
Apr 9, 163 days left
Details

Canadian Team Mathematics Contest

University of Waterloo, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
  • One day in April (individual, team and relay rounds)
  • Grades 9–12
  • At your own school, or at the University of Waterloo by lottery
Has a fee
Apr 12, 166 days left
Details

Chem 13 News Chemistry Exam

University of Waterloo, Centre for Advanced Science Education
  • 75 minutes, 40 multiple-choice questions
  • Grade 12
  • Online, written at your school
Has a fee
Apr 23, 177 days left
Details

Avogadro Chemistry Exam

University of Waterloo, Centre for Advanced Science Education
  • 75 minutes, 40 multiple-choice questions
  • Grade 11
  • Online, written at your school
Has a fee
Apr 30, 184 days left
Details

Calgary/Edmonton Brain Bee

Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN)
  • 1 day (regional competition)
  • Grades 9–12
  • Calgary and Edmonton
Opens later, date not posted
Details

CAP High School Prize Exam

Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)
  • Single exam + preparation period
  • High school
  • Province-wide (school-based, Alberta)
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Breakthrough Junior Challenge

Breakthrough Prize Foundation
  • Self-paced (submissions due Sept 15, 2026)
  • Ages 13–18
  • Virtual (open to Alberta students)
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Canadian Biology Olympiad (CBO)

University of Toronto
  • Self-study + online exam (spring)
  • Grades 11–12
  • Virtual (open to Alberta students)
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Sir Isaac Newton (SIN) Physics Exam

University of Waterloo, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
  • A two-hour supervised online exam on April 29, 2027
  • High school
  • School-based across Alberta (national exam)
Has a fee
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Apple Swift Student Challenge

Apple
  • Self-paced submission (spring competition)
  • High school (under 18 eligible)
  • Virtual (open to Alberta students)
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC)

Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)
  • Single exam (October) + potential advancement
  • High school
  • School-based across Alberta (national competition)
Has a fee
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Canadian Physics Olympiad (CPhO)

Canadian Physics Olympiad, University of British Columbia
  • Qualifying exam in April, then a national training camp at UBC in May
  • High school (must be under 20 at the time of competition)
  • Qualifying exam written at your school, with the national training camp at UBC, Vancouver
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Canadian Geographic Challenge

Canadian Geographic Education (Royal Canadian Geographical Society)
  • Classroom and school rounds, then provincial and national finals
  • Grades 7–10, with Level 3 open to ages 16–19
  • School-based across Alberta (online or print), with a national final
Free
Opens later, date not posted
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OAPT Grade 11 Physics Contest

Ontario Association of Physics Teachers, sponsored by the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
  • 1 hour, 30 multiple-choice questions, written in May
  • Grades 11-12
  • School-based (written at your own school), free to enter
Opens later, date not posted
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AAPT PhysicsBowl

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
  • 45-minute exam, written on one day inside a two-week window in late March
  • High school physics students (Division I first-year, Division II second-year)
  • School-based across Alberta (written at your own school, proctored), $10 per student
Has a fee
Opens later, date not posted
Details

Canadian Senior and Intermediate Mathematics Contests

University of Waterloo, Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
  • 2 hours, 9 questions (6 answer-only, 3 full-solution)
  • Grades 9–12 (Intermediate for 9–10, Senior for 11–12)
  • School-based across Alberta (written at your own school)
Has a fee
Opens later, date not posted
Details

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Halloween in Alberta

A crowd in evening dress under paper lanterns at a Halloween party in Edmonton in 1906
Edmonton, 1906 A Halloween party at the Prince Arthur Café
Guests in pointed witch hats with skull badges at a Halloween party in Wainwright in the 1920s
Wainwright, 1920s Witch hats and skull badges at a Halloween party
Four children in costumes standing among pine trees in Mountain Park in 1934
Mountain Park, 1934 Beulah Godby and friends in costume, in a coal town that is a ghost town now
A woman dressed as an angel and a man dressed as a devil with a pitchfork, standing in the snow in Claresholm in 1949
Claresholm, 1949 First place costumes at the skating carnival
Children in Halloween masks and a witch hat lined up against a wooden wall around 1950
Little Smoky River, About 1950 Animal masks and a witch hat
A pumpkin carved with a glowing bison head on a porch in Edmonton on Halloween 2024
Edmonton, 2024 A bison carved into a pumpkin on Halloween night Photo by Joli Rumi, CC BY-SA 4.0

From the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and one Edmonton porch. Photo credits