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Computing contests and camps in Alberta

In computing, several of the strongest things a high school student can put on an application are free contests. Four on this page are entered by a teacher, not by you, so for those the first step is asking a teacher.

The ones a teacher signs you up for

  • The Canadian Computing Competition is run by Waterloo's CEMC. It is written at your school on February 17, 2027, and registration closes February 11. Top scorers are invited to the Canadian Computing Olympiad. If your school has never run it, a teacher can register.
  • CyberTitan is a national cyber defence competition for teams of up to fifteen, running October to May. Teachers register the team between April and October, so ask in the spring before the year you want to compete.
  • Amii's K–12 AI literacy kits are free, curriculum-aligned, and delivered to Alberta classrooms by the province's own machine intelligence institute. You cannot apply. A science or CTS teacher requests one, so asking is the entire mechanism.
  • The Cisco Networking Academy runs through participating Alberta school boards as a semester or year-long course, and it ends in industry-recognised certifications in networking and IT fundamentals.

Ask in September, not April. All four are things one teacher can start.

The ones you enter yourself

You register for these yourself, and three of the four are free.

  • NASA's International Space Apps Challenge is the largest hackathon in the world and it is free. The 2026 edition runs November 14–15, registration opens August 26, and Alberta hubs ran in both Calgary and Edmonton last year. Challenges are written by NASA staff and span software, data science, hardware and design, so a team does not have to be all programmers.
  • The Swift Student Challenge asks for one thing: an original Swift playground you built. It is open to under-18s, it is judged on the work rather than on your record, and winners get WWDC access and developer tools. It is the most portfolio-like item on this page.
  • CyberSci runs capture-the-flag events (network vulnerabilities, cryptography, server security) at regional and national levels, open to teams or individuals. If CyberTitan's teacher window has already closed, this is the way into the same skill set this year.
  • Hack the North is Canada's largest hackathon, 36 hours at Waterloo with more than a thousand students, and travel, food and lodging are covered for those accepted. The application is competitive and it reopens in the summer.

The year-long ones you can do from anywhere

Qubit by Qubit teaches quantum computing to high school students over a full academic year, taught by PhD researchers working with Google Quantum AI, with need-based aid available and no prior quantum or coding experience assumed. The signature introductory course starts in October. IBM SkillsBuild is self-paced and free, and issues badges in AI, web development and cloud computing that you can point at.

If your maths and physics are strong, QSYS at Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing takes Grade 11 and 12 students for a week in August, with applications typically closing in mid-May. It is small and in person.

If you are a girl

Two programs are for girls only. Technovation Girls runs January to May for ages 13 to 18: your team finds a community problem, does the user research, builds a mobile app or an AI solution, and pitches it to industry judges. It works remotely or through a local Alberta hub.

Hackergal's National Ambassador Program continues where Hackergal's hackathon stops: the hackathon ends at Grade 9, and the ambassador program takes Grades 9 to 12. Ambassadors run their own clubs and workshops and move through four yearly stages. Taking part also qualifies you for Hackergal's scholarship for graduating students, which reopens in November 2026. The intake is closed at the moment with no reopening date posted, so this one is a calendar reminder rather than an application.

What these do for an application

A contest result, a certification or an app you shipped is work measured against someone else's standard, which a paid course is not. That is the evidence to bring to the awards on our STEM scholarships list.

If you want a lab rather than a contest, the paid research placements are covered in research programs for Alberta students. Otherwise the full list is on the computing and CS programs page. Build my combo cuts it to the ones your grade can enter.