IMPORTANT:
The Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC) is Canada’s premier national mathematics competition, open to any student with an interest in and grasp of high school math.
CLMC -> COMC -> CMO -> IMO
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Overview
The Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC) is Canada’s premier national mathematics competition open to any student with an interest in and grasp of high school math. The purpose of the COMC is to encourage students to explore, discover, and learn more about mathematics and problem solving. The competition serves to provide teachers with a unique student enrichment activity during the fall term, it is 2.5 hours long. It is the most prestigious open math competition in Canada, and one of the most prestigious in the Americas. The COMC is the only way to be invited to the CMS’ free, exclusive training camps and compete internationally as part of Math Team Canada!
Depending on their grade level and performance, students participating in the COMC will also have the opportunity to be considered for university scholarships, get invited to math camps, garner awards, and win prizes.
CMO Qualifier: The results of the COMC matter! Approximately 100 – 120 top-ranking students from the COMC are invited to write the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) or the Junior CMO (CJMO) in March. The CMO, in turn, is a qualifier for Team Canada at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held in a different city each July.
EGMO Qualifier: The top 6 – 8 COMC female contestants will also qualify for selection to represent Canada at the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO). EGMO is an international mathematics competition held each April in a European host city each year.
APMO Qualifier: Approximately 10 – 20 top-ranking students from the COMC are also selected to write the Asia-Pacific Mathematical Olympiad (APMO) as Team Canada.
Date
This year’s COMC competition will take place on Thursday, October 29th in Canada and the Americas (anywhere in North/South American time zones), and on Friday, October 30th elsewhere in the world.
Status
Registration is now closed for this year.
Shipped exams: All shipped materials have now been given to couriers and should arrive on or before Tuesday.
Competition Materials / PDF exams: By Monday, all officially-participating organizations will have their competition materials in their Portal (except those with specially-arranged proctors, who receive them by email).
Note: if you ordered PDF delivery and are in Canada, your return courier shipment is prepaid and pre-arranged for Friday pickup. You will need to print the courier waybill in your Portal and attach it to your shipment. The courier waybill will arrive in your Portal’s “Download” area sometime before competition day.
Independent Students: All independent students participating through an Open Writing Centre will receive final instructions by email on or before Monday.
Problem Sets: Starting this year, the actual questions are held secret until October 29th, the day of the competition. Teachers should plan to go to your portal to find and download the Problem Sets and print a copy for each of your students. If your school is in Canada or North/ South/ Central America, the Problem Set will be in your portal as of noon EDT. If you are overseas, it will be in your portal at 4pm EDT (UTC-4).
What’s Next? Teachers and proctors receive or print your competition materials and review the Proctor Instructions.
Payments and Cancellations
All payments are due by Oct 22nd (Oct 14th for shipped exams). We reserve the right to cancel unpaid orders.
Paid orders cannot be modified or refunded.