Teacher Appreciation Prizes (below)
Student Participant Awards & Prizes

Performance-based Awards

Awards are only given to official participants (see our Eligibility page for details).

There are two divisions: Canadian Awards, which is only for participants writing the exam from within Canada; and International Awards, which is only for participants writing it outside of Canada.

The CMS reserves the right to suspend awards or limit the number of awards in any category where there is a very low level of participation or to require a minimum limit score for awards.

Invitational Competitions and Math Team Canada

The top students who are Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents (independent of grade or where they live or attend school) will be invited to participate in the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) competition. Students who perform well on the CMO are selected for Math Team Canada, which represents Canada at the International Math Olympiad (IMO) the following summer.

Approximately the top 50 COMC students are invited to write the CMO. The next approximately 75 COMC students are invited to write the CMO Qualifying Repêchage. Approximately the top 10-15 students from the Repêchage will also be invited to write the CMO.

Scholarships

Competition results will be shared with our partner universities to help them consider offering academic scholarships to high-potential students.

Camps

Approximately 24 Canadian students in grade 8, 9 or 10 with strong performance on the COMC will be invited to the summer CMS Canada Math Camp (CMC) hosted by the University of Toronto.

Canadian students who demonstrate solid performance at their grade level in their region or province may be invited to a summer regional CMS Math Camp staged in collaboration with a CMS university partner in their province.

Participation Certificates (Quartiles)

When the final results are announced, teachers/organizers will be able to log into their accounts to download and print the Participation certificates for all their students.

Certificate titles are based on the quartile into which the student's score falls:

• 1st quartile = Performance with Distinction
• 2nd quartile = Performance with Honours
• 3rd or 4th quartile = Certificate of Participation

Random Participation Prize Draw

Anyone writing the COMC in Canada is also eligible for participation prizes. A number of prizes will be distributed to participants nationally.

Additional prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the COMC Committee.

The chance of winning a prize depends on the respective number of national, provincial, or regional participants.

Teacher Appreciation Prizes

In recognition of the valued contributions made by teachers in facilitating COMC student participation, teachers in Canada will be eligible for a limited number of generously donated prizes from Maplesoft , prizes from Nelson Education and prizes from the Canadian Mathematical Society.

Prize winners will be contacted in January after being randomly selected from the pool of eligible teachers.

All teachers in Canada who have registered students (official participants) for the COMC exam using their school account and unique email address are eligible for the Teacher Appreciation prize draws, provided all ordered exams are paid in full by the payment deadline.