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The CEMC Courseware materials feature lessons, interactive activities, enrichment challenges, and unlimited opportunity for practice with immediate feedback.
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The Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest (CSMC) and the Euclid Contest are the CEMC’s most senior math contests. The mathematical background required for these two contests is similar, so students can use these preparation materials for both. We recommend that you begin by reading the General
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The Problem of the Month is intended to challenge enthusiastic high school mathematics students. Most problems are designed with the assumption that students attempting them have a solid understanding of Grade 11 math, but some problems may still be of interest to younger motivated students.
Problems, Solutions and Results from previous years can be found in the table below. These resources can be used by students to review and attempt past contests to gain a better understanding of the contest format and level of difficulty. Educators can use these resources to help their students
Although the CEMC does not currently offer any contests for this grade group, interested students from these grades are welcome to participate in contests designed for higher grades. CEMC CONTESTS
, Explore our CEMC tools and resources designed for students in Grade 3/4. There is no registration or fee required to access these materials.
, The CEMC does not currently offer any workshops for Grade 3/4 students.
Below you will find contests suitable for Grade 5/6 students. Interested students from these grades are also welcome to participate in contests designed for higher grades.
, Explore our CEMC tools and resources that are designed for students in Grade 5/6. No registration or fee is required to access these materials.
Below you will find contests suitable for Grade 7/8 students. Interested students from these grades are also welcome to participate in contests designed for higher grades.
, Explore our CEMC tools and resources that are designed for students in Grade 7/8. No registration or fee is required to access these materials.
The Lloyd Auckland Invitational Mathematics workshop is an annual week-long program for high-achieving students from the CEMC’s Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest, providing an enriching experience to deepen their mathematical problem-solving skills.
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In the table below, you will find information about all CEMC contests, contest dates and ordering deadlines for the contest year 2025/26.
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Contest dates: North and South America: Tuesday, March 31, 2026 Outside North and South America: Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Ordering deadline: Thursday, March 5, 2026
, Written annually by over 25 000 participants worldwide, the Euclid Contest gives senior-level secondary school students the opportunity to solve innovative problems using their creativity and all of the knowledge they have gained in secondary school mathematics. The Contest’s mix of short-answer and
, The results booklet for the Euclid Contest includes the statistics about the contest, commentary about contest questions and an honour roll mentioning top performing participants. Educators can access their participants' results and generate certificates after the final results are uploaded in our