Mathematics and Computing Contests

Canadian Computing Competition

The Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) aims to benefit secondary school students with an interest in programming. It is an opportunity for students to test their ability in designing, understanding and implementing algorithms. It is also used to determine participation in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

Audience

Junior Level — any student with elementary programming skills
Senior Level — any student with intermediate to advanced programming skills

Any student may choose to write any level (Junior or Senior) of the contest.

Dates

Stage 1 — Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Stage 2 — Monday, May 13 to Friday May 17, 2013 (by invitation only)

Registration Information

Schools register online. The deadline is February 12, 2013. View fees.
Registrations are also accepted by fax or e-mail.

Schools that have not registered for previous contests are encouraged to participate.

Detailed Information

The CCC rules and guidelines describe the structure of the competition, allowed programming languages, format of the Stage 1 contest and grading process.

International Collaborations

The CCC is also held in China at The University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua University.

Preparing for the Competition

We encourage students to prepare. Places to begin include:

copies of past competitions, solutions and test data
the book Programming Challenges by Skiena and Revilla (published by Springer) — a nice introduction to common computing competition algorithmic problems
example programs illustrating input and output
links to useful software

If you are interested in participating in the CCC but have not learned how to program, then you might want to investigate CS Circles.

Results

Results booklets (2013 stage 1 and 2013 stage 2), 2013 stage 1 regional winners, 2013 stage 2 invitees, and averages and cutoffs are online. Teachers can access their students' results.

Recognition

We recognize top-performing students.