# Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest (CSMC)

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## Core facts

- **Organiser:** Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (University of Waterloo) (https://olympiads.co.uk/organisation/cemc-university-of-waterloo)
- **Subjects:** Mathematics
- **Age groups:** Senior
- **Activity type:** Competition
- **Format:** In-person
- **Entry route:** Schools order through CEMC
- **Entry badges:** school_entry, open_entry, written_solutions
- **Qualification note:** CSMC does not qualify students for Euclid or CMO.

## Dates

- **Next/representative edition start:** 2026-11-18
- **End date:** 2026-11-19

## URLs

- **Official website:** https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/csimc
- **Registration:** https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/csimc
- **Olympiads.co.uk page:** https://olympiads.co.uk/event/cemc-university-of-waterloo/canadian-senior-mathematics-contest
- **This facts page:** https://olympiads.co.uk/ai/events/cemc-university-of-waterloo/canadian-senior-mathematics-contest.md

## Summary

The Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest (CSMC) is a University of Waterloo CEMC paper for grades 11–12 and CÉGEP: nine questions in two hours, 60 marks. Six questions ask for an answer only; three require a full written solution. It is not a CMS olympiad qualifier.

## Context

Waterloo’s senior written-and-answer paper — nine questions in two hours.

## Related competitions

- https://olympiads.co.uk/event/cemc-university-of-waterloo/canadian-intermediate-mathematics-contest
- https://olympiads.co.uk/event/cemc-university-of-waterloo/euclid-contest

## Guidance

### Parent advice

CSMC is a Waterloo school contest. It does not invite students to CMO. For that, look at CMS’s COMC.

### Student advice

Practise both short answers and full solutions. Euclid is a longer Waterloo paper later in the year; CSMC is a different contest, not a qualifier for Euclid.

### Teacher advice

2026 date 18 November in the Americas, 19 November elsewhere. CAD $14 per participant plus order/shipping charges.

## How to prepare

- Work through past CSMC papers
- Practise writing complete solutions under time

## Data provenance

- **Sources:** Supabase activity/event catalogue; Olympiads editorial frontmatter (content/events)
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **Representative edition:** yes
- **Projected dates:** no / not applicable

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