CCC

The Canadian Chemistry Contest (CCC), hosted by the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), is intended for the top 10% of Canadian high school and Cégep chemistry students under 20, inspiring outstanding young people to pursue chemistry as a career. CCC award winners are invited to the more demanding Canadian Chemistry Olympiad (CCO), the pathway towards a place on Canada's national team at the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO).

The CCC is an individual contest of 25 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes. Questions span eight core modules: lab safety, organic chemistry, acids and bases, from structure to properties, electrochemistry, solutions and stoichiometry, gas laws and prerequisite concepts, thermochemistry and reaction kinetics, and chemical equilibria — competing with top students worldwide adds real weight to STEM applications.

Awards include Global Awards (benchmarked against Canadian students' results, with roughly the top 30% qualifying in recent years) and National Awards (Gold top 10%, Silver top 25%, Bronze top 35%, plus regional honours). National award winners are invited to the CCO (120 minutes of short-answer and proof problems), and CCO winners may attend the Canadian Chemistry Olympiad National Camp at the University of British Columbia (UBC).