Programs

A free program in which high school students from the North Saskatchewan River watershed in Alberta learn from water experts and design their own watershed project.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

Canada's largest high school Model UN conference, held April 26-27, 2027 at the University of Toronto St. George campus and run by University of Toronto Schools students.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

Three-week summer language immersion programs on the University of Ottawa campus: Destination Clic for French-speaking teens outside Quebec, plus Explore FSL and Explore ESL for teens learning French or English.

• Grades 9–10
• Cost not published

A single CNIB application considers students who are blind, Deafblind or have low vision for dozens of named scholarships and bursaries, including awards for those entering post-secondary study from high school.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

A roughly six-month JA Québec program where Secondary III-V and CEGEP students form teams to start and run a real student business with business mentors.

• Secondary III – CEGEP 1
• Cost not published

A need-based bursary that helps admitted Canadian students meet the direct educational costs of first-year studies at Carleton.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published

Teens aged 14-18 can volunteer with Ottawa Public Library, including joining branch Teen Advisory Groups that plan teen programs.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

The North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition: solve puzzles about unfamiliar languages at a host site in Canada; free.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

JA Québec's weekend team business-plan competition and entrepreneurship congress for young people aged 15-18 from across Quebec.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A paid eight-week full-time summer research internship for Grade 11 and 12 students in a lab at Sinai Health's Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto.

• Grades 11–12
• No fee

CBC Books national writing challenge for Canadian students in Grades 7 to 12: write the first page of a novel set 150 years in the future.

• Grades 9–12
• No fee

A one-time $3,000 excellence scholarship for a full-time Université Sainte-Anne undergraduate with an 85%+ average, preferably of Acadian origin.

• Grade 12
• Cost not published