OFFICIAL RESULTS

LAUNCH CANADA CHALLENGE 2026 AWARD WINNERS AND FINAL TEAM RANKINGS

Grand Launch Trophy

University of Ottawa (Team 11)

Grand Tech Dev Trophy

Not Awarded

Spirit Bear Award

Algonquin College

RANKINGS:

Launch Challenge

Advanced Launch

• 1st Place:  Université de Sherbrooke (Project 36)

  2nd Place: Carleton University (Project 12)

  3rd Place: McGill University (Project 23)

  4th Place: Polytechnique Montréal (Project 31)

  5th Place: Université Laval (Project 16)

  6th Place: University of Alberta (Project 39)

  7th Place: University of Windsor (Project 58)

  8th Place: University of British Columbia Okanagan (Project 45)

Restricted Launch

• 1st Place: University of Ottawa (Project 56)

  2nd Place: York University (Project 3)

  3rd Place: University of Saskatchewan (Project 49)

  4th Place: McMaster University (Project 25)

  5th Place:  Dalhousie University (Project 15)

  6th Place: University of Victoria (Project 53) ***

  7th Place: Turner Fenton Secondary School (Project 41)

  8th Place: University of Manitoba (Project 47)

  9th Place: University of Western Ontario (Project 60)

  10th Place: University of British Columbia (Project 42)

  11th Place: Algonquin College (Project 2)

  12th Place: University Of New Brunswick (Project 46)

  13th Place: Memorial University of Newfoundland (Project 17)

  14th Place: Seneca Polytechnic (Project 6)

Junior Launch

• 1st Place: École secondaire catholique L'Essor (Project 19)

• 2nd Place: Bishop Strachan School (Project 61)

• 3rd Place: Collingwood School (Project 11)

Technology Development Challenge

• 1st Place:  Polytechnique Montréal (Project 32)

Payload Challenge

• 1st Place: McMaster University (Project 25)

  2nd Place: York University (Project 3)

  3rd Place: Polytechnique Montréal (Project 31)

  4th Place: McGill University (Project 23)

  5th Place: Ontario Tech University (Project 30)

  6th Place: University of Waterloo (Project 59)

  7th Place: University of British Columbia (Project 42)

  8th Place: Seneca Polytechnic (Project 6)

Thank you all the teams, who help make this challenge so important.

A big thank you as well to our staff and volunteers!