OFFICIAL RESULTS

LAUNCH CANADA CHALLENGE 2026 AWARD WINNERS AND FINAL TEAM RANKINGS

Grand Launch Trophy

University of Ottawa

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