The Rideau Hall Foundation’s Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge provides Canadian youth aged 14 to 18 with the opportunity to innovate for good and share strategies for improving our world. The program provides financial support, learning experiences, and mentorship from leading Canadian innovators.
Eligibility
You can submit as an individual or as a team.
To be eligible to enter, you must:
- Have parental or legal guardian permission to participate.
- You and your team members must be 14 to 18 years old:
- having reached your 14th birthday and not yet reached your 19th birthday at time of entry.
- Your innovation project must be led and created by youth living in Canada.
What are the awards?
- Stage One
- Youths ages 14 to 18 years can apply to Ingenious+ to receive a $1,000 Regional Award as well as learning opportunities to grow their innovations.
- Stage Two
- $1,000 Regional Award recipients from stage one will have an opportunity to participate in the national competition.
- Up to 13 Young Innovators have the opportunity to be named a National Finalist in their region and receive an additional $1,000.
- One $10,000 cash award plus mentorship and learning opportunities will be awarded in the each of the five categories:
- Community and Civic Engagement
- Climate Change and the Environment
- Equity and Inclusion
- Health and Well-being
- Technology and Entrepreneurship
- National award recipients will be celebrated during Canadian Innovation Week, May 2026.
Key dates
- Applications open December 1, 2025.
- Deadline January 23, 2026.
For further information about the Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge, click here.
