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Trading tournaments in Canada

Canada is medium-density anchored by world-class B-school competitions. **Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC) at University of Toronto** is the flagship — 22nd annual edition Feb 19-21, 2026, 35+ teams from North America/Europe/Middle East/Asia (2026 winner Baruch College MFE, built on Rotman Interactive Trader simulation deployed at 40+ universities globally). **McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC)** is the buy-side anchor — C$50,000 prize pool, ~100 teams from 47 universities across 17 countries (pension-fund / institutional asset management focus). Canadian retail brokers run zero PnL trading contests — Wealthsimple, Questrade, IBKR Canada, RBC/TD/BMO/Scotia/CIBC/National all stick to referral + deposit-match promos (Wealthsimple's 2026 (Un)Real Deal is a $3M Vancouver house giveaway, NOT a trading contest). CSA-regulated CTPs (Bitbuy/WonderFi, NDAX, Newton, Netcoins, Shakepay, Coinsquare, Wealthsimple Crypto, Coinbase Canada, Kraken Canada) run referral + onboarding promos only — no leveraged crypto derivatives for retail Canadians under CSA framework. Futures prop firms (TopstepX, Apex, Earn2Trade, MyFundedFutures) all accept CA residents.

Rotman International Trading Competition (RITC)McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC)Wealthsimple Crypto / Bitbuy / NDAX (no contests)Kraken Pro Futures Leaderboard (CA eligible)TopstepX / Apex Trader Funding (US futures prop)Ivey / Sauder / Queen's / Schulich / Desautels (B-school cluster)

CSA restricted-dealer framework. No leveraged crypto derivatives for retail. Binance withdrew Canada Sep 2023; Quadriga CX defunct.

Regulation

CIRO (Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, formed 2023 from IIROC + MFDA merger) regulates broker-dealers + fund dealers. CSA (Canadian Securities Administrators) is the umbrella for 13 provincial/territorial regulators; OSC (Ontario) is largest, AMF (Quebec) bilingual. Crypto trading platforms regulated under restricted-dealer / pre-registration undertaking framework — CSA capped stablecoin and value-referenced crypto-asset trading per National Instrument 81-102. **Binance withdrew from Canada (Sep 2023)** — treat CA-specific Binance contests as historical. Quadriga CX is the canonical CA defunct exchange.

1 TOURNAMENTS SHOWN|$630,000 PRIZE POOL
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Bitunix
Bitunix
free
LIVE
TradFi vs Crypto Trading Competition
$630,000
USDT PERPFOREXSTOCK CFD
volume $50K+
May 12 → May 25
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