Program

Hack Western

Every year

Size: ~320 participants, 82 projects last year source

Award: $10,000 in prizes last year source

Terms from the program's own pages

2026 terms

Open to post-secondary students worldwide; no high school students; teams up to 4; partial travel reimbursement source
Fee: Free to attend source
Locations: London, Ontario, Canada source
Attendance: in_person source
No team needed source
Solo founders welcome source

Opened in October this year; not confirmed for next year

2026
Hack Western 13; applications 11:59 PM; hacking 9pm Fri Nov 20 to 9am Sun Nov 22; year of open/close dates inferred as 2026 from page context; applications reviewed on a rolling basis
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Applications opened Oct 2, 2026
Deadline Oct 18, 2026
Starts Nov 20, 2026
Ends Nov 22, 2026
2025 (Hack Western 12)
Banner 'NOV 21 - NOV 23, 2025'; application dates not on the archive page.
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Starts Nov 21, 2025
Ends Nov 23, 2025
2024 (Hack Western 11)
Banner 'November 29th - December 1st, 2024'; application dates not on the archived page.
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Starts Nov 29, 2024
Ends Dec 1, 2024