Schools enter two person teams. School from several provinces take part, although most are from southern Ontario and Quebec. For more information, see the Queens Debating Society site. It is the oldest national debating event and the only one which has english, french and bilingual categories. Students are selected by their provincial or territorial debating organizations.
Provinces usually turns hosting the Seminar.
On the day before the Seminar a one day competition is to determine which four or five students will be selected for the Canadian team to the World Schools Debating Championships. Each province and territory enters two students into this event. They usually are students who are then going to the National Seminar, but they do not have to be and do not have to be eligible for the Seminar. They must not be in their last year of high school, however, because the World Schools Competition that they are being selected for takes will be in the following school year and they must still be in high school when it takes place . Provinces may select their delegates in any way that they wish to.