The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association has been in existence for over 50 years. It started in the late 1940's in farming communities all across Alberta and Saskatchewan where farmers and ranchers would gather at a local track or in a level field and race horses hitched to a grain wagon. Drivers such as John De La Ronde, John and George Stupka, Glen Ronald and the Oulettes were involved at this time. By the mid 1950's Slim Helmig from Esterhazy, SK and Allan Bensmiller from Dewberry, AB had arrived on the scene. If you wanted to compete in a race back then, it was a pretty simple procedure - you simply showed up and raced.
Today there is a very organized system of membership and race entry requirements.
In the late 1960's and early 1970's an association of Rodeo Committees was formed. Towns such as Lloydminster, Pierceland and Meadow Lake were members. Each of these places held chuckwagons races along with their rodeos. In the late 1970's the Northern Chuckwagon Association was formed separate from the Rodeo Committee. Dick Dye, a former driver with the CPCA and Chris Vallevand, a former President, were instrumental in forming the association.