THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALBERTA COLLEGES ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
1903:
- Lakeland College founded as Vermillion Agricultural and Vocational College (name changed in 1975)
1911:
- Augustana University College founded as Camrose Lutheran College (name changed in 1991)
- Mount Royal College founded as Mount Royal Junior College
1913:
- Olds College founded as the Olds Schools of Agriculture and Home Economics (name changed in 1963)
1916:
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology founded as the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (name changed in 1961)
1957:
- Lethbridge Community College founded as Lethbridge Junior College (name changed in 1969)
1961:
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology founded
1963:
- First organizational meeting to discuss the formation of the "Western Inter-College Conference" (WICC) held at MRJC. Representatives from CLC, LJC, MRJC, NAIT and SAIT were present
1964:
- WICC begins its first competitive athletic season in the officially sanctioned sport of men's basketball. The sports of volleyball, hockey, cross country running, curling, badminton, and bowling were competed on an exhibition basis only. Fine Arts competitions were also held in debating, public speaking, dramatic arts, newspaper, and yearbook. CLC, LJC, MRJC, NAIT and SAIT were the competing colleges
- Red Deer College founded as Red Deer Junior College (name was changed in 1969)
- Medicine Hat College founded as Medicine Hat Junior College (name changed in 1970)
1965:
- Red Deer Junior College was admitted into the WICC
- Hockey, wrestling, golf, and volleyball were added as officially sanctioned conference sports
1966:
- Olds Agricultural and Vocational College was admitted into the WICC
- Grande Prairie Regional College founded as Grande Prairie Junior College (name changed in 1969)
- Keyano College founded as Alberta Vocational College, Fort McMurray (name changed in 1975)
1968:
- WICC was changed to the Alberta College Athletic Conference
- The Fine Arts component of the Conference was discontinued
1969:
- Medicine Hat Junior College was admitted into the ACAC as a full-time member
1970:
- Grande Prairie Regional College was admitted into the ACAC
- ACAC entered into an affiliation with the college athletic conferences in the three other western provinces to form the 4-West Conference for regional play-downs
1971:
- First 4-West Conference Championships were staged in men's and women's basketball, volleyball, and men's ice hockey
- Grant MacEwan Community College was founded
1972:
- Badminton and curling were added to the list of 4-West Conference Championship sports
- Vermillion College was admitted into the ACAC
1973:
- Canadian Colleges Athletic Association's first official meeting
1974:
- CCAA founded
- First CCAA National Championships are staged. Camrose Lutheran College wins the ACAC's first National Championship by capturing gold medal in men's ice hockey
- Grant MacEwan Community College was admitted into the ACAC
1978:
- Title of the Conference was changed to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
1979:
- ACAC elects to permanently abandon the 4-West Conference Championships in favour of sending its own ACAC Champions to the CCAA National Championships
1981:
- ACAC receives incorporation status under the Alberta Societies Act
1982:
- First ACAC Executive Director was employed
1983:
- Lakeland College re-admitted into the ACAC after a nine year absence
1985:
- First ACAC business office opened in Calgary
- Keyano College admitted into the ACAC
1989:
- ACAC office relocates to the Percy Page Centre in Edmonton
1991:
- AVC Lac La Biche admitted into the ACAC (name changed to Portage College in 1999)
1992:
- Concordia University College of Alberta admitted into the ACAC
1994:
- Prairie Bible College admitted into the ACAC
1996:
- Briercrest Bible College admitted into the ACAC (located in Southern Saskatchewan, it is the only non-Albertan insitution in the Conference)
- The King's University College admitted into the ACAC
1999:
- Conference hosts CCAA AGM in Calgary
2000:
- Women's hockey introduced as an ACAC sport with 5 participating colleges
2001:
- Olds College rejoins the ACAC after an eight year absence
2002:
- University of Calgary admitted into the ACAC for participation in golf and women's hockey
2003:
- Conference declares a moratorium on new membership, the introduction of new sports and participation by current members in new sports.
- Pre 2002-03 Hockey stats provided courtesy of ACAC Hockey Online
2004:
- Conference hosts CCAA AGM in Banff
2005:
- Prairie Bible College withdraws from ACAC participation
2006:
2007:
- Swimming discontinued as an ACAC tournament sport
2008:
- Portage College enters men's hockey
- Portage College withdraws from volleyball
2009:
- Conference hosts CCAA AGM in Edmonton
- University of Calgary withdraws from ACAC (golf and women's hockey) to pursue participation in CIS (Canada West).
- The sport of Futsal is sanctioned by the ACAC as an exhibition sport.
2010:
- Futsal becomes an official sanctioned sport with 6 participating colleges
- Augustana Campus, U of A (AUG) is admitted into volleyball
- Concordia University College of Alberta (CUCA) is admitted into volleyball
- Keyano College (KC) is admitted into basketball
- Lakeland College (LC) is admitted into soccer
2011: