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There's a wife-carrying competition in Alberta and beer is a prize

Laine Mitchell

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Sep 5 2025, 10:06 am

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♬ Let’s Go – JAXSON GAMBLE

The first modern-day wife-carrying event was held in Finland in 1992 and is now held annually in Sonkajarvi, Finland, as the World Championship of Wife Carrying. A North American Championship was started in 1999 at Sunday River Resort in Maine. The North American Wife Carrying Championship has been held annually ever since.

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Lac La Biche Agricultural Society

The Alberta Wife Carrying Championship was started in 2023 by the Lac La Biche Agricultural Society. 

The society seems to be eyeing a new competition to get excited about come 2026, with a Lawn Mower Drag Race featuring a $100 cash prize in the works.

Lac La Biche Agricultural Society

Would you be interested in taking part in this wife-carrying competition? Let us know in the comments below.