The origins of the Bauer brand of hockey equipment trace to 14 September 1906, when the Western Shoe Company Limited was formed in Kitchener, Ontario.

He said, "she went shopping for skates and boots for our son Gerald and came home complaining about the inconvenience she had suffered by having to trot all over town.

As well superstars Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent of the Flyers, Guy Lafleur of the Canadiens and Walter Tkaczuk and Brad Park of the Rangers were signed to endorsement contracts by Pro Department Manager Bill Vanderburg.

Finally, on 6 March 1981, Warrington acquired Tuuk Sports Limited of Montreal, a manufacturer of skate blades.

[9] In November 1986, Warrington announced that on 1 December of that year, a new subsidiary called Canstar Sports Group Inc. would take over the company's athletic shoe and skate manufacturing operations.

In early July 1988, Icaro Olivieri, past president of Warrington, arranged to purchase the struggling company for $8.9 million.

The 30 per cent share held by Cemp would be acquired jointly by a numbered company owned by Olivieri and by DCC Equities Limited, a subsidiary of Dynamic Capital Corporation.

[12] On 2 September 1988, Warrington was renamed Canstar Sports Inc. Olivieri hired Gerald B. Wasserman to turn around the company.

In 1994, Bauer began producing the perforated TUUK chassis, which is the piece of equipment that connects the steel blade to the actual boot of the skate.

On 10 March 2011, Bauer Performance Sports completed its offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BAU.

Sagard Capital Partners LP, a subsidiary of the Power Corporation of Canada, began acquired Performance Sports Group shares in June 2014 and by late 2016 owned around 17 per cent of the company.

In January 2017, PSG reached an agreement with Sagard Capital Partners and Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd to sell Bauer's assets for $575 million.

On 11 October 2016, a new Canadian federal corporation called Peak Achievement Athletics Inc. was incorporated to hold Bauer's operations.

In September 2024, Fairfax reached an agreement with Sagard to buy out the latter's stake and become the sole owner of Peak Achievement.