The QRFU was formed officially on January 16, 1883, 10 days after the Ontario Rugby Football Union.
Teams from the QRFU would compete against member clubs of the ORFU for the Dominion Championship of the CRFU beginning the following season.
The QRFU adopted the ORFU point-scoring system in 1884 with the formation of the Canadian Rugby Football Union.
Teams of the QRFU played 15 men to a side, and did not adopt a down system until 1904, when it agreed that a team must make five yards on its third scrimmage, regardless of the gain or loss on the previous two, to keep possession of the ball.
The QRFU ceased operations in the 1907 after losing their best teams to the IRFU.