Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of six teams, comprising men's, women's and co-ed squads.

[3] In January 2009, Lesley McDonald, a skater with Oil City, founded the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association,[4] By September 2010, the league was hosting bouts in a 3,000-capacity venue.

It won the Wild Rose Cup from the Calgary Roller Derby Association,[5] which had held it for three years.

[3] Teeknee, a member of Oil City at the time, was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.

In 2015, Oil City Roller Derby moved to the Edmonton Sportsdome due to the demolition of Metro Sportsplex.