At the age of 5, Wade and his older siblings brother Brad and sister Leslie moved to the rural area of Heidelberg where he lived in a predominantly Mennonite community.
[citation needed] At Western, McElwain joined the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity where he held the title of Social Director.
[citation needed] After finishing his degree, McElwain was on to law school until he decided to try his hand at stand-up comedy.
In 2011 he was hired by BBC Worldwide to form "Hand Jester Comedy", a development initiative to discover and nurture up and coming and overlooked comedians.
In 2004, Wade produced, hosted, and distributed Ultimate Destination, a humorous look at what rambunctious college kids do while on spring break.
[citation needed] Wade has written and produced over 400 original TV episodes, including; the gambling show "Double Down", Canada's "Gemini Awards", and the Canadian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
[citation needed] In 2011, Wade created, hosted, wrote and executive produced "Triviala Live" for triviala.com, the UK's largest trivia website.
In 2012 Wade was tapped by the likes of Big Earth Productions, & BBC Comedy to create content and technology that used programming that works across multiple devices and powered by TV.