Editing Rodeo (section)

==Canada==
[[File:Calgarystampede.jpg|thumb|The [[Calgary Stampede]] field with marching band onstage in [[Calgary|Calgary, Alberta]], 2007]]
The first rodeo in Canada was held in 1902 in [[Raymond, Alberta]], when [[O. Raymond Knight|Raymond Knight]] funded and promoted a rodeo contest for bronc riders and steer ropers called the [[Raymond Stampede]]. Knight also coined the rodeo term ''stampede'' and built rodeo's first known shotgun-style bucking chute. In 1903, Knight built Canada's first rodeo arena and grandstand and became the first rodeo producer and rodeo stock contractor.<ref name="Raymond">{{cite web|url=http://www.raymond.ca/2ndlevel.php?pg=a07 |title=History of Raymond |work=Welcome to Raymond, Alberta |access-date=April 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422025937/http://www.raymond.ca/2ndlevel.php?pg=a07 |archive-date=April 22, 2008 }}</ref>

In 1912, [[Guy Weadick]] and several investors put up $100,000 to create what today is the [[Calgary Stampede]]. The Stampede also incorporated mythical and historical elements, including [[First Nations in Canada|Native Indians]] in full regalia, chuckwagon races, the Mounted Police, and marching bands. From its beginning, the event has been held the second week in July, and since 1938, attendees were urged to dress for the occasion in western hats to add to the event's flavour.<ref>[[#CITEREFSlatta1994|Slatta]]: 219</ref>

By 2003, it was estimated that 65 professional rodeos involving 700 members of the [[Canadian Professional Rodeo Association]] (CPRA) took place in Western Canada, along with professionals from the United States. Many Canadian contestants were part-timers who did not earn a significant living from rodeo.{{sfn|Armstrong|Botzler |2003|p=}}

Canadians made several significant contributions to the sport of rodeo. In 1916, at the Bascom Ranch in [[Welling, Alberta]], southwest of  
[[Medicine Hat]]. John W. Bascom and his sons Raymond, Mel, and Earl designed and built rodeo's first side-delivery [[cattle race|bucking chute]] for the [[ranch rodeo]]s they were producing. In 1919, Earl and John made rodeo's first reverse-opening side-delivery bucking chute at the Bascom Ranch in [[Lethbridge]] in southern [[Alberta]]. The Bascom-style bucking chute is now rodeo's standard design. [[Earl Bascom]] also continued his innovative contributions to the sport of rodeo by designing and making rodeo's first hornless bronc saddle in 1922, rodeo's first one-hand [[rodeo bareback rigging|bareback rigging]] in 1924, and the first high-cut rodeo [[chaps]] in 1928. Earl and his brother Weldon also produced rodeo's first night rodeo held outdoors under electric lights in 1935.

The [[Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame]] is located in [[Ponoka, Alberta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadianprorodeohalloffame.com/ |title=Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall Of Fame CPRHF Canada |publisher=Canadianprorodeohalloffame.com |date=1980-06-19 |access-date=2014-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235044/http://www.canadianprorodeohalloffame.com/ |archive-date=2013-12-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>