1892

Northwest Territories Liquor Licensing Ordinance grants hotels under licence to sell all types of beverage alcohol for consumption on premises.

1906

Province's Liquor License Ordinance provides for issuing of licences and sale of beverage alcohol on licensed premises at both wholesale and retail levels.

1916

Albertans vote for prohibition; province's Liquor Act proclaimed, abolishing beverage alcohol sales in the province.

1918

Federal order-in-council prohibits importing liquor from one province to another or from outside Canada , outlawing mail-order of beverage alcohol products.

1924

Albertans vote to end prohibition; the Liquor Act is repealed and Liquor Control Act proclaimed; the Alberta Liquor Control Board (ALCB) is formed, and government assumes control of retailing and wholesaling of beverage alcohol.

1925

Palliser Hotel in Calgary is first licensed hotel in Alberta , followed by the MacDonald Hotel in Edmonton.

The first price list printed (quart of Scotch fetches $5.25, imperial quart of higher quality whisky is $7.25).

1932

ALCB officers armed with handguns enforce the Liquor Control Act until enforcement duties transfer to RCMP.

1934

Beer off-sales permitted from hotels.

1942

In support of the war effort, the amount of beverage alcohol released from bond is reduced; all beverage alcohol is removed from restricted list by 1947.

1950

Liquor Control Act amended; liquor licences could be issued to clubs and canteens with beer licences if they provide regular meal service.

1951

ALCB grants 409 hotel beer licences, 69 club licences, 31 canteen licences, five brewers' licences, one distillery licence; 63 liquor stores are operating.

1952

ALCB has 400 full-time staff and nets $13 million for government's general revenue fund.

1958

New laws proclaimed: Liquor Control Act, Liquor Licensing Act, and the Liquor Plebiscites Act.

First dining lounge and lounge licences issued to Canadian National, Canadian Pacific Railways, and the Wales Hotel in Calgary and Mac Don ald Hotel in Edmonton .

First permits granted to individuals; first special permits granted to doctors, veterinarians, druggists, and ministers.

1965

Customer signature no longer needed on counter slips to buy alcohol.

1967

For the first time since 1927 beverage rooms could be used by men and women together.

1969

First self-serve liquor store opens at Westmount in Edmonton .

1970

ALCB stops bottling products (before, ALCB bought bulk barrels of wine and spirits and bottled them into stone jars and bottles with the ALCB brand for sale in stores).

1971

Age of majority for drinking and meeting other adult responsibilities reduced to 18 from 21 years; duty free stores established.

1973

Domestic Beer warehousing transfers to the Alberta Brewers' Agents Limited (ABA) using a common warehouse for ABA members.

1974

ALCB carries more than 1,000 product lines.

1975

143 liquor stores operate in the province.

1980

New Liquor Control Act is proclaimed; licensing matters that were historically in the statute are now addressed in five separate regulations.

1985

Wine boutiques introduced.

1988

Hotel-based cold beer stores approved.

1990

Hotel off-sales expanded from beer only to beer, wine and spirits.

1991

Bill 42, Liquor Control Amendment Act is proclaimed law. New liquor Administration Regulation came into force.

1993

Government announced the privatization of the liquor retail industry.