Saskatchewan * 

Northwest Territories * USA * Worldwide

Ward Allen, whose real name was Warden Ambrose, grew up in a family of fiddle players. At four years of age, he played piano in the family home. By the time he was twelve, he and his brother played fiddle as a duo at barn dances.

In his hometown of Kirkton, Ontario he won many contests, and in 1953 became Canada's Old-Time Fiddling Champion. That same year, he was chosen to represent Canada in the International Fiddling Contest at the Louisville Sate Fair in Louisville, Kentucky. 

During the 1950s and 1960s he recorded for Sparton Records. His best known song was Maple Sugar in 1957, which also became popular in the US.

He died on August 3, 1965