Originally from
North York, Ontario, the senior Aeros were established in the
Central Ontario Women's Hockey League and the
Ontario Women's Hockey Association as the Aeros. The senior team was associated with an organization that operated several teams from youth to adult. Throughout the organization's history, the senior Aeros have also been known as the Toronto Aeros and North York Aeros. In 1999, the organization was renamed the Beatrice Aeros after their main sponsor,
Beatrice Foods Canada, whose home rink was the
Beatrice Ice Gardens at
York University. The senior Aeros joined the
National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) upon its launch in 1998. On March 22, 1998, Dana Antal scored at 5:31 of a 10-minute overtime period on a pass from
Jennifer Botterill as Team Alberta (represented by the Calgary Oval X-Treme) defeated Team Ontario (represented by the Beatrice Aeros) by a 3–2 mark to win the
Esso Women's Nationals. During the
1999–2000 NWHL season, the Beatrice Aeros played the Sainte-Julie Pantheres in the championship game. In the second game of the final,
Cherie Piper scored the game-winning goal with 9:06 left to play in the first period, and Lauren Goldstein earned the shutout for the Aeros. With the 1–0 win, Beatrice earned the championship based on goal differential. The team changed its name in 2003 to become the Toronto Aeros. In 2006–07 they relocated to Mississauga and changed their name to the Mississauga Aeros. They played their home games at the
Beatrice Ice Gardens at
York University in Toronto. After one season in Mississauga, the NWHL and the senior Aeros ceased operations in 2007. The
Canadian Women's Hockey League subsequently was created from the remnants of the NWHL. As part of the new league's reorganization, the NWHL's
Oakville Ice returned to affiliating with the
Mississauga Chiefs hockey organization and took the Mississauga Aeros place in the new league for 2007–08. The
Mississauga Chiefs played for three seasons before the CWHL restructured completely, folding the Chiefs team while subsequently placing a new team in Toronto, which then acquired many of the former Chiefs' players including
Jennifer Botterill and
Sami Jo Small. While officially the
2010–11 Toronto CWHL team had no name, but would sometimes be called the "Toronto Aeros" in the media. The CWHL team adopted the name
Toronto Furies after their appearance
2011 Clarkson Cup. ==Season-by-season==