[1] The periodical was established in August 1945 as the Canadian Calvinist, an English-language publication targeted at Dutch Canadians.

Paul De Koekkoek was the founding editor.

[3] Calvinist Contact was all in Dutch and this gradually developed to be all in English by 1983.

[5] Christian Courier was originally bimonthly, changed to weekly in 1954, and monthly in 2020.

[2] It originally served the Christian Reformed Church community, and reported on issues such as trade unions, Christian education, and women in office.