It is the third largest Lutheran body in Canada, after the ELCIC and the LCC respectively.
The CALC was founded in the early 1990s by a group of Lutherans within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) who were dissatisfied with the denomination's theological liberalism and increasing tolerance of homosexual relationships.
[1][2] The official seminary of CALC is the Institute of Lutheran Theology (ILT), located in Brookings, South Dakota.
In partnership with ILT, it trains all its pastors through a unique program called The Shepherd's Pathway.
(British Columbia, 6; Alberta, 16; Saskatchewan, 3; Manitoba, 1; Ontario, 7)[6]