Canada, Lutheran Church Archives (National Institute)

There are two principal Lutheran groups in Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada and the Lutheran Church-Canada (formerly Missouri Synod). While many churches retain their own records, there are sometimes archives as part of seminaries which hold congregational records also.

There are two Evangelical Lutheran seminaries in Canada:

Waterloo Lutheran Seminary Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Telephone: (519) 884-0710

The substantial Lutheran archives are housed at Wilfrid Laurier University. See their Special Collections page.

Lutheran Theological Seminary (affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan) 114 Seminary Crescent Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X3 Telephone: (306) 966-7850

The Lutheran Church—Canada also has two seminaries in Canada:

Concordia Lutheran Seminary 470 Glenridge Avenue St Catharines, Ontario L2T 4C3 Telephone: (905) 688-2362

The East District archives are located here, and the archivist has been able to secure East District churches’ archives which had been housed in the United States and move them here.

Concordia Lutheran Seminary 7040 Ada Boulevard Edmonton, Alberta T5B 4E3 Telephone: (780) 474-1468 Email:[mailto:deansoffice@concordiasem.ab.ca deansoffice@concordiasem.ab.ca]

Early Lutheran church records are in German and often in Gothic script. Some experience with both the language and the handwriting is necessary for interpreting the registers.

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