Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Église évangélique luthérienne au Canada
Abbreviation	ELCIC
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Mainline Lutheran
Theology	Moderate to Liberal
Polity	Modified episcopal polity
National Bishop	Larry Kochendorfer
Full communion	ACC (since 2001); TEC (since 2018); ELCA (since 2018); Moravians (since 2023);
Headquarters	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Origin	1986 ; Winnipeg, Manitoba
Merger of	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada; Lutheran Church in America, Canada Section;
Congregations	519
Members	40,171
Official website	www.elcic.ca

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC; French: Église évangélique luthérienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 80,000 baptized.

Together with Lutheran Church–Canada and the Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations, it is one of only three all-Canadian Lutheran denominations. The ELCIC is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Canadian Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches, and the Anglican-Lutheran North American grouping Churches Beyond Borders. According to the 2021 Canadian census, a larger number of 328,045 adherents identify as Lutheran.