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Take the 50-question quizWhich channel premiered When Calls the Heart in the United States in January 2014?
It premiered there on January 11, 2014; Canada saw it on Super Channel that April.
Who plays teacher Elizabeth Thatcher?
Poppy Drayton had originated the role in the TV movie that spawned the series.
Which author's novel inspired the series?
The 1983 book opened her Canadian West series.
Who created the series with Brian Bird?
Landon Jr. had also directed some of the Love Comes Softly films adapted from Oke's novels.
In what year is the story set?
Elizabeth swaps high-society comfort for a coal town in Western Canada.
What was the town's original name, before the mine closed?
The rename came in season two after the mine closed.
Hope Valley lies just south of which real community?
The real place gives the fictional coal town its Western Canadian setting.
What is Jack Thornton's job?
Daniel Lissing played the RCMP constable for five seasons before asking to leave.
Who played Jack Thornton?
The Australian actor had earlier starred in Crownies and Last Resort.
Where does Jack die in season five?
The death happens off-screen, and Elizabeth learns soon after the funeral that she is expecting.
Which actress played Abigail Stanton?
Her character lost a husband and son in the mine explosion and ran the town café.
Which scandal caused the show's 2019 hiatus during season six?
The season resumed in May 2019 with Loughlin's scenes edited out.
How did the writers explain Abigail's departure in season six?
Loughlin made a cameo in the season 13 finale and is due back for season 14.
In December 2025, Abigail's actress was announced to return as a regular for which season?
The announcement followed her cameo in the season 13 finale.
Who plays businessman Lucas Bouchard?
Lucas previously owned the Queen of Hearts saloon and Gowen Petroleum.
Who plays Nathan Grant?
Nathan arrives with his niece Allie and carries guilt over taking Jack's place on the fatal assignment.
What building does Lucas donate to Elizabeth?
He had previously owned the Queen of Hearts saloon.
In which season finale does Lucas propose to Elizabeth?
She accepts, then breaks it off in the season 10 finale rather than move to the capital.
Why does Elizabeth break off her engagement to Lucas?
Lucas had been elected governor.
What office does Lucas win?
His election is what triggers the move Elizabeth refuses to make.
In which season does Elizabeth finally tell Nathan she loves him?
It happens in the penultimate episode, and the two begin a courtship.
What is the name of Nathan's niece?
She is thrilled when her uncle legally adopts her.
Who plays Rosemary, the flamboyant actress from New York?
Rosemary was briefly engaged to Jack before marrying sawmill owner Lee Coulter.
What business does Lee Coulter open in Hope Valley?
Kavan Smith plays the laid-back Lee, who marries Rosemary.
Which General Hospital veteran plays sheriff-turned-judge Bill Avery?
His real-life ex-wife Kristina Wagner played Bill's former wife Nora.
Henry Gowen was arrested for what crime?
With Abigail's help he gets a second chance and starts an oil business.
What is Faith Carter's profession?
Andrea Brooks plays her; she falls for Carson Shepherd.
Why does Carson Shepherd leave Hope Valley?
Paul Greene played the doctor from season four to eight.
Joseph Canfield arrives as a delivery driver and becomes what?
Viv Leacock plays him; his wife Minnie later works at the café.
Fiona Miller opens what business in Hope Valley?
The former San Francisco telephone operator later leaves to join the Suffragettes.
Young Opal Weise always carries a teddy bear with what name?
Ava Grace Cooper has played Opal since season three.
Who plays Jack's mother, Charlotte Thornton?
She guested in seasons three and 13.
Which Little House on the Prairie star guests as Georgie McGill?
She appears in seasons 12 and 13; co-creator Michael Landon Jr. is her old co-star's son.
Who played Circuit Judge Jedidiah Black in season one?
The judge comes to town to prosecute Henry Gowen.
Where was the series originally planned to be filmed?
It ended up on a farm in south Vancouver surrounded by vineyards.
Some set trimmings and a stagecoach came from which other series?
The Hope Valley town set was erected in late 2013.
Which Vancouver building doubles as the Thatcher family home?
The set for the town itself sits on a farm in south Vancouver.
Costume designer Barbara Gregusova was born in which country?
Hallmark asked her for a 'stylized 1910 period' with a brighter palette from season three.
Which Canadian network rebroadcast the first season as a summer series in 2015?
Super Channel had carried the Canadian premiere in April 2014.
What is the name of the 2019 spin-off about two orphaned sisters?
It launched the Hallmark Movies Now streaming service on August 30, 2019.
In which town do Lillian and Grace open their orphanage?
The spin-off is set in 1916, six years after the parent show begins.
Which streaming service premiered the prequel Hope Valley: 1874?
It debuted on March 21, 2026.
Which prize did the show win at the 2019 MovieGuide Awards?
The award recognises inspiring television.
Which co-star did the show's lead actress marry in 2025?
He plays Mike Hickam, who has worked at the mercantile, the sawmill and the saloon.
The show's lead actress studied drama at which New York school?
Before Hope Valley she was a medic in Afghanistan on Lifetime's Army Wives.
Which actress played Elizabeth in the TV movie that preceded the series?
Krakow took over when the series proper began in 2014.
The source novelist's first book, published in 1979, was titled what?
It launched a series that Hallmark adapted into films starring Katherine Heigl.
In which Canadian province was the source novelist born?
She was born in Champion to prairie farmers during the Depression.
Jack's actor reprised the role for a cameo in which 2021 special?
He had chosen to leave the role at the end of season five.
In which Australian soap did Jack's actor play firefighter Dave Elder?
He later starred in Crownies and the US Navy drama Last Resort.
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