When Calls the Heart

Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.

When Calls the Heart is a Hallmark Channel series in Drama, Western currently listed as returning series. RecapHub covers Seasons 1-14 — 14 seasons, 139 episode guides.

It premiered in 2014 and the most recent season covered here aired in 2026.

What this hub adds: 139 episode guides, 14 seasons of character-by-character coverage, 10 credited series regulars, 13 in-depth character profiles — every season entry below opens its own episode index, and every character name links to a profile with biography, season arcs, relationships, and episode-level sources.

The guide set below links every documented season to its own episode index, and connects 13 characters with dedicated profiles — including Abigail Stanton, Lucas Bouchard, Bill Avery, Henry Gowen — so you can move from a series overview straight to a character arc without leaving the site.

• Erin Krakow as Elizabeth Thatcher
• Daniel Lissing as Jack Thornton
• Martin Cummins as Henry Gowen
• Pascale Hutton as Rosemary LeVeaux
• Jack Wagner as Bill Avery
• Eva Bourne as Clara Stanton
• Kevin McGarry as Nathan Grant
• Chris McNally as Lucas Bouchard
• Kavan Smith as Leland Coulter
• Lori Loughlin as Abigail Stanton

Season coverage for the credited regulars: Erin Krakow (14 seasons) · Daniel Lissing (5 seasons) · Martin Cummins (12 seasons) · Pascale Hutton (14 seasons) · Jack Wagner (14 seasons) · Eva Bourne (2 seasons) · Kevin McGarry (4 seasons) · Chris McNally (4 seasons). Per-season credits, including guest performers, are on each season's cast page.

Beyond the core cast, Edie Martell, Fiona Miller, Sonny Garrison, Florence Blakeley, Mei Sou, Faith Carter carry documented story arcs across the seasons covered here.

• Season 1 — aired 2014-01-11 · 12 episode guides
Featuring adam miller, albert bickley, anna hayford, bill avery and 43 more in the season cast list
• Season 2 — aired 2015-04-25 · 7 episode guides
Featuring albert bickley, annabelle conklin, bill avery, dottie ramsey and 19 more in the season cast list
• Season 3 — aired 2015-12-26 · 9 episode guides
Featuring becky hastings, bill avery, dottie ramsey, dr burns and 13 more in the season cast list
• Season 4 — aired 2017-02-19 · 10 episode guides
Featuring bill avery, elizabeth thatcher, francine fessler, henry gowen and 4 more in the season cast list
• Season 5 — aired 2018-02-18 · 10 episode guides
Featuring bill avery, elizabeth thatcher, henry gowen, jack thornton and 3 more in the season cast list
• Season 6 — aired 2019-02-24 · 9 episode guides
Featuring bill avery, elizabeth thatcher, fiona miller, henry gowen and 2 more in the season cast list
• Season 7 — aired 2020-02-23 · 10 episode guides
Featuring bill avery, clara stanton, elizabeth thatcher, fiona miller and 3 more in the season cast list
• Season 8 — aired 2021-02-21 · 12 episode guides
Featuring allie parks, angela canfield, anna hayford, bill avery and 15 more in the season cast list
• Season 9 — aired 2022-03-06 · 12 episode guides
Featuring agent spurlock, allie grant, allie parks, angela canfield and 24 more in the season cast list
• Season 10 — aired 2023-07-30 · 12 episode guides
Featuring bill avery, elizabeth thatcher, emily montgomery, faith carter and 13 more in the season cast list
• Season 11 — aired 2024-04-07 · 12 episode guides
Featuring anna hayford, bill avery, elizabeth thatcher, emily montgomery and 13 more in the season cast list
• Season 12 — aired 2025-01-05 · 12 episode guides
Featuring allie parks, angela canfield, bill avery, elizabeth thatcher and 16 more in the season cast list
• Season 13 — aired 2026-01-04 · 12 episode guides
Featuring abigail stanton, aj mcginty, angela canfield, benjamin camberwell and 35 more in the season cast list
• Season 14 — upcoming
Featuring abigail stanton, bill avery, elizabeth thatcher, leland coulter and 3 more in the season cast list

Every episode below links to its own recap and guide page — static HTML, no scripting required.

• Season 1 — Lost and Found, Cease and Desist, A Telling Silence, Secrets and Lies, The Dance, These Games All 12 episodes →
• Season 2 — Trials of the Heart, Heart and Soul, Heart's Desire, Awakenings & Revelations, Heart and Home, Coming Together, Coming Apart All 7 episodes →
• Season 3 — New Year's Wish, Troubled Hearts, A Time to Speak, Heart of a Hero, A Gentle Heart, Forever in My Heart All 9 episodes →
• Season 4 — Words From the Heart, Heart of Truth, The Heart of the Community, Change of Heart, Heart of a Teacher, My Heart Will Go On All 10 episodes →
• Season 5 — Believing, Hearts and Minds, Home Is Where the Heart Is, Open Hearts, My Heart Is Yours, Love and Marriage All 10 episodes →
• Season 6 — Phone Rings and Heart Strings, The Queen of Hearts, A Vote of Confidence, Heart of a Mountie, Surprise, Disputing Hearts All 9 episodes →
• Season 7 — A Moving Picture, The Heart of a Father, Family Matters, Sweet and Sour, An Unexpected Gift, In Perfect Unity All 10 episodes →
• Season 8 — Open Season, Honestly, Elizabeth, From the Ashes, Welcome to Hope Valley, What the Heart Wants, No Regrets All 12 episodes →
• Season 9 — In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb, Turn of the Page, Straight from the Heart, Journey into the Light, Past, Present, Future All 12 episodes →
• Season 10 — Carpe Diem, Hope Springs Eternal, Oh, Baby, Great Expectatations, Life is But a Dream, The Heart of the Problem All 12 episodes →
• Season 11 — When Stars Align, Tomorrow Never Knows, Steps Forward, Along Came a Spider, Stronger Together, Believe All 12 episodes →
• Season 12 — The Mountie Way, You Get What You Give, All That Glitters, Dancing Teens, Mom's the Word, When Autumn Leaves Begin to Fall All 12 episodes →
• Season 13 — Up in the Air, Up in Smoke, Back to School, Until Proven Guilty, Growing Pains, Moment of Truth All 12 episodes →

The most fully documented characters of When Calls the Heart, each with a dedicated profile covering backstory, season arcs, and relationships.

• Abigail Stanton
• Lucas Bouchard
• Bill Avery
• Henry Gowen
• Jack Thornton
• Elizabeth Thatcher Thornton