owned by world impact ministries picture format 480i sdtv slogan experience it country canada broadcast area national headquarters vancouver british columbia formerly called the christian channel 2005 2009 grace tv 2009 2013 website daystar television canada availability satellite bell tv channel 650 shaw direct channel 399 cable rogers cable channel 241 cogeco channel 186 northwestel channel 226 shaw cable channel 166 select areas only source cable channel 123 iptv bell fibe tv channel 632 mts channel 27 optik tv channel 872 sasktel channel 282 daystar canada is a canadian english language category b specialty channel that broadcasts religious programming dedicated to the christian faith . it is owned by world media ministries . originally known as the christian channel it was re branded as grace tv in september 2009 . as of june 2013 the majority of its programming became sourced from the u.s. evangelical christian network daystar and the network ultimately took on the daystar brand in november 2013 . history edit logo as grace tv the channel was launched on october 1 2005 as the christian channel by previous owners s vox . on january 26 2009 s vox announced that it had reached an agreement to sell the christian channel to world impact ministries . the sale was subject to canadian radio television and telecommunications commission crtc approval . 1 it was approved by the crtc on may 4 2009 . 2 world impact ministries took control of the channel on june 1 2009 and introduced new programming including encounter its flagship program airing daily . 3 the channel was renamed grace tv on september 16 2009 . 4 on june 13 2013 grace tv announced a partnership with the u.s. based religious broadcaster daystar in which the majority of grace tv s programming would come from daystar with the remaining 35 % provided by canadian producers . on november 23 2013 the network announced that it would drop the grace tv name in favor of branding as daystar full time . references edit the christian channel enters new ownership agreement with world impact ministries ; cnw group ; 2009 01 26 broadcasting decision crtc 2009 247 ; crtc ; 2009 05 04 crtc approves world impact ministries purchase of the christian channel ; wim ; 2009 05 05 christian channel re brands to grace tv ; broadcaster magazine ; 2009 09 17 external links edit official website v t e religious television in canada yes tv cits burlington ckcs calgary ckes edmonton other broadcast television cfeg abbotsford cfso cardston chnu fraser valley ciit winnipeg cjil lethbridge multichannel television atn aastha tv atn punjabi 5 atn sikh channel daystar salt light television vertical tv visiontv foreign 4e tv greece al resalah saudi arabia defunct joytv this christianity related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about television in canada is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title daystar canada & oldid 729363133 categories english language television stations in canadareligious television networks in canadachristian media in canadachristian television networkstelevision channels and stations established in 2005canadian digital cable television networkschristianity stubscanadian television stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 july 2016 at 18 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view