Transport, magnetic, specific heat, internal friction, and shear modulus in the charge ordered La 0. We report the magnetic and magnetotransport properties of Ca doped La 1−x Ca x CrO 3 ͑x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3͒. Both the magnetic and transport properties are very sensitive to Ca substitution. The Néel temperature T N decreases substantially with increasing calcium doping concentration from 290 to 160 K. A weak ferromagnetic state with large coercive fields of up to 3 T is present for the Ca doped LaCrO 3 . The temperature dependence of the resistivity shows that all the Ca doped compounds are semiconducting and their resistivities decrease with increasing Ca for low doping levels. The resistivity curves show thermally activated behavior and a variable range hopping behavior at high temperatures. The magnetotransport measurements show a negative magnetoresistance. Furthermore, an anomalous peak was observed in the field dependence of magnetoresistance for the LCCO materials.