The largest sauna in North America is opening in Vancouver

The sauna industry is booming in Vancouver these days, and one (very) big new addition is aiming to put the city on the map as a holistic wellness hub.

How big you ask? Try, the largest sauna in the continent.

When it opens December 1, at the heart of Tevah Wellness is North America’s largest sauna—purpose built for restoration and recovery.  At 725-square-feet (frankly, larger than the average one-bedroom apartment in the city), the sauna fits up to 60 guests and has tiered lounge seating.

There’s also three deep cold-plunge pools and cold body jets—an amenity that founder Andrew Ao says is a rarity in the industry.

Tevah will feature circuit-style group sessions lead by instructors, including Ho himself, who is trained in the Wim Hof Method, which combines cold therapy and prolonged breath holds.  Guests will also have access to a fireside lounge to socialize with others and relax.

“Tevah was created as a space where people can pause, be restored, and transformed,” Andrew Ao, Founder of Tevah Wellness, said in a statement. “This isn’t about pampering or surface level self-care–it really is about realignment, renewal, and supporting transformations on physical, mental, and spiritual levels. Above all, it’s a space that fosters community and belonging, so people feel support as they recharge and grow.”

Tevah will offer daily classes with different focuses, including awakening and gratitude, relaxation and resetting and recharging. There will also be “free flow” recovery sessions where people can move through the amenities at their own pace.

The facility is offering a limited time pre-opening monthly “Founders’ Circle” membership for $250 monthly for unlimited, but single drop-in passes are also available for around $50.

 

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A growing sauna and cold plunge wellness trend

The opening of North America’s largest sauna in Vancouver highlights just how booming the industry is in the region—and how quickly new facilities are opening up to jump into the spa ritual game.

In October, the super stylish AetherHaus, a new German-and-Russian inspired sauna spa in Vancouver’s West End, opened with an Eastern European ethos (and cold-plunge tubs).

 

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While many of the most-hyped circuit spas are based off of Nordic practices, Aether more specifically has roots in the German concept of “aufguss”—a ritual where aromatic steam is circulated through the sauna—and Russian Banya, a communal bathhouse tradition known for heat, steam and social connection.

The last year has seen a glut of new sauna openings across the city.  That includes Kolm Kontrast, which quietly opened its doors just before Christmas last year. Located in the lobby of an upscale apartment at West 8th Avenue and Cambie Street, it’s the joint venture of Julia Glynn and Landon Goold, who collectively bring experience in branding, PR, real estate and fitness to their own wellness-chic hideaway.

 

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There’s also Tality Wellness in Mount Pleasant. It is right down the street from (friendly) competitor Gatherwell. Tality, if you’re keeping track, is also opening a third location (this one straddling the border of Kitsilano and West Point Grey) in early 2026. And we can’t talk about the spa circuit without mentioning Circle Wellness. Here, the “Wellpods” are housed in converted shipping containers on Granville Island.  And also the return of the super bougie Nordic Spa at the Fairmont Pacific Rim—which brings the sauna experience poolside with a soothing cedar-lined pod.

 

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And if you want to go all-in when it comes to diving into this wellness trend, by all means take a read of our Vancouver magazine look at the growing obsession about all things sauna and cold plunge in the city and why it’s shaping up to be hot hot hot (see what I did there?).

Tevah Wellness
955 Pacific Blvd
www.tevahwellness.com

With files from Stacey McLachlan and Kristi Alexandra