Town of Banff

Health and Wellness

Thr!ve on Wellness

Thr!ve on Wellness is a joint initiative from Alberta Health Services and the Alberta Cancer Foundation. The goal is to support communities to promote active living and healthy eating in an effort to reduce cancer and chronic disease in Alberta.

To achieve this goal, community workshops will be provided to identify needs and priorities, grant funding will also be available to assist with initiative implementation. The Town of Canmore will be hosting a workshop on June 22nd, 1 - 4 p.m. at the Civic Centre and Town of Banff will host a workshop on June 23rd, 10 a.m. -1 p.m. at the Banff Recreation Centre.

• Thr!ve Workshop Invite ( PDF - 25 kb)
  

Health and wellness has been intertwined with the history and development of Banff since 1882, when three Canadian Pacific Railway workers discovered the original hotsprings at what is now the Cave & Basin National Historic Site. That discovery led to the establishment of Banff Hot Springs Reservation (now Banff National Park) in 1885, and the establishment of Banff townsite to provide services to visitors.

In Banff's early years, travelers came here to immerse themselves in the healing waters of the hot springs, and to take treatments for a huge variety of ailments at Dr. Brett's Grandview Villa. Nowadays, no one really thinks the hotsprings water is especially restorative, but the association of Banff with a healthy lifestyle and therapeutic treatments lives on in our abundance of medical facilities, health care practitioners, spas and fitness centres.

• Mineral Springs Hospital
• Medical Clinics and Doctors
• Dentists
  
• Banff Health Unit
• Fitness Facilities & Spas