Which Outdoor Saunas Are Canadian? Not Jacuzzi 🇨🇦
Almost Heaven is built in West Virginia but owned by Harvia of Finland; Jacuzzi belongs to the European private equity firm Investindustrial; Master Spas is American and independent. LeisureCraft, SaunaRay and Nootka Saunas are all Canadian-owned builders. Ownership verified November 2026.
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3 Local OptionsLeisureCraft
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Melancthon, ON · Est. 2004
Family-owned Canadian — started in cedar furniture
SaunaRay
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Collingwood, ON · Since 2003
Founded by Patricia Naylor & Rodney Palmer — hand-built in Collingwood
Nootka Saunas
🇨🇦 Canadian-Owned📍 Squamish, BC · Est. 2019
Built in-house in Squamish from BC western red cedar
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Video Script & Investigation
Outdoor saunas: which ones are actually Canadian-owned? Almost Heaven is built in West Virginia, but it belongs to Harvia of Finland. Jacuzzi is owned by Investindustrial, a European private equity firm. Master Spas is American and independent, out of Indiana. Three Canadian builders. LeisureCraft is a family business in Melancthon, Ontario that started out making cedar furniture in 2004. SaunaRay has hand-built basswood saunas in Collingwood, Ontario since 2003, started by two Canadian journalists. And Nootka Saunas builds every unit in its own Squamish shop from British Columbia red cedar. Canadian-owned. Canadian rooted. This is Canadian made.
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FOREIGN-OWNED BRANDS
- Almost Heaven — Finnish (Harvia Oyj)
- Jacuzzi — Italian PE (Investindustrial)
- Master Spas — US, independent (Indiana)
Ownership checked November 2026