Sangster's History

In 1960, Wallace Sangster purchased “Northern Health Foods” in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from a man who had purportedly cured himself of cancer by ingesting vast amounts of Alfalfa in tea and tablet form. What began back in 1960 as a single family business became a company. Roy Sangster followed in his father’s foot steps and founded his own company in 1971 known as Sangster’s Health Centres. The original location was opened in Yorkton, Saskatchewan which continues to be operational.

Back in the mid 70’s the percentage of the population that purchased health foods was very small, but growing rapidly. Seeing the potential of this industry, Roy made the decision to franchise, and opened his first franchised store in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Sangster’s advantage began when Roy introduced his own exclusive line of vitamins, which helped expand our company.

In July of 2004, Sangster’s joined forces with Planet Organic (POH) a publicly traded company whose development plans were a perfect match. POH brought buying power of natural foods to the deal and Sangster’s brought buying power of supplements. Since this partnership, our company acquired a manufacturing plant who will become the sole producer of Sangster’s exclusive brand of supplements.

In January of 2008, Roy Sangster passed the title of President of Sangster’s Health Centres onto his son Darryl Sangster. Today, Sangster’s Health Centres is Canada’s Longest Running Health and Vitamin Franchise with over 45 locations in Canada, specializing in sales of vitamins, minerals, herbal products, sports nutrition, body care and wellness solutions. To ensure a high quality product, Sangster’s manufactures over 340 exclusive products in Canada exceeding the industry’s standards. Every Sangster’s Health Centres location also carries a wealth of free informational literature on hundreds of natural health issues, including Sangster’s exclusive magazine “Natural Living”.

Growing public interest and awareness of alternative medicine along with 37 plus years of hands-on experience ensures that Sangster’s Health Centres will enjoy a healthy growing business for many years to come. Bringing health and wellness into every home, Sangster’s Health Centres is accomplishing it’s goal of helping the public “Make Health a Habit”.