Providence Living

What Providence Living does

Providence Living is a Vancouver-based, faith-based non-profit long-term care provider founded in 2017 as an affiliate of Providence Health Care. The organization operates publicly funded care homes across British Columbia, delivering long-term care, assisted living, dementia care, and addiction recovery services through a model centered on small-home environments and resident-directed living.

Operational assets include Central City Lodge (100 long-term care beds and 22 addiction recovery beds in Vancouver), Cooper Place (69 assisted living units in Vancouver), and The Views at St. Joseph's (a 156-bed dementia village in Comox that opened in July 2024 as Canada's first publicly funded dementia village). The organization employs 600+ staff, medical staff, and volunteers.

Revenue mechanics are driven primarily by per-diem funding contracts with the BC Ministry of Health and the regional health authorities — Vancouver Coastal Health, Island Health, and Northern Health — supplemented by resident fees and donations through the Providence Living Foundation. The pipeline includes The Rivers in Prince George (200 beds, under construction), a planned redevelopment of St. Vincent's Heather in Vancouver (240 beds, targeted 2028), and announced expansions in Smithers and Quesnel adding more than 400 beds. The proprietary "Home for Us" care model and a technology partnership program (including Tochtech Technologies for smart-building systems) round out the operating platform.

Name

Providence Living

Legal name

Providence Living

Website

https://providenceliving.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Providence Living is a faith-based, publicly funded non-profit long-term care provider in British Columbia, operating dementia villages, assisted living, and addiction recovery services across BC in partnership with regional health authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior Long-Term Care Services

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

General Assisted Living Facilities (HLADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) with Memory Care (HLADACAD), Large Campus / Multi-Building Assisted Living Communities (HLADABAG), Single-Site CCRCs (HLADAEAE)

Keywords

• Senior care services
• Long-term care
• Dementia care
• Assisted living
• Non-profit healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Funding: Providence Living operates as a non-profit organization providing publicly funded long-term care services. Funding comes from the BC Ministry of Health through Island Health (for Vancouver Island operations) and Northern Health (for Northern BC operations). Services are accessible to all BC residents regardless of financial situation.
2. Donations: The organization accepts donations to enhance programs and services. Donations support initiatives like the Conconi Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar in Seniors Care research program.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Providence Living provides publicly funded long-term care, dementia care, assisted living, and addiction recovery services through a portfolio of care villages in British Columbia. Its flagship offering is the Home for Us social-relational care model, which replaces institutional task-based care with small household communities of 12 residents, resident-directed routines, and freedom of movement within safe village-style environments. Services are accessed free of charge by eligible BC residents through the provincial healthcare system.

Product overview

Providence Living is a faith-based non-profit healthcare organization established in 2017 by Providence Health Care to redefine seniors' care in British Columbia. The organization operates a portfolio of seniors' care facilities across BC including Providence Living at The Views (156-bed dementia village in Comox), Providence Living at The Rivers (200-bed facility in Prince George under construction), Central City Lodge (100 long-term care + 22 addiction recovery beds in Vancouver), Cooper Place (69 assisted-living beds in Vancouver), and new facilities planned for Quesnel and Smithers. At the core of their approach is the Home for Us care model—a social-relational philosophy inspired by the De Hogeweyk dementia village in the Netherlands that replaces institutional task-based care with resident-directed household communities. Services span long-term care, assisted living, addiction recovery, and respite care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Home for Us: A social-relational model of care that focuses on creating fulfilled, connected and purposeful lives for residents. Based on concepts from the De Hogeweyk dementia village in the Netherlands.

Products and services

• Providence Living at The Views

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.36 direct care hours per resident day (BC provincial target)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and major.

• CATS (Cat Advocates Teaching & Shelter)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 June 2025Partnership bringing kittens to Providence Living at The Views during Seniors Week, providing animal therapy and joy for residents at Canada's first publicly funded dementia village care home.
• Tochtech TechnologiessupportingTechnology or Integration · 16 September 2024Technology partnership implementing Toch Sleepsense sleep monitoring technology across 156 beds at Providence Living at The Views for innovative dementia care solutions.
• Northern HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 November 2023Providence Living and Northern Health partnered to build a 200-bed care home in Prince George. Providence Living contributes the land in partnership with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George, while Northern Health provides operational funding. Building started in fall 2024.
• Providence Health CarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2023Providence Living was established by Providence Health Care in 2017 as a separate non-profit society focused solely on seniors' care. PHC provides land for St. Vincent's Heather and collaborative expertise for the Home for Us care model development.
• Archdiocese of VancouvermajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2023The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver is contributing land for the St. Vincent's Heather care village development in south-central Vancouver. This partnership enables the 240-bed, 13-storey long-term care home planned for 2028.
• Island HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 May 2020Providence Living signed a project development agreement with Island Health to build and operate a 156-bed dementia village in the Comox Valley. Island Health provides annual operational funding and the partnership enables innovative dementia care on Vancouver Island.
• Ministry of Health (BC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe BC Ministry of Health provides capital funding for new care villages and operational funding through regional health authorities. This government partnership is essential for all publicly funded long-term care developments.
• Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (Advancing Health)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Amy Salmon leads the Advancing Health Seniors' Care Research Group embedded within Providence Living's care sites including The Views and the future St. Paul's Centre for Healthy Aging, conducting developmental evaluation of the Home for Us model.
• K'omoks First NationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerK'omoks First Nation members have been instrumental partners in the design of Providence Living at The Views. The Nation designed the Indigenous sacred gathering space and hosted cultural blessing ceremonies. Ongoing cultural collaboration includes traditional medicine gardens.
• City Centre Care Society (CCCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCCS's governing board approached Providence Living for partnership, leading to the December 2022 transfer of Central City Lodge and Cooper Place operations to Providence Living. Both organizations share similar values focused on supporting vulnerable populations.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Revera: One of Canada's largest owners, operators, and developers of seniors' housing including long-term care, retirement living, and home health, operating in multiple provinces with overlapping service lines though a private-pay model.
• Extendicare: Canadian provider of long-term care and retirement living with over 50 years of operational history; directly comparable in long-term care service delivery and skilled nursing focus.
• Chartwell Retirement Residences: Largest operator of seniors residences in Canada with retirement and long-term care communities across multiple provinces, comparable in scale and service mix though primarily private-pay.
• Sienna Senior Living: Major Canadian operator of seniors' residences and long-term care communities with a portfolio of over 80 sites, sharing comparable service categories (LTC, assisted living, memory care) across Canada.

Direct peers

• Baptist Housing: Faith-based non-profit operator of independent living, assisted living, and long-term care communities across British Columbia, directly comparable in mission, funding model, and resident demographic to Providence Living.
• Park Place Seniors Living: BC-based operator of independent living, assisted living, and long-term care communities, directly comparable in geography, funding model, and resident segments.
• AgeCare: Western Canada-based operator of long-term care, designated supportive living, and retirement communities in Alberta and BC, comparable in publicly-funded assisted living and continuing care delivery.

Others

• Hogeweyk (Dementia Village): The original Dutch dementia village in Amsterdam whose care model directly inspired Providence Living's Home for Us framework; relevant as a model partner and conceptual benchmark rather than a direct commercial competitor.
• Providence Health Care: Parent organization and founding sponsor of Providence Living, providing land, clinical expertise, and research collaboration including the Advancing Health research partnership; comparable as a faith-based BC healthcare provider.

Regional players

• Covenant Health: Canada's largest Catholic healthcare provider operating continuing care and long-term care sites primarily in Alberta, comparable as a faith-based non-profit provider of publicly funded seniors care though outside BC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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