Emmanuel Health

What Emmanuel Health does

Emmanuel Health is a non-profit Catholic healthcare organization that serves as the sole governing entity for 13 publicly funded healthcare facilities across 10 communities in Saskatchewan, Canada. Formed on April 1, 2018, to align with the creation of the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), the organization consolidates governance of facilities originally founded by religious orders (Sisters of St. Martha, Grey Nuns, Sisters of St. Joseph, Ursulines of Prelate) dating back to the early 1900s. Its portfolio spans acute care hospitals (notably St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon, a regional referral center for dialysis, kidney transplants, and palliative care), long-term care homes, seniors housing, the province's first free-standing residential hospice (Hospice at Glengarda), and a 30-bed addiction treatment program at St. Joseph's Hospital in Estevan. The organization is legally Saskatchewan Catholic Health Corporation, doing business as Emmanuel Care, with governance sponsorship held by Spiritus Vitae on behalf of the Catholic Church.

Emmanuel Health's business model is that of a publicly funded healthcare provider rather than a commercial enterprise. Revenue and operational funding flow from the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Government of Saskatchewan through managed services agreements for acute, long-term, hospice, geriatric, adult day program, and addiction treatment services. Patients access care via SHA care coordinators, physician referrals, and hospital transfer protocols — there is no direct consumer-facing or private-pay model. Go-to-market is therefore not commercial; rather, the organization competes for provincial funding allocations, system integration slots, and capital campaign support (e.g., the $21 million Close to Home campaign via St. Paul's Hospital Foundation). Leadership comprises President & CEO Corey Miller, Executive Lead of Finance Stephanie Francis, and facility-level Executive Directors overseeing the 13 operating sites. The organization maintains accountability through Local Councils at each facility and partnerships with the Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan and four diocesan partners.

Name

Emmanuel Health

Legal name

Saskatchewan Catholic Health Corporation

Website

https://emmanuelhealth.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Emmanuel Health is a non-profit Catholic healthcare organization governing 13 publicly funded facilities across 10 Saskatchewan communities, delivering acute care, long-term care, hospice, seniors housing, and addiction treatment services under sponsorship of Spiritus Vitae and operational funding from the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Ownership category

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Product category

Catholic Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (6233)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAAAE

Faith-Based & Nonprofit Hospital Systems

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems

SECONDARYBPAGAJAH

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYHLADABAH

Faith-Based / Nonprofit Assisted Living Providers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Elder Care & Long-Term Care/Assisted Living Facilities

SECONDARYHLAFAAAD

Safety-Net & Public Hospitals

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems

SECONDARYBPAGACAB

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

Keywords

• Acute hospital care
• Long-term care services
• Palliative hospice care
• Addictions treatment
• Seniors housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Saskatoon

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Publicly Funded Healthcare Services: Emmanuel Health's facilities are publicly funded non-profit healthcare organizations operating under agreements with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Revenue comes from provincial government healthcare funding for acute care, long-term care, hospice palliative care, geriatric assessment, adult day programs, and addictions treatment services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Emmanuel Health operates 13 publicly funded Catholic healthcare facilities in Saskatchewan, delivering acute hospital care, long-term and special care homes, hospice palliative care, geriatric assessment, adult day programs, seniors housing, and addictions treatment services. All facilities are governed by Emmanuel Health on behalf of the Catholic Church under agreements with the Saskatchewan Health Authority, with services accessed through physician and SHA referrals rather than direct consumer billing.

Product overview

Emmanuel Health is a Catholic healthcare organization operating 12 publicly funded non-profit healthcare facilities across 10 communities in Saskatchewan. The organization provides a continuum of care including acute care hospitals (St. Paul's Hospital Saskatoon, St. Joseph's Hospital Estevan, St. Anthony's Hospital Esterhazy, St. Peter's Hospital Melville, St. Joseph's Hospital Gravelbourg, St. Joseph's Integrated Health Centre Macklin), long-term care homes (Foyer St. Joseph Nursing Home Ponteix, Providence Place Moose Jaw, Santa Maria Regina, St. Ann's Village Saskatoon, Samaritan Place Saskatoon, Radville Marian Health Centre), a stand-alone hospice (Hospice at Glengarda Saskatoon), and an addictions treatment centre (St. Joseph's Hospital Estevan). The facilities operate under Catholic health values guided by the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foyer St. Joseph Nursing Home – Ponteix 34-bed special care home in Ponteix offering long-term care for 30 residents plus 2 respite rooms, operating in conformity with the Health Ethics Guide approved by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
• Providence Place for Holistic Health – Moose Jaw Moose Jaw facility offering long-term care for 160 residents, a 14-bed Geriatric Assessment Rehabilitation Unit (GARU), and an Outpatient Day Program within the Maguire Centre.
• Radville Marian Health Centre Integrated facility serving as an Emergency Treatment Centre and Long Term Care Facility, providing care within the context of the healing Mission of Jesus Christ.
• Samaritan Place – Saskatoon 80 individual living suites and 20 dual-level companion suites for long-term care, the only care facility in Saskatchewan offering companion suites that enable couples with different care levels to live together. Operates a Household Model of care.
• Santa Maria Senior Citizens' Home – Regina Long-term care facility serving senior citizens in the southeastern part of Saskatchewan, offering comprehensive care services for residents.
• St. Ann's Senior Citizens' Village – Saskatoon Seniors housing complex including St. Ann's Home (long-term care), St. Ann's Residence (60 independent senior apartments), and St. Ann's Place (60 enriched housing apartments for seniors requiring support).
• St. Anthony's Hospital – Esterhazy Acute care hospital in Esterhazy hosting all Esterhazy Healthcare services (except Centennial Special Care Home), including ambulance services, medical clinic, home care, and public health.
• St. Joseph's Hospital – Estevan Acute care hospital in Estevan providing acute care and medical services, housing Home Care, Public Health, and Mental Health programs, and home to the 30 addiction treatment beds opened in 2020.
• St. Joseph's Hospital / Foyer D'Youville – Gravelbourg Fully accredited integrated facility combining a 42-bed hospital with Foyer D'Youville long-term care home for the elderly in Gravelbourg.
• St. Joseph's Integrated Health Centre – Macklin Integrated facility with 22 long-term care beds, two observation beds, a respite bed, a palliative care unit, emergency X-ray, and medical lab services in Macklin.
• St. Paul's Hospital – Saskatoon Established in 1907, Saskatoon's acute care hospital providing compassionate quality health care to residents of Saskatoon and northern Saskatchewan, with recognized leadership in dialysis, kidney transplants, and palliative care.
• St. Peter's Hospital – Melville Accredited acute care hospital in Melville, established in 1942, serving the local community for decades.
• Hospice at Glengarda – Saskatoon Saskatchewan's first free-standing 15-bed residential hospice providing end-of-life care for adults in their final months of progressive illness, with holistic comfort care from an interdisciplinary team of nurses, physicians, support staff, social workers, and spiritual care professionals.
• Addictions Treatment Centre at St. Joseph's Hospital – Estevan 30-bed addictions treatment facility providing crystal meth treatment, other addiction treatments, and pre/post-treatment beds, operated in partnership with Cedars at Cobble Hill to deliver evidence-based, individualized programming.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20 addictions treatment beds opened at St. Joseph's Hospital Estevan in fall 2020, funded at $1.55M upfront and $1.95M annualized
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Saskatchewan Health AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Saskatchewan Health Authority provides operational funding for the Hospice at Glengarda and is the primary provincial health system partner for all Emmanuel Health facilities. SHA coordinates referrals, system integration, and public healthcare funding across the 13 Emmanuel Health facilities.
• St. Paul's Hospital FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020The St. Paul's Hospital Foundation conducted the 'Close to Home' fundraising campaign, raising $21 million in approximately three years to fund the capital costs of the Hospice at Glengarda in Saskatoon — Saskatchewan's first free-standing residential hospice. The foundation serves as the philanthropic partner enabling the hospice project.
• Ursulines of PrelateminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2020The Ursulines of Prelate, a women's religious congregation, had their former Glengarda residence in southeast Saskatoon (constructed 1959) renovated and transformed into the Hospice at Glengarda. The sisters' historical ministry aligned with Emmanuel Health's mission to continue Catholic healthcare.
• Cedars at Cobble HillcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020Emmanuel Care Group partnered with Cedars at Cobble Hill (a B.C.-based addiction treatment facility) to bring an evidence-based addiction treatment program to St. Joseph's Hospital in Estevan. Cedars at Cobble Hill provided clinical programming expertise to open 30 addiction treatment beds (15 for crystal meth, 5 for other addictions, plus pre/post treatment beds). The partnership enabled St. Joseph's to offer individualized, evidence-based programming with immediate impact.
• Spiritus VitaecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2018Spiritus Vitae is the owner on behalf of the Catholic Church, holding the Emmanuel Health Board accountable to ensure provision of exceptional holistic health care rooted in the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Spiritus Vitae is the parent/spiritual sponsor entity for Emmanuel Health.
• Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan (CHAS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHAS is a provincial organization providing a network of support and resources for all who share in the healing ministry of Christ in Saskatchewan, whether in hospitals, care homes, parishes, or the community. CHAS works to protect and promote Catholic healthcare across the province's 16 Catholic health institutions.
• Emmanuel Care (Saskatchewan Catholic Health Corporation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmmanuel Care is the legal name (Saskatchewan Catholic Health Corporation) and business name that owns the healthcare facilities. Emmanuel Health operates as the governing entity for these facilities on behalf of Emmanuel Care/SCHC.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Covenant Health: Catholic faith-based healthcare provider in Alberta operating 17 facilities including hospitals, long-term care, and palliative care. Closest Canadian peer to Emmanuel Health given shared Catholic governance, publicly funded model, and full continuum of care spanning acute to seniors housing.
• Providence Health Care: Catholic faith-based healthcare provider in British Columbia operating acute care, long-term care, and hospice/palliative services. Comparable to Emmanuel Health as a publicly funded Catholic health system with multiple sites across a Canadian province.
• Bruyère: Catholic-affiliated academic healthcare organization in Ottawa operating complex care, long-term care, and hospice/palliative services. Comparable to Emmanuel Health in mission orientation and service mix across the continuum of care.
• St. Joseph's Health System: Catholic healthcare system in Ontario operating hospitals, long-term care, and community health services. Directly comparable as a multi-site Canadian Catholic health system providing acute, LTC, and seniors services under faith-based governance.

Emerging players

• Cedars at Cobble Hill: British Columbia-based addictions treatment facility that partnered with Emmanuel Health to deliver evidence-based programming at the 30-bed St. Joseph's Hospital Estevan addiction treatment unit. Overlap in addictions treatment mission and Catholic-affiliated care delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Saskatchewan Health Authority: Provincial health authority that is the primary funder and system partner for Emmanuel Health. Operates the broader Saskatchewan healthcare system within which Emmanuel Health facilities sit, making it the dominant incumbent shaping Emmanuel's operating environment.

Others

• Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan: Provincial association that supports and represents all 16 Catholic health institutions in Saskatchewan including Emmanuel Health. Directly comparable as a peer entity within the same Saskatchewan Catholic health ecosystem.
• St. Paul's Hospital Foundation: Fundraising arm that raised $21M for Hospice at Glengarda. Operationally distinct from Emmanuel Health but a key enabling partner for capital projects and donor-funded service line expansion.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries13 records

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