Taoism Society of Canada

Name

Taoism Society of Canada

Legal name

Taoist.ca

Website

https://taoist.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Cultural Education

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHSADAJAH

Meditation Apps, Digital Courses & Online Communities

Home & Personal Services/Fitness, Wellness & Personal Training/Meditation, Mindfulness & Breathwork

SECONDARYTHAJAHAA

Yoga & Meditation Experiences (Studio Classes, Guided Meditation, Mindfulness)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Wellness & Spa Experiences (Retreats, Thermal Baths, Yoga)

Keywords

• Taoist educational content
• Tai chi instruction
• Temple cultural guides
• Eastern philosophy articles
• Charitable religious education

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable Organization Operations: The organization operates as a charitable, non-profit entity. Content on Taoist.ca is provided free of charge to readers. The site appears to be maintained as an educational resource rather than a commercial venture.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Taoism Society of Canada operates Taoist.ca, a free online educational content platform that publishes articles, video lectures, and book recommendations on Taoist philosophy, Tai Chi, Qigong, Chinese astrology, feng shui, temple visits, and Chinese cultural traditions. The content is written primarily by Randy Weinstein and targeted at English-speaking audiences in Canada and globally who are interested in Taoism, Eastern spirituality, and the internal arts of health. The site is affiliated with the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism and the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada.

Product overview

Taoist.ca is a content and educational blog website dedicated to Taoism in Canada. The site is built on WordPress using the Bravada theme and publishes articles, videos, and book recommendations related to Taoist philosophy, practices, and culture. It is not a commercial product company but rather an informational resource operated by Randy Weinstein that covers topics including the Tao Te Ching, temple visits (both in Canada and Hong Kong), Chinese New Year traditions, Feng Shui predictions, and the relationship between modern science and Eastern philosophy. The content spans categories of Science, Philosophy, Tai Chi, Qigong, Astrology, Temples, Books, and Video.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Taoist.ca Educational Content Platform A WordPress-based blog and content platform providing free educational articles about Taoist philosophy, Tai Chi, Qigong, astrology, temples in Canada and Hong Kong, and Chinese cultural traditions. Content is written primarily by Randy Weinstein and targeted at English-speaking audiences in Canada and globally who are interested in Taoism, Tai Chi, and Eastern spirituality. The site covers categories including Science, Philosophy, Tai Chi, Qigong, Astrology, Temples, Books, and Video.
• Wong Dai Sin Temple (Thornhill, Ontario) A Taoist temple in Thornhill, Ontario identified as the only temple dedicated to Wong Tai Sin outside of China. Open to everyone, offering Taoism education, Chinese culture information, and Tai Chi workshop referrals. Staff explain Taoist practices to visitors, supporting fortune reading, incense offerings, and wellness experiences.
• Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism (Toronto, Darcy Street) Toronto-based charitable institute of Taoism affiliated with the Taoist Tai Chi Society, providing Taoist education and community programming located on Darcy Street.
• Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi International Centre (Mono/Orangeville, Ontario) A residential Health Recovery Centre and Quiet Cultivation Centre on a 42-hectare rural property in Mono/Orangeville, Ontario, including a large Chinese-inspired temple dedicated to Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist teachings. Operated by the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism as the international centre.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• International Taoist Tai Chi SocietycoreOthersTaoist.ca covers the International Taoist Tai Chi Society extensively, referencing it as the umbrella organization for Taoist Tai Chi member associations worldwide. The Society was founded by Moy Lin-shin and promotes Taoist Tai Chi as internal arts of health. As of 2007, it had 40,000 members including 15,000 in Canada across 26 countries.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Headspace: Headspace is a leading consumer meditation and mindfulness platform offering guided meditation, courses, and an extensive content library. It overlaps directly with Taoist.ca's mission of delivering meditation and mindfulness practices to general audiences through a digital platform.
• Ten Percent Happier: Ten Percent Happier offers meditation courses, a content app, and books targeted at skeptics and mainstream professionals. Its positioning as credible meditation education for non-practitioners maps directly to the Society's mission of accessible Taoist education for curious Westerners.
• Calm: Calm is a major meditation, sleep, and wellness content subscription platform. Its content-led, digital-first model for delivering mindfulness education mirrors the educational content portal strategy used by Taoist.ca, with similar end-user audiences.
• Insight Timer: Insight Timer is the world's largest free meditation community with millions of users and teachers. Its community-led, free-tier approach to sharing meditation and spiritual practice content is structurally analogous to Taoist.ca's free educational community model.
• Plum Village: Plum Village is the mindfulness community founded by Thich Nhat Hanh, offering a meditation app, retreat centers, and a global community. Like the Taoism Society, it operates both physical retreat centers and a digital community for contemplative practice and Eastern spiritual teachings.
• Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism: The Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism is the sister charitable organization and the central international body overseeing the International Taoist Tai Chi Society. It shares the same mission, lineage, and affiliated membership base, making it the closest organizational peer in the Taoist space.

Broad incumbents

• Shambhala Publications: Shambhala Publications is a leading publisher of books on Buddhism, Taoism, contemplative practice, and Eastern philosophy. It functions as a much larger commercial analog in the spiritual-content publishing space that the Society's book and article recommendations inhabit.
• Mindful.org: Mindful.org is a digital media platform dedicated to mindfulness and wellbeing with articles, courses, and a community. Its content-led approach to bringing contemplative practices to mainstream Western audiences is thematically aligned with the Society's educational portal strategy.
• Lion's Roar: Lion's Roar is a major Buddhist publication with digital articles, books, and a global subscriber base. As an established Eastern-spirituality media brand, it is a broader-incumbent peer for religious/spiritual publishing aimed at Western readers.
• Tricycle: Tricycle is a long-running Buddhist magazine and digital media platform covering meditation, teachings, and dharma. It represents an established, broader-incumbent peer delivering structured Eastern-spiritual education to Western audiences via articles, courses, and retreats.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/taoisttaichisoc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCvTwiki-Ynoo2D2eU9ka4QA
• Facebookfacebook.com/TaoistTaiChiInternational
• Instagraminstagram.com/taoisttaichisoc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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