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Best running race

  1. BMO Vancouver Marathon
  2. MEC Race Series
  3. SeaWheeze

Best spin studio

  1. Eastwood Cycle Sanctuary, 154 West Hastings Street
  2. Method Indoor Cycling
  3. TaG Cycling
  4. Ride Cycle Club, 881 Hamilton Street

Best yoga studio

  1. Yyoga
  2. Semperviva Yoga
  3. Bikram Yoga Vancouver (City Hall)

Best Pilates studio

  1. Pacific Spirit Pilates
  2. Pilates Unlimited Fitness & Rehabilitation Studio
  3. Line 5 Studios

Best boot camp/outdoor-training program

  1. Survivor Fitness
  2. Ultrafit Bootcamp
  3. Orangetheory Fitness

Best dance studio

  1. Harbour Dance Centre, 927 Granville, 3rd floor
  2. iDance Studios, 119 West Broadway
  3. Ballet Lounge

Best martial-arts studio

  1. Purple Dragon Kitsilano, 2939 West 4th Avenue
  2. Champions Martial Arts and Kickboxing Academy, 125 E. 1st St., North Van
  3. Elements Academy of Martial Arts, 4465 Dunbar Street
  4. Posener's Pankration

Best personal training gym

  1. Innovative Fitness
  2. Kalev Fitness Solution
  3. Ted Loo Fitness

Best independent gym

  1. Ron Zalko Fitness & Yoga
  2. Spartacus Gym, 1522 Commercial Drive
  3. Level 10 Fitness & Physiotherapy

Best gym (women)

  1. She's Fit
  2. Sweat Co. Workout Studios, 736 Richards Street
  3. The Bar Method Vancouver, 837 Beatty Street

Best gym (men)

  1. Steve Nash Fitness World & Sports Club
  2. Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness
  3. Robert Lee YMCA

Best physiotherapist

  1. Physio Room, 3418 Main Street
  2. Treloar Physiotherapy Clinic
  3. InSync Physiotherapy

Best chiropractor

  1. Peakform Wellness
  2. Revolution Health
  3. Back2Health Chiropractic Clinic
  4. Dr. Randall Trester, West 1st Chiropractic Wellness Centre, 1864 West 1st Avenue

Best acupuncturist

  1. Acubalance Wellness Centre, 250–828 West 8th Avenue
  2. Glow Acupuncture & Wellness Center, 410-1008 Homer
  3. Acupuncture Vancouver

Best massage therapist

  1. Broadway Wellness, 2501 Spruce Street
  2. Synergy Massage Therapy Centre, 2035 Stephens Street
  3. Burrard Massage Therapy, 508–1160 Burrard Street

Best nutritionist

  1. Erika Weissenborn (Fresh in your Fridge)
  2. Rich Ralph
  3. Jennifer Hill (Foodie Nutrition)

Best naturopathic clinic

  1. Qi Integrated Health, 1764 West 7th Avenue
  2. Sage Clinic, 487 Davie Street
  3. Acubalance Wellness Centre, 250–828 West 8th Avenue
  4. Springs Eternal Natural Health Clinic

Best integrated-health clinic

  1. Qi Integrated Health, 1764 West 7th Avenue
  2. Peakform Wellness
  3. Westcoast Integrative Health

Best fitness supplement store

  1. Body Energy Club
  2. Popeye's Supplements Canada
  3. GNC

Best health supplement store

  1. Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre, 1111 West Broadway
  2. Genesis Nutrition
  3. Whole Foods Market, Various locations

Best herbal clinic

  1. Gaia Garden Herbal Dispensary, 2672 W. Broadway
  2. Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre, 1111 West Broadway
  3. Greenleaf Acupuncture & Herb Clinic

Best dispensary customer service

  1. Canna Clinic
  2. Healing Tree
  3. Eden Medicinal Society

Dispensary staff most knowledgeable about the medicinal properties of marijuana

  1. BC Compassion Club Society
  2. Canna Clinic
  3. Eden Medicinal Society

Best dispensary in which to find a deal

  1. Eden Medicinal Society
  2. Canna Clinic
  3. Healing Tree

Dispensary with the best mellow strains

  1. Weeds Glass & Gifts
  2. Eden Medicinal Society
  3. BC Compassion Club Society
  4. The Village Dispensary

Dispensary with the best potent strains

  1. The Village Dispensary
  2. Eden Medicinal Society
  3. BC Compassion Club Society

Dispensary with the best variety of marijuana strains

  1. Karuna Health Foundation
  2. BC Compassion Club Society
  3. Eden Medicinal Society

Dispensary with the best variety of marijuana oils

  1. Eden Medicinal Society
  2. BC Compassion Club Society
  3. Sunrise Wellness Foundation

Best dispensary to just chill out

  1. Canna Clinic
  2. Marc Emery’s Cannabis Culture Headshop and Vapor Lounge
  3. Eden Medicinal Society
  4. Healing Tree

Best addiction-recovery centre

  1. Edgewood Health Network, 1525 West 7th Avenue
  2. The Orchard Recovery and Drug Treatment Center, 811 Grafton Road
  3. InSite

Best natural pharmacy

  1. Finlandia Pharmacy & Natural Health Centre, 1111 West Broadway
  2. Pure Integrative Pharmacy
  3. Kripps Pharmacy, 5413 West Boulevard

Best fertility clinic

  1. Olive Fertility Centre
  2. Genesis Fertility Centre, 300–1367 West Broadway
  3. Yinstill Reproductive Wellness, 3523 Main Street

Best medical clinic

  1. Cross Roads Clinics, 350-507 W. Broadway
  2. Khatsahlano Medical Clinics, 2685 West Broadway
  3. Pacific Medical Clinic
  4. Vital Health

Best dentist/dental clinic

  1. Aarm Dental Group
  2. Arbutus North Dental Centre, 202–1926 West 4th Avenue
  3. Kits Family Dental Centre, 209–2223 West Broadway

Best laser eye centre

  1. Pacific Laser Eye Centre, 1401 West Broadway, 5th floor
  2. Coal Harbour Lasik Eye Centre
  3. BoydVision Centre

Best optometrist

  1. West 10th Eyes
  2. Performance Vision Optometry
  3. Vida Eyecare

Best hearing-aid clinic

  1. Connect Hearing
  2. Crystal Hearing Centre
  3. Precision Hearing Clinic

Best medical-marijuana dispensary

  1. Seymour Wellness Society
  2. Healing Tree
  3. Canna Clinic
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