Today, we had the opportunity to attend the Healthy Family Expo at the Vancouver Convention Centre, the go-to event for Lower Mainland families looking for easy ways to make their lives more active and healthy. Highlights included an expanded 25,000 square foot Active Kid Zone, healthy food and drink sampling in the Whole Foods Market Zone and London Drugs Health Zone, plus fantastic shopping from over 200 highly curated exhibitors.
There was an active kid zone, for kids aged 0-12, including a climbing wall, giant hamster ball race track (yes really!), run bike and Sportball area, and the Tumble bus. The live stage included performances from the very popular Bobs & LoLo and Jessie Farrell who entertained with their songs about the natural world.
Roaming around the show were Kids’ CBC mascots, including Super WHY, Daniel Tiger, Bookaboo and Scout, plus the Vancouver Aquarium Aqua Van and Science World On The Go demos, ninja and tumbling routines, and a Springfree trampoline area complete with tgoma gaming systems.
My little one was exhausted from all the excitement!
We also had the opportunity to sample some of the healthy family brands that exhibited at the show. Below are some of the products that we love!
Exhibitor List 2017
COMPANY | WEBSITE | CATEGORY |
Absolute Cheer & Tumbling | absolutecheerandtumbling.com | Active Living |
Ace Personnel | acepersonnel.ca | Care & Education |
Alba Botanica | albabotanica.com | Health & Wellness |
Alter Eco | alterecofoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
Arbonne | aliulmer.arbonne.com | Health & Wellness |
Around the Back Chiropractic | aroundtheback.wixsite.com/chiro | Health & Wellness |
AspenClean | aspenclean.com | Health & Wellness |
Baby Munchiez | babymunchiez.com | Food & Nutrition |
Banana Joe | bananajoechips.com | Food & Nutrition |
Bar Harbor Foods | barharborfoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
BC Hydro Power smart | bchydro.com | Green Living |
BC Parent Magazine | bcparent.ca | Media Partner |
Beanfields Snacks | beanfieldssnacks.com | Food & Nutrition |
Big Mountain Foods | bigmountainfoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
Black River Juice | blackriverjuice.com | Food & Nutrition |
Bobs & LoLo | bobsandlolo.com | Entertainment |
BobAli | bobalifoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
Body In Balance Reflexology | bodyinbalancereflexology.net | Health & Wellness |
Bois bites inc. | boisbites.com | Health & Wellness |
Brew Dr. Kombucha | brewdrkombucha.com | Food & Nutrition |
Bullfrog Power | bullfrogpower.com | Green Living |
Caboo Paper Products | caboopaper.com | Green Living |
Canucks Autism Network | canucksautism.ca | Health & Wellness |
Capilano Suspension Bridge Park | capbridge.com | Active Living |
CBC Kids | cbc.ca/kidscbc2 | Entertainment |
Celestial Seasonings | celestialseasonings.com | Food & Nutrition |
Central Roast | centralroastbrands.com | Food & Nutrition |
Claren Academy | clarenacademy.org | Care & Education |
Clif Bar and Company | clifbar.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Climb Base5 | climbbase5.com | Active Living |
Cypress Mountain | cypressmountain.com | Active Living |
DANCEPL3Y Vancouver | pl3yinc.com | Active Living |
Ddrops Company | vitaminDdrops.com | Health & Wellness |
Deebees Organics | deebeesorganics.com | Food & Nutrition |
Doc ME! | docme.ca | Video Partner |
Dr. Melanie Mattson Orthodontics | drmattson.ca | Health & Wellness |
doTERRA Essential Oils | mydottera.com/trudyperry | Health & Wellness |
Driline Baby | drilinebaby.com | Green Living |
Earth’s Choice | earthschoice.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Earthrise Nutritionals | earthrise.com | Food & Nutrition |
Eat Grain | eatgrain.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Encorp Return-it | return-it.ca | Green Living |
Endangered Species | chocolatebar.com | Food & Nutrition |
Ergogenics Nutrition | ergogenicsnutrition.com | Food & Nutrition |
Evo Car Share | evo.ca | Green Living |
Executive Suites Hotel & Resort Squamish | executivesuitessquamish.com | Active Living |
Farmhouse Culture | farmhouseculture.com | Food & Nutrition |
Fire Belly Sauce Company Inc. | firebellysauce.com | Food & Nutrition |
FitBite | fitbite.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Flora Manufacturing & Distributing | florahealth.com | Food & Nutrition |
Forte Whole Foods | fortewholefoods.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Four O’Clock Tea | transherb.com/en/ | Food & Nutrition |
FreeYumm | freeyumm.com | Food & Nutrition |
Frozen Coconut | frozencoconut.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Fuel Your Fire | fuelyourfire.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Fuud.ca | fuud.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Games2U Tricities | facebook.com/pages/Games2U-Tricities | Active Living |
Garden of Life Canada | trophicproducts.com | Food & Nutrition |
Genuine Health | genuinehealth.com | Food & Nutrition |
GluteNull | glutenull.com | Food & Nutrition |
Gojoy Berries | gojoy.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Great Bear Paleo Bites | greatbearbites.com | Food & Nutrition |
Green Chair Recycling | greenchairrecycling.com | Green Living |
Green Cricket Inc. | greencricket.ca | Green Living |
Greener Print Solutions Inc. | greenerprint.ca | Green Living |
Grimm’s Fine Foods | grimmsfinefoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
GURU | guruenergy.com | Food & Nutrition |
Habibi’s Mediterranean | habibis.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Happy Water | livehappywater.ca | Green Living |
Healthy Moms Vancouver | healthymomsvancouver.com | Health & Wellness |
HelloFresh | hellofresh.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Heroheads Superhero Camps | pedalheads.com | Active Living |
Hippie Foods | hippiefoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
HSC Homeschool Canada Inc. | homeschoolcanada.ca | Care & Education |
Hydralyte | hydralyte.ca | Health & Wellness |
Jack N’ Jill Natural Toothpaste | sportsfleets.com/jack-n-jill-kids-toothpaste | Health & Wellness |
Jilly V’s | jillyvs.com | Food & Nutrition |
Jessie Farrell | jessiefarrell.com | Entertainment |
JusTea | justea.com | Food & Nutrition |
Kaizen Canada | kaizencanada.com | Food & Nutrition |
Kaslo Sourdough | pastafermentata.com | Food & Nutrition |
Kettle Chips | kettlebrand.com | Food & Nutrition |
KidsWorld | kidsworldprogram.com | Active Living |
KIND | kindsnacks.com | Food & Nutrition |
King Island | www.drinkingisland.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Knowledge First Financial | knowledgefirstfinancial.ca | Care & Education |
KOOSHOO | kooshoo.com | Health & Wellness |
L’Ancêtre Organic Cheese | fromagerieancetre.com | Food & Nutrition |
Leclerc | leclerc.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Life Choices Natural Foods | lifechoicesfoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
Lifeway | lifewaykefir.com | Food & Nutrition |
Little BigShot | littlebigshotenergy.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Little Threads Boutique | littlethreadsboutique.com | Green Living |
Live for Tomorrow | lft-products.com | Health & Wellness |
live.love.eat food company | liveloveeat.ca | Food & Nutrition |
London Drugs | londondrugs.com | Green Living |
Love Child Organics | lovechildorganics.com | Food & Nutrition |
Lunapads | lunapads.com | Green Living |
MadeGood | madegoodfoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods | manitobaharvest.com | Food & Nutrition |
Meadowfresh Dairy | meadowfresh.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Medela | medela.ca | Health & Wellness |
MesaSilla Canada | mesasilla.ca | Health & Wellness |
Mia’s Moccs | miasmoccs.com | Health & Wellness |
Ministry of Child & Family Development | 2.gov.bc.ca | Health & Wellness |
Modern Mama | modernmama.com | Media Partner |
Montessori Mes Petits Academy | ourpreschool.com | Care & Education |
My Whole Earth Academy | mywholeearth.ca | Care & Education |
Naked Coconuts | nakedcoconuts.com | Food & Nutrition |
Nature’s Path EnviroKidz | ca-en.envirokidz.com | Food & Nutrition |
Neal Brothers Foods | nealbrothersfoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
New World Foods | newworldfoods.ca | Health & Wellness |
North Shore Pediatric Dentistry | northshorepediatricdentistry.com | Health & Wellness |
Nudge | nudgefoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
O’Doughs | odoughs.com | Food & Nutrition |
One Degree Organic Foods | onedegreeorganics.com | Food & Nutrition |
Organic Meadow | organicmeadow.com | Food & Nutrition |
PDG Pediatric Dental Group | pdgdental.com | Health & Wellness |
Peacock | chyechoon.com.sg | Food & Nutrition |
Pedalheads Bike Camps | pedalheads.com | Active Living |
Peekaboo Beans | peekaboobeans.com | Active Living |
PowerPlant Whole Foods | powerplantwholefoods.com | Food & Nutrition |
Prenatal Ease | prenatalease.com | Health & Wellness |
Quesava Kitchen | quejos.com/quesava-kitchen | Food & Nutrition |
Raincoast Trading | raincoasttrading.com | Food & Nutrition |
Rao’s Specialty Foods | raos.com | Food & Nutrition |
Raw Magic Chocolate | rawmagic.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Red Crown | red-crown.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Relaxus | relaxus.com | Health & Wellness |
Rolling Meadow Dairy | rollingmeadowdairy.com | Food & Nutrition |
Sato Pharmaceutical Canada Inc. | satocanada.com | Health & Wellness |
Science World On The Road | scienceworld.ca/ontheroad | Entertainment |
Screamin Brothers | screaminbrothers.ca | Food & Nutrition |
Sea to Sky Gondola | seatoskygondola.com | Active Living |
SeaSnax | seasnax.com | Food & Nutrition |
Sensible Portions | sensibleportions.com | Food & Nutrition |
Seventh Generation | seventhgeneration.com | Green Living |
Sigdal | sigdalbakeri.no/com | Food & Nutrition |
Simply First Aid | simplyfirstaid.ca | Health & Wellness |
Sleepdreams Inc. | sleepdreams.ca | Health & Wellness |
SmartSweets | smartsweets.com | Food & Nutrition |
Sola Skin Care | solaskincare.com | Health & Wellness |
SpiruVive | spiruvive.com | Food & Nutrition |
Sportball | sportball.ca | Active Living |
Springfree Trampoline | springfreetrampoline.ca | Active Living |
Sproutalicious Smart Cookies | sproutalicious.com | Food & Nutrition |
Steaz | steaz.com | Food & Nutrition |
SunRype | sunrype.com | Food & Nutrition |
SweetLegs | sweetlegs.ca | Active Living |
Taslie Skin Care Ltd. | taslie.com | Health & Wellness |
TayLin Threads | Facebook.com/TayLinthreads | Green Living |
TELUS | telus.com | Health & Wellness |
Tempea Natural Foods | tempea.ca | Food & Nutrition |
The Green Beaver Company | greenbeaver.com | Health & Wellness |
The Nine O’Clock Gun Company | nineoclockgun.com | Health & Wellness |
Theobroma Chocolat | theobromachocolat.com | Food & Nutrition |
Timber Child | timberchild.com | Green Living |
Tiny Tummies | tiny-tummies.com | Food & Nutrition |
TopDaddies | topdaddies.com | Media Partner |
Tot 2 Teen Dental | tot2teendental.com | Health & Wellness |
Tourism Squamish | exploresquamish.com | Active Living |
Toyota Canada | toyota.ca | Green Living |
Tree Island Gourmet Yogurt | treeislandyogurt.com | Food & Nutrition |
Tumblebus | vancouvertumblebus.com | Active Living |
TumbleTown Movement Education Centre | tumbletown.ca | Active Living |
Vancouver Aquarium AquaVan | vanaqua.org/learn/outreach/aquavan | Green Living |
Vancouver Mom | vancouvermom.ca | Media Partner |
Vancouver’s Pediatric & Family Wellness Chiropractor | drchensee.com | Health & Wellness |
Veggemo | veggemo.com | Food & Nutrition |
Via Velo | viavelobike.com | Active Living |
Vintage Adventures | vintageadventures.ca | Active Living |
Vita Coco | vitacoco.com | Food & Nutrition |
Way Better Snacks | gowaybetter.com | Food & Nutrition |
Wedderspoon Organic Inc. | wedderspoon.ca | Food & Nutrition |
West 1st Chiropractic Wellness Centre | drrandalltrester.com | Health & Wellness |
West Coast Families Magazine | westcoastfamilies.com | Media Partner |
West Coast Kids | westcoastkids.ca | Green Living |
West Coast Railway Heritage Park | wcra.org | Active Living |
Whistler Water | whistlerwater.com | Food & Nutrition |
Whole Foods Market | wholefoodsmarket.com | Food & Nutrition |
Wise Bites | wise-bites.com | Food & Nutrition |
Wize Monkey | wizemonkey.com | Food & Nutrition |
For more information about the Healthy Family Expo, visit: www.HealthyFamilyExpo.com.