Top Ontario day spas
Day spas offer the perfect opportunity to squeeze a little focused therapeutic treatment into your travel itinerary, so you can be your best you as you discover this beautiful province.
Toronto
Hammam Spa by Céla
Inspired by Middle Eastern spas, Hammam combines ancient healing traditions, natural elements and modern comforts to create the ultimate wellness experience. Indulge in the cleansing ritual of Turkish Baths, which includes the benefits of steam rooms and deep detoxifying treatments. Follow your treatment up with a nourishing spa lunch and a little beauty treat with one of their spectacular manicure nail rituals. There are locations in North York and downtown Toronto.
Location: 602 King Street West, Toronto
Elmspa
Elmspa is a downtown oasis (part of the Elmwood Spa family) offering a range of exclusive boutique treatments in an inclusive, serene setting including specialized treatments rooms, a rain shower and relaxing garden space. A variety of healing services, such as the Deep Siam Massage, are based on Thai traditions.
Location: 557 Church Street, 3rd floor, Toronto
H2O Float Studio
Experience the ultimate journey to full body and mind tranquility. Calming float cabins help you completely relax before a personalized massage melts your muscles into a state of bliss. For music lovers, ask about their special "Dark Side of the Pod" experience – a chance to listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album as you float under a starry sky in complete darkness.
Location: 25 Mill Street, Toronto
Body Blitz Spa
A unique spa just for women, Body Blitz offers treatments that harness the health benefits of water. Sink your limbs into soothing bliss in the various pools and saunas of the Therapeutic Waters Circuit, featuring a Dead Sea salt pool, cold plunge pool, and hot Epsom salt pool. Spa services and packages also include massages, facials, and body muds.
Locations: 471 Adelaide Street West, Toronto and 497 King Street East, Toronto
Ottawa
The Upkeep Shoppe
This award-winning spa knows how to make your upkeep upbeat! Located in the heart of Ottawa, The Upkeep Shoppe is a welcome space for all sizes and genders. They use all-natural, eco-certified products and pay careful attention to each guest’s individual needs. The Upkeep Shoppe also offers a range of signature tea blends to complement your spa treatment long after you walk out the door.
Location: 358 Preston Street, Ottawa
Hot Rock Spa
If you’re looking for that extra-special, personalized spa experience why not treat yourself to one of Hot Rock’s private sauna rentals? Specializing in hot room spa treatments, their unique sauna territory encompasses 40 acres (16 hectares) of serene private woodland. Choose from a wide variety of in-house services like the exclusive Steam Room Treatment, which includes a Hot Leaves back massage, or invite your own practitioner.
Location: 110 Donald B. Munro Drive, Carp
Niagara Region
Burning Springs Spa & Thermal Pools
Home to Niagara’s only hydrotherapy journey, Burning Springs is redefining the day spa experience. Relax tired muscles and boost circulation in one of their three outdoor thermal pools, or release tension in the Himalayan Salt Sauna and Finnish-inspired Sauna Cabin. Then unwind in the relaxation area’s indoor hot tub.
Location: 6740 Fallsview Boulevard, Niagara Falls
Hamilton, Halton and Brant
Grand Wellness Centre
Experience relaxing massage therapy and rejuvenating body treatments at Brantford’s premiere massage therapy clinic and day spa. Try their unique body beer bundle package. It includes a soothing beer soak, a healing “ale”ments salt scrub and a therapeutic massage.
Location: 202 Grand River Avenue, Brantford
Joie Day Spa
Joie Day Spa is dedicated to making you feel good, inside and out–it’s in their name, after all. Crown yourself king or queen of the day spa with the Royalty Spa Package, a customized experience that includes a steam and sauna, facial, massage, body wrap, manicure and specially made spa lunch. Joie Day Spa has cultivated a community-focused reputation, and their space is welcoming to 2SLGBTQIA+ guests with some gender-neutral facilities.
Location: 374 King Street East, Hamilton
Grey, Bruce and Simcoe
Iwa Spa
Iwa Spa offers a unique day spa experience based on Japanese wellness techniques and state-of-the-art facilities. Winner of the World Luxury Spa Award in 2019, Iwa Spa offers holistic therapy treatments including restorative yoga classes and reflexology to help relax the body.
They are renowned for their Ganban volcanic rock therapy, a treatment originating in Indonesia. This therapeutic practice takes place in a relaxing studio with a warm volcanic rock floor, creating the atmosphere of a summer’s day. Lying on the warm rocks soothes muscles, accelerates metabolism and eliminates toxins from the body.
Location: 234 Gord Canning Drive, Town of the Blue Mountains
Cavana Ridge
From luxury spa treatments and medical aesthetics to an award-winning hair salon, Cavana Ridge is an ultimate day spa destination. Their team of highly trained professionals are dedicated to making you look and feel your best, while maintaining a calm and stress-free environment. In the springtime, the Botanica Courtyard restaurant and patio opens up for an al fresco dining experience in their lush gardens. Enjoy fresh, locally sourced ingredients and botanical-infused cocktails after your day of relaxation.
Location: 4260 Burnside Line, Severn
York, Durham and Headwaters
Sanctuary Day Spas
With four locations in southern Ontario, it’s even easier to carve out a little ‘care time’ at Sanctuary Day Spas. Staff will create customized packages with services and treatments designed to address your individual wellness needs.
Locations: Various locations including Newmarket and Vaughan
Thermëa Spa Village Whitby
Recharge at Thermëa Spa Village, newly opened in October 2022, for a unique thermotherapy experience inspired by international therapies and crafted specifically for the Canadian environment. Relax your muscles in the iconic log-cabin sauna, Loggä, the largest event sauna in Canada with a one-of-a-kind amphitheatre interior design. Enjoy a Rhassoul clay treatment, inspired by Middle Eastern traditions. Float your cares away weightlessly in the serene waters of the underground Källa baths—the largest saltwater floatation pool in North America. Then reward yourself with a delicious meal of local fare at one of the village’s three eateries.
Location: 4015 Cochrane Street, Whitby
Southeastern Ontario
Bloomfield Beauty Co.
Unwind at Prince Edward County's first luxury spa to offer both classic and medical aesthetics that will leave you feeling refreshed and beautiful. Choose from a variety of spa packages that combine their most popular services. You can also shop online for your favourite skincare and beauty products.
Location: 254 Main Street, Bloomfield
Dolce Bella Spa on the Rideau
Located in a picturesque 19th-century landmark on the banks of the Cataraqui River and Rideau Canal, this popular spa was once a cotton and woollen mill. The views add to the overall ambience of the spa, recently voted Canadian Day Spa of the Year with 5-star quality.
Enjoy their signature massage or treat yourself to the invigorating Swiss Shower. Afterwards, you can wrap yourself in the softest of soft robes before replenishing your body with a gourmet meal served in the private lounge.
Location: 8 Cataraqui Street, Kingston
Southwestern Ontario
Terra Nova Nordic Spa & Café
With a holistic approach to relaxation, Terra Nova Nordic Spa & Café provides spa and wellness services from head to toe. They are known for their Thermal Experience, which is a full-body therapeutic practice meant to expel toxins, release endorphins and improve mood and energy. It begins with 15 minutes of heat, either in a wood-fired sauna, eucalyptus steam room or the hot pool, followed by a chilling session in one of their cooling stations. The final step is to relax by the fire, in the teepee or on a lounge chair and allow the effects to fully sink in.
The spa also features a café with specialty coffees, loose-leaf teas, delicious snacks and a range of lunch options. If you’re looking to elevate your spa experience, indulge in their High Tea to complement your day of pampering.
Location: 596145 Highway 59 North, Woodstock
Estate of Health
Known as a holistic wellness centre and yoga studio, Estate of Health offers multiple ways to experience peace of mind and physical rejuvenation. On top of their classic day spa treatments, this wellness centre also offers classes in yoga and meditation, a hydrotherapy area and pool and a meditative garden. Discover a wide range of treatments to suit your needs, like a relaxing massage, yoga therapy or a reiki energetic healing session. Classes, treatments and day spa passes must be reserved ahead of time.
Location: 101 Mill Street West, Kingsville
Northeastern Ontario
Tranquility Spa Salon
Tucked away on the edge of North Bay, Tranquility Spa Salon has built a reputation for beauty and therapeutic treatments to gently help you relax and feel your best. Enjoy the hot stone massage prepared by trained estheticians and follow it up with a style session to help you shine. Hydrotherapy facials, airbrush tanning, an infrared sauna and laser hair removal are just some of their other specialty services.
Location: 175 Chippewa Street North, North Bay
Last updated: January 22, 2024