GoodLife Fitness | 41,761 followers on LinkedIn. Proudly Canadian - owned and operated since 1979. Inspiring Fitness and Changing Lives in Canada. | GoodLife Fitness started in 1979 in London, ON, and has since grown to become the largest group of fitness club chains in Canada and the fourth largest in the world. Founder and CEO David ‘Patch’ Patchell-Evans started the business with one purpose…to give everyone in Canada the opportunity to live a fit and healthy good life. With hundreds of clubs and thousands of associates coast-to-coast, the GoodLife team is helping to transform the health and fitness of people across Canada every day.