Editing 7-Eleven (section)

====Canada====
[[File:GUS-STATION in Canada.JPG|thumb|A 7-Eleven store with petrol station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada]]
The first 7-Eleven store to open in Canada was in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], on June 29, 1969. There are 562 7-Eleven stores in Canada {{as of|2022|12|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stores.7-eleven.ca/ca |title=All Locations in Canada |website=stores.7-eleven.ca |date=December 10, 2022 |access-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210141853/https://stores.7-eleven.ca/ca |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], has the world's largest number of [[Slurpee]] consumers, with an estimated 1,500,000 Slurpees sold since the first 7-Eleven opened on March 21, 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=Convenient Facts – 7-Eleven Corporate |website=corp.7-eleven.com |url=http://corp.7-eleven.com/corp/about#convenient_facts |access-date=January 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109131947/http://corp.7-eleven.com/corp/about#convenient_facts |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> All 7-Eleven locations in Canada are corporate operated.<ref>{{cite web |title=7-Eleven – A Strong Brand |website=franchise.7-eleven.com |url=http://franchise.7-eleven.com/index.php/a-strong-brand |access-date=August 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114231706/http://www.franchise.7-eleven.com/index.php/a-strong-brand |archive-date=November 14, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Like its U.S. counterparts every July 11 the stores offer free [[Slurpee]]s on "7-Eleven Day".

A limited number of 7-Eleven locations feature [[filling station|gas station]]s from [[Shell Canada]], [[Petro-Canada]], or [[Esso]]. In November 2005, 7-Eleven started offering the Speak Out Wireless cellphone service in Canada. 7-Eleven locations also featured [[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce|CIBC]] [[Automated teller machine|ATM]]s{{emdash}}in June 2012, these machines were replaced with ATMs operated by [[Scotiabank]]. 7-Eleven abandoned the [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], market in December 2009 after selling its six outlets to [[Quickie Convenience Stores]], a regional chain. Following concerns over the fate of [[7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless]] customers, Quickie offered the option for SpeakOut customers to port into the Good2Go mobile provider.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International News: 7-Eleven Exits Ottawa with Sale to Quickie C-stores |website=csnews.com |date=October 30, 2009 |url=https://csnews.com/international-news-7-eleven-exits-ottawa-sale-quickie-c-stores |access-date=April 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410072138/https://csnews.com/international-news-7-eleven-exits-ottawa-sale-quickie-c-stores |archive-date=April 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Attention... Speak Out Customers are Good 2 Go... |website=quickiestores.com |url=http://www.quickiestores.com/pg_CompanyNewsDetails.php?int_ArticleItemId=14&str_Evt=evt_LnkPgArticleItem_Select |access-date=December 12, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715135756/http://www.quickiestores.com/pg_CompanyNewsDetails.php?int_ArticleItemId=14&str_Evt=evt_LnkPgArticleItem_Select |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> SpeakOut subsequently offered online sales as an option, and continues to offer Ottawa-based phone numbers to new and existing customers. 7-Eleven is similarly absent from the [[Quebec]] market due to its saturation by chains like [[Alimentation Couche-Tard]] and by independent [[dépanneur]]s.

In March 2016, 7-Eleven acquired 148 [[Imperial Oil]]-owned Esso gas stations in Alberta and British Columbia for C$2.8&nbsp;billion. Most of their convenience stores were converted to 7-Eleven stores, and they remain supplied by Esso. Some locations were not converted to 7-Eleven; these locations operate under the transitional banner "smartstop 24/7" with their existing store formats, typically inherited from [[On the Run (convenience store)|On the Run]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Exciting the Market |magazine=Octane |issue=March/April 2019 |page=12 |url=https://issuu.com/ensembleiq/docs/csnc_mar_19_fa3f064e4361b4/12 |access-date=July 25, 2019 |via=[[Issuu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915165334/https://issuu.com/ensembleiq/docs/csnc_mar_19_fa3f064e4361b4/12 |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Esso stations to sprout 7-Eleven stores thanks to $2.8-billion gas bar megadeal |work=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=March 9, 2016 |url=https://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/esso-stations-to-sprout-7-eleven-stores-thanks-to-2-8-billion-gas-bar-megadeal |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404182709/https://calgaryherald.com/business/energy/esso-stations-to-sprout-7-eleven-stores-thanks-to-2-8-billion-gas-bar-megadeal |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>