Editing Convenience store (section)

===Canada===
[[File:Couchetard convenience store2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Entrance of a Couche-Tard convenience store in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] (2006)]]

[[Alimentation Couche-Tard]] Inc., which operates Couche-Tard, Provi-Soir, Dépanneur 7, [[Circle K]], [[Mac's Convenience Stores|Mac's]], Winks, and [[Becker's]], is the largest convenience store chain in [[Canada]] and receives its products through [[Core-Mark International]], a North American distribution company specializing in fresh convenience.<ref>{{cite web|title=Couche-Tard and Core-Mark to join UGI|url=http://www.canadiangrocer.com/uncategorized/couche-tard-and-core-mark-to-join-ugi-42145|website=Canadian Grocer}}</ref> Another large chain is [[Quickie Convenience Stores|Quickie Mart]] (whose name predates the fictitious "[[Kwik-E-Mart]]" featured on ''[[The Simpsons]]''). The world's largest convenience retailer, [[7-Eleven]], has about 500 Canadian locations from [[British Columbia]] to [[Ontario]]. Worldwide, the highest number of the chain's [[Slurpee]] beverages are sold in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]] and the city has been awarded the title of the "Slurpee Capital of the World" for many years running.<ref name="SlurpinThePeg">{{cite news |title=Slurpee capital of the world |url=https://winnipegsun.com/2017/07/11/slurpee-capital-of-the-world |work=[[Winnipeg Sun]] |date=11 July 2017}}</ref> Marketing itself as "more than just a convenience store", there are over 260 Hasty Market locations throughout [[Ontario]] and one in [[British Columbia]].

In addition to chain convenience stores, there are also many independently owned convenience stores in Canada.

Convenience stores are also commonly referred to as "corner stores", "mini-marts" or "variety stores" in some regions of Canada. In the French-speaking province of [[Quebec]], a convenience store is known as a "'''dépanneur'''" or "dep" for short, even among some when speaking in English.<ref>[http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/linguistics/faculty/boberg/Articles/n_american_survey/N_American_Survey.htm Faculty: Charles Boberg | Linguistics – McGill University<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318221057/http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/linguistics/faculty/boberg/Articles/n_american_survey/N_American_Survey.htm |date=18 March 2008 }}</ref>

[[File:3951 rue Saint-Antoine Ouest.jpg|thumb|alt=Dep Montreal|Dépanneurs are a common sight in French-speaking Canada, like this one in [[Montreal]] (2016).]]