What Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar does

The Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar is a wholly-owned retail operating unit of Sturgeon Lake First Nation (SLFN), a self-governing Treaty 6 Cree Nation located approximately 30 km northwest of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The unit operates a single on-reserve food store and gas bar employing 5 people, providing essential grocery and fuel services to the Nation's 3,270+ members. Its contact details (306-764-1222) and physical location are listed on the SLFN website as part of the broader First Nation government portfolio. The Store & Gas Bar does not have a separate digital storefront, e-commerce presence, or disclosed financial statements; its revenue is consolidated within the First Nation's economic development portfolio and is not publicly disclosed.

The Store & Gas Bar functions as one node within a much larger SLFN service ecosystem that includes the Main Office / Band Office (740 White Buffalo Lane), the Health Centre, Sturgeon Lake Central School (K-12, 400+ students), Child & Family Services Inc., the Healing Lodge, the Awasisak Wekiwahk Children's Home, the Shirley Bighead Birthing and Childrearing Lodge, the CKCP 96.1 FM radio station, and a Saskatoon sub-office for off-reserve members. The First Nation's economic engine is anchored by Treaty 6-derived entitlements, including a $4,550,000 timber claim settlement (2001), the 2024 Treaty 6 Agricultural Benefits (Cows and Ploughs) Settlement, and a 128-hectare TLE land transfer with mineral rights in 2025. Capital projects underway — a $2.7M water treatment plant upgrade, a 64-unit housing subdivision, and a SaskTel fibre-optic installation — are federally funded through Indigenous Services Canada and are expanding the on-reserve population and customer base the Store & Gas Bar serves.

The unit's pricing is not publicly disclosed; the only publicly disclosed pricing in the broader organization is a $50 one-time 2026 golf membership fee at Kachurs Golf Course offered as a community partnership benefit to eligible SLFN band members. Distribution is exclusively retail/physical storefront with no online ordering, no delivery, and no third-party marketplace presence. Marketing channels for the broader Nation are limited to the slfn.ca website, the SLFN mobile app (Google Play and App Store), the SLFNofficial Facebook page, the annual Competition Pow Wow (August 1–3, 2026), news/media releases, and community events. The Store & Gas Bar has no independent technology stack, no proprietary IP, and no disclosed AI, data, or software capabilities.

Name

Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar

Legal name

Sturgeon Lake First Nation

Website

https://slfn.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1876

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar is a wholly-owned retail operation of Sturgeon Lake First Nation (a Treaty 6 Cree Nation), providing essential food and fuel services to the Nation's 3,270+ members from a single on-reserve location in Sturgeon Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Convenience Store and Fuel Retail

NAICS

Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (457110), Convenience Retailers (445131)

SIC

Retail-Convenience Stores (5412), Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Fuel Stations with Convenience Retail (Forecourt C-Stores) (CRANAJAB)

Keywords

• Convenience store retail
• Gas bar services
• Food store operations
• Fuel retail services
• Community retail services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sturgeon Lake

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar is a community-based retail operation that sells food, groceries, and convenience goods through its food store and dispenses vehicle fuel through its adjacent gas bar. The business serves the on-reserve population of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation, providing essential local access to daily goods and fuel that would otherwise require travel off-reserve.

Product overview

Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar is a single retail operation providing food store and gas bar services to the Sturgeon Lake First Nation community. It is part of the broader Sturgeon Lake First Nation government services portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar A combined on-reserve food store and gas bar providing groceries, convenience items, and vehicle fuel to Sturgeon Lake First Nation community members and local drivers.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Kachurs Golf CourseminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026SLFN has partnered with Kachurs Golf Course for the 2026 golf season, offering eligible band members access to seasonal golf memberships for a one-time fee of $50. This partnership provides a recreational opportunity for community members. Booking is made directly with Kachurs Golf Course at (306) 763-3465.
• Saskatchewan Communities in BloomminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026SLFN participates in the Saskatchewan Communities in Bloom program, with community volunteers assisting in planting, weeding, and beautification efforts. In 2024, SLFN placed 2nd in the provincial competition. The 2026 initiative incorporates the 150th Anniversary of Treaty 6 into community beautification efforts.
• SaskTelcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025SaskTel is installing fibre optic internet service beginning mid-September 2025, with a 10- to 12-week project expected to deliver urban-level internet speeds at no cost to the Nation. This addresses the community's connectivity needs.
• Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)coreOthers · 1 January 2025Federal funding for the $2.7-million water treatment plant upgrade (replacing three wells) and the 64-unit housing subdivision, demonstrating a core federal partnership for community infrastructure.
• Housing, Infrastructure and TransportationcoreOthers · 1 January 2025Federal funding body supporting Phase 1 of the Active Transportation Project, which involves constructing safe pedestrian pathways connecting subdivisions, cultural landmarks, and natural areas.
• Saskatchewan Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public SafetycoreOthers · 1 January 2025SLFN is in discussions with the Ministry regarding a Community Safety Officer program that would provide Special Constable-status officers to handle lower-risk cases, reducing pressure on RCMP resources. Part of the Prince Albert Grand Council's self-administered policing pilot project.
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)coreOthers · 1 January 2025RCMP serves as police of jurisdiction on the reserve. SLFN is negotiating a new multi-year agreement with the RCMP and simultaneously pursuing a memorandum of understanding with the Saskatchewan Marshals Service to strengthen on-reserve law enforcement.
• Saskatchewan Marshals ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025SLFN Chief and Council passed a band council resolution (June 8, 2026) to begin formal discussions with the Saskatchewan Marshals Service toward a memorandum of understanding for on-reserve services alongside the RCMP. The goal is to strengthen public safety, improve communication, and address drug use, trespassing, theft, and violence.
• Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025SLFN is participating in PAGC's pilot project on self-administered policing. PAGC also facilitates the timber claim settlement process and represents multiple nations in treaty and land rights matters.
• Government of SaskatchewancoreOthers · 1 January 2025The Government of Saskatchewan approved an additional 128 hectares (317 acres) of land under the Treaty Land Entitlement process, including mineral rights transfer to SLFN, marking progress in fulfilling treaty obligations.
• Government of Canada (Crown-Indigenous Relations)coreOthers · 1 January 2024Minister Gary Anandasangaree (Crown-Indigenous Relations) announced the settlement of the Treaty 6 Agricultural Benefits (Cows and Ploughs) claim on October 15, 2024, following the Minister's signing of the settlement on September 28, 2024.
• Government of Canada (Department of Indian Affairs / Specific Claims Branch)coreOthers · 1 January 2001The Government of Canada negotiated and settled the Sturgeon Lake Timber Claim for $4,550,000 in 2001, addressing over-cutting of timber on the reserve contrary to the 1906 Timber Surrender. The settlement was ratified by SLFN membership on February 23, 2001 (596 in favor).
• Canadian Forest ServiceminorOthers · 1 January 1999Eco-tourism site development project along Sturgeon Lake, including hiking trails, open-air cooking sites, picnic areas, marina dock, and a concession patio. The site served as the paddling venue for the Western Canada Summer Games in July 1999.
• Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd.minorOthers · 1 January 1997Annual reforestation partnership with Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. and the Government of Saskatchewan for reforestation projects in traditional hunting and gathering areas of the Sturgeon Lake reserve. A crew of band members was trained as planters and functioned as a private contractor, with 110,600 seedlings purchased for 55 hectares.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Federated Co-operatives Limited: Federated Co-operatives Limited operates a network of Co-op gas bars, food stores, and c-stores across Western Canada, including rural Saskatchewan. It is comparable because its local Co-op retail/gas outlets directly compete with the Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar for fuel and grocery spend in surrounding areas and represent the dominant retail co-operative model in the province.
• Alimentation Couche-Tard (Circle K): Couche-Tard operates Circle K and other c-store banners across Canada, including in Saskatchewan. It is comparable as a broad incumbent convenience/fuel retailer whose small-format locations compete with the gas bar for fuel and impulse purchases and represent a benchmark for c-store operating standards and scale economics.
• Parkland Corporation: Parkland Corporation is a major Canadian fuel and convenience operator (including Pilot Travel Centers and On the Run/Marche Express c-stores in Western Canada). It is comparable as a broad incumbent fuel/c-store retailer whose retail fuel margins and convenience formats inform competitive dynamics affecting the Sturgeon Lake gas bar.
• 7-Eleven Canada: 7-Eleven Canada operates franchised and corporate c-stores with attached fuel in major Canadian markets. It is comparable because its small-format c-store model with fuel represents the benchmark against which community-level retailers like the Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar compete on assortment, pricing, and operating hours.

Direct peers

• North West Company: North West Company operates Northern Stores and Quickstop c-stores serving remote and Indigenous communities across Canada. It is directly comparable to the Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar because both serve remote, geographically isolated communities with combined grocery and fuel retail under small-format, low-population-density conditions.
• Lac La Ronge Indian Band Enterprises: Lac La Ronge Indian Band operates wholly-owned business enterprises including gas bars and stores on reserves in northern Saskatchewan. It is directly comparable to the Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar because both are First Nations-owned combined grocery/fuel retail operations serving on-reserve members in Saskatchewan, sharing the same business model, governance context, and customer base structure.
• Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) Businesses: Meadow Lake Tribal Council represents nine First Nations in northwest Saskatchewan and operates affiliated businesses including retail and fuel operations. It is comparable because MLTC's member-owned commercial enterprises serve similar on-reserve retail/gas bar functions for Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan, mirroring the Sturgeon Lake First Nation economic development portfolio.

Regional players

• Prince Albert Co-operative Association: Prince Albert Co-operative Association operates grocery, fuel, and c-store locations in and around Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It is comparable as a regional player because its fuel and grocery locations near Prince Albert represent the closest off-reserve competition for the Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar's catchment area.
• Carl's Convenience / Local Independent C-Stores (Saskatchewan): Independent single-location convenience and gas bar operators in rural Saskatchewan form the broader competitive set. They are comparable because the Sturgeon Lake Store & Gas Bar competes with similar independent rural c-store/gas bar formats on fuel margins, food margins, and operating hours in Saskatchewan.

Emerging players

• Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) Urban Services: Saskatoon Tribal Council provides services to seven member First Nations including Sturgeon Lake's off-reserve members in Saskatoon. While STC focuses on urban services rather than retail, it is comparable as an emerging First Nations entity building commercial capacity that could intersect with on-reserve retail and fuel operations like Sturgeon Lake's.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SLFNofficial

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Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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