The Canadian Tire Corporation has announced that they will be using BlackBerry 10 devices as their official smartphone for corporate team members across Canada. Beginning in April, all Canadian Tire companies will deploy a mix of BlackBerry Z10s and Q10s to their corporate teams that will number in the thousands.

“We are thrilled to work with Canadian Tire to bring innovations to its employees and customers across the country,” said Andrew MacLeod, Managing Director for Canada at BlackBerry. “BlackBerry is committed to being a leader in mobile computing and expanding mobility in the business world and by supporting companies like Canadian Tire with our carrier and other partners to bring innovative solutions to market.”

This is a great announcement on behalf of both companies and we hope to see more partnerships like this in the very near future.

While Canadian Tire has no BlackBerry 10 app just yet, we reached out to them and were told they are currently "looking into it." There is a mobile app available for legacy devices as well.