By 2018, it had 140 franchise and licence locations in six countries: Canada (the Maritimes, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec, where the franchise is called Queues de Castor), the United States (New Hampshire, Michigan, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Arkansas and Utah),[2] the United Arab Emirates, Mexico, France, and Japan.

[3] BeaverTails began when Grant and Pam Hooker turned their family recipe for fried dough into a corporate business.

[5] In 1987, Pino Di Ioia accepted a summer position as the manager of the BeaverTails location at La Ronde.

Most flavours of BeaverTails are topped with sweet condiments and confections, such as whipped cream, banana slices, crumbled Oreos, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate hazelnut.

[8] BeaverTails received media attention in the US and Canada when it was served at the Canadian embassy during the first inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama.