Ontario Business Records and Commerce

Hudson’s Bay Company
Records of this fur trading company are some of Canada’s most important. Until 1870, the company controlled almost four-fifths of the territory of present-day Canada, including northern Quebec and Ontario and most of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. It was also active in areas now in the United States, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Hawaii.

A very helpful source is:


 * Finding Aid to the Hudson Bay Company Archives. (Family History Library film). This is not a name index to the records but a description of the various series in the records.

Online Resources

 * Hudson's Bay Company Archives