Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC; French: Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, it became the largest and oldest corporation in Canada, and now owns and operates retail stores across the country The company’s namesake business division is Hudson’s Bay, commonly referred to as The Bay (La Baie in French).

More info at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company

https://www.hbcheritage.ca/history/company-stories/a-brief-history-of-hbc

The untold story of the Hudson’s Bay Company

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hudsons-bay-company

How the Hudson’s Bay Company shaped Canada’s history—and its borders