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List of Hudson's Bay Company districts
This is a list of Hudson's Bay Company districts. Hudson's Bay Company districts were territorial divisions of the Hudson's Bay Company by which the company governed and administered areas of North America during the fur trade.

Background
On May 2, 1670 the company received from Charles II a charter giving them exclusive privilege to trade in the entire Hudson Bay drainage basin, and to exercise all of the legislative, judicial and executive power there. Charles II named the territory Rupert's Land, after his cousin Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the company's first Governor.

In 1821 the Hudson's Bay Company following a merger with the North West Company was granted monopoly to areas of the continent that reached the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic oceans. This territory was divided into administrative districts. In 1856 there were 34 administrative districts. The company ruled over 149,060 native people. An additional 10,000 were Métis or white.

In 1870 Canada gained control of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory from the Hudson's Bay Company through the Deed of Surrender.

Montreal Department
The 9 districts in the Montreal Department included:
 * Rupert's River District
 * Temiscamingue District
 * Fort Coulonge District
 * Lac des Sables District
 * Lachine District
 * St. Maurice District
 * King's Posts District
 * Mingan District
 * Esquimaux Bay District

Southern Department


The 7 districts in the Southern Department or Le Petit Nord included:


 * Albany District included the trading posts of Albany Factory (district headquarters), Marten's Falls, Osnaburg and Lac Seul. The posts were frequented by 1,100 native people.


 * Kinogumissee District included the trading posts of Metawagamingue (district headquarters) and Kuckatoosh. The posts were frequented by 400 native people.


 * Lake Superior District included the trading posts of Michipicoten (district headquarters), Batchewana, Mamainse, Pic, Long Lake, Lake Nipigon, Fort William, Pigeon River and Lac d'Orignal. The posts were frequented by 1,330 native people.


 * Lake Huron District included the trading posts of Lacloche (district headquarters), Little Current, Mississangie, Green Lake and Whitefish Lake. The posts were frequented by 1,100 native people.


 * Sault Ste. Marie District included the post of Sault Ste. Marie (headquarters). The posts were frequented by 150 native people.


 * Moose District included the trading posts of Moose Factory (district headquarters), Hannah Bay, Abitibi and New Brunswick. The posts were frequented by 730 native people.


 * East Main District included the trading posts of Great Whale River (district headquarters), Little Whale River and Fort George. The posts were frequented by 700 native people.

Northern Department
The 10 districts in the Northern Department or Le Grand Nord included:


 * Athabasca District included territory surrounding Lake Athabasca and included Wollaston Lake and the trading posts of Fort Chipewyan (district headquarters), Dunvegan, Vermillion and Fond du Lac. The posts were frequented by 1,550 native people.
 * Mackenzie River District included territory on both sides of the Mackenzie River including Great Bear Lake and the trading posts of Fort Simpson (district headquarters), Fort au Liard, Fort Halkett, Fort Yukon, Peel's River, Lapierre's House, Fort Good Hope, Fort Rae, Fort Resolution, Big Island and Fort Norman. The posts were frequented by 10,430 native people.


 * English River District included major fur trade posts on Lac La Biche in Alberta and on Green Lake, Lac Île-à-la-Crosse, Lac La Loche and Lac la Ronge in Saskatchewan. The   administrative centre was in Île-à-la-Crosse. The population of the district was made up of 1,370 Cree and Dene people.


 * Saskatchewan District included territory of the North and South Saskatchewan River and the trading posts of Fort Edmonton(district headquarters), Fort Carlton, Fort Pitt, Rocky Mountain House, Lac La Biche, Lesser Slave Lake, Fort Assiniboine, Jasper's House and Fort a la Corne. The posts were frequented by 28,050 native people.


 * Cumberland District included the trading posts of Cumberland House (district headquarters), Moose Lake and The Pas. The posts were frequented by 750 native people.


 * Swan River District included the trading posts of Fort Pelly (district headquarters), Fort Ellice, Qu'Appelle Lakes, Shoal River. Touchwood Hills and Egg Lake. The posts were frequented by 2,200 native people.


 * Red River District included the trading posts of Fort Garry (district headquarters), Lower Fort Garry, White Horse Plain, Pembina, Manitoba and Reed Lake. The posts were frequented by 8,250 people including native people, Metis and whites.


 * Lac la Pluie District included the trading posts of Fort Frances (district headquarters), Fort Alexander, Rat Portage, White Dog, Lac du Bonnet, Lac de Boisblanc and Shoal Lake. The posts were frequented by 2,850 native people.


 * Norway House District included the trading posts of Norway House (district headquarters), Berens River and Nelson River. The posts were frequented by 1,080 native people.


 * York District included the trading posts of York Factory (district headquarters),Churchill, Severn, Trout Lake and Oxford House. The posts were frequented by 1,500 native people.

Western Department
The 8 districts of the Western Department included:


 * Columbia District included the trading posts of Fort Vancouver (district headquarters), Umpqua, Cape Disappointment, Chinook Point, Carveeman, Champoeg, Nisqually and Cowelitz. The posts were frequented by 2,200 native people.
 * Coleville District included the trading posts of Fort Coleville (district headquarters), Pend Oreilles River, Flat Heads, Kootenay and Okanagan. The posts were frequented by 2,500 native people.
 * Snake Country District included the trading posts of Walla Walla (district headquarters), Fort Hall and Fort Boise. The posts were frequented by 700 native people.
 * Vancouver Island District included the trading posts of Fort Victoria (district headquarters), Fort Rupert and Nanaimo. The posts were frequented by 12,000 native people.
 * Fraser River District included the trading post of Fort Langley (district headquarters). The post was frequented by 4,000 native people.
 * North West Coast District included the trading post of Fort Simpson (district headquarters). The post was frequented by 45,000 native people.
 * Thompson River District included the trading posts of Fort Kamloops (district headquarters) and Fort Hope. The posts were frequented by 2,000 native people.
 * New Caledonia District included the trading posts of Stuart Lake (district headquarters?), McLeod's Lake, Fraser's Lake, Alexandria, Fort George, Babines, Conolly's Lake and Honolulu (Sandwich Isles). The posts were frequented by 12,000 native people.

The total population in the 34 districts included 149,060, not enumerated 6,000 and 4,000 Eskimos for a total of 159,060. European and Metis 10,000 removed for a population of about 150,000 under HBC rule.