predecessor fur trading company 1779 1821 see north west company . the north west company inc. type public traded as tsx nwc industry grocery fur general merchandise founded 1987 headquarters winnipeg manitoba canada key people edward s. kennedy president & ceo number of employees 6 805 1 website www.northwest.ca the north west company inc. is a canadian multinational grocery and retail company which operates stores in western canada northern canada alaska hawaii and several other countries and us territories in oceania and the caribbean . the company traces its history back to the north west company a fur trading business headquartered in the city of montreal in british north america from 1779 to 1821 . 2 it was merged into the hudson s bay company in 1821 . the enterprise continued as the fur trade department and then the northern stores division of hudson s bay company . in 1987 the division was acquired by a group of investors and in the 1990s it was relaunched as the north west company . it is now a publicly traded company and is composed mainly of the old hbc northern stores division . the alaska commercial company which makes up the north west company s alaskan operations traced its roots back to the russian american company . contents 1 brief history 2 current operations 2.1 link financial services 3 further reading 4 references 5 external links brief history edit main article north west company the french controlled much of what is now canada in the early 1700s . as a result their traders had a large fur trading network . after the conquest of new france by the british in 1763 french traders founded the north west company and continued expanding their fur trade into the canadian interior . the competition with the hudson s bay company led to a massive environmental impact with numerous fur trade posts being built the interior of canada being explored and the beaver population being exhausted . the fur trade created conflict which increased tensions between the british french and the aboriginals . 3 current operations edit northern store in moosonee . northern store in fort resolution the north west company s head office is located in winnipeg manitoba canada built partly on the site of upper fort garry . this building used to serve as the head office of the hudson s bay company . it also operates two offices in the united states cities of anchorage alaska and bellevue washington . as of 2014 update the north west company had 4 921 employees in canada and 1 726 employees in its international operations in alaska the south pacific and the caribbean . 4 and was the largest employer of aboriginal people in the business sector . citation needed the company operates stores under these banners 4 canadian operations northern 122 stores northern ontario quebec alberta saskatchewan manitoba newfoundland nunavut northwest territories yukon northmart 6 locations across the canadian arctic territories excluding yukon territory and in manitoba cross bay manitoba iqaluit nunavut goose bay newfoundland and labrador and hay river & inuvik northwest territories quickstop 5 locations giant tiger 31 locations in western canada ; operated under franchise from giant tiger ltd. valu lots 1 location solo market 1 location price chopper 1 location ; purchased from empire company north west company fur marketing 2 locations crescent multi foods distributor operating in saskatchewan manitoba and northern ontario inuit art marketing service international operations ac value center 30 stores in alaska quickstop 3 stores in alaska cost u less 13 stores in american samoa barbados the cayman islands curacao fiji guam hawaii sint maarten and the us virgin islands island fresh supermarket 1 store in guam pacific alaska wholesale distributor based in anchorage link financial services edit the link financial services ac financial is the canadian division operates a series of automatic teller machines atm in each store and offers the link debit card link credit card and link prepaid visa jointly with scotiabank . 5 further reading edit ahrens merv . fort lac la pluie of the north west company 177 1821 . fort frances ontario fort frances times ltd 2006 . references edit company profile for north west co fund ca ; nwf.un . retrieved 2008 10 15 . official site macdowell laurel sefton . an environmental history of canada . university of british columbia ubc press 2012 . a b the north west company inc. 2014 annual report pdf . the north west company . retrieved 23 july 2015 . link financial external links edit the north west company official website v t e corporations based in winnipeg crown corporations canadian wheat board manitoba public insurance manitoba liquor control commission manitoba hydro centra gas manitoba lotteries corporation publicly traded corporations great west lifeco igm financial buhler industries the north west company boyd autobody manitoba telecom services winpak new flyer industries arctic glacier private corporations richardson international cargill canada k tel paterson globalfoods canad inns palliser furniture motor coach industries rogers west group v t e supermarket chains in canada loblaw companies atlantic superstore dominion extra foods fortinos freshmart loblaws maxi no frills provigo real canadian superstore saveeasy supervalu t & t valu mart wholesale club your independent grocer zehrs metro inc. food basics metro super c march adonis overwaitea food group overwaitea foods pricesmart foods save on foods urban fare sobeys foodland freshco iga except in british columbia price chopper safeway sobeys thrifty foods other national chains costco walmart regional chains calgary co op ab calgary area choices market bc vancouver kelowna co op atlantic maritimes qc farm boy on ottawa area kingston fairway markets bc victoria area foodex nl galati market fresh on toronto h mart bc & on highland farms on greater toronto area iga bc longo s on greater toronto area march frais qc ottawa northern northmart northern canada saskatoon co op sk saskatoon area spud bc alberta whole foods market bc & ontario defunct banners a & p ayre s supermarkets commisso s food markets dominion food city galati brothers h ritage knob hill farms loeb miracle food mart sav a centre steinberg s super centre target ultra food & drug village food stores zellers 2 stores still remain in ontario list of supermarket chains in canada retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the north west company & oldid 735791701 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangefur tradesupermarkets of canadacompanies based in winnipegs & p tsx composite indexsupermarkets of the united states1987 establishments in canadahidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2014all articles containing potentially dated statementsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 03 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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