Back شركة الشمال الغربي Arabic Северозападна компания Bulgarian Companyia del Nord-oest Catalan Severozápadní společnost Czech North West Company German Nord-Okcidenta Kompanio Esperanto Compañía del Noroeste Spanish North West Company Finnish Compagnie du Nord-Ouest French Compagnia del Nord-Ovest Italian
 Company coat of arms | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | North American fur trade |
| Founded | 1779 |
| Founder | Benjamin Frobisher, Joseph Frobisher, Simon McTavish, Robert Grant, Nicholas Montour, Patrick Small, William Holmes, George McBeath |
| Defunct | 1821 |
| Fate | Merger |
| Successor | Hudson's Bay Company |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Lower Canada |
Area served | United States territory, New Spain, Russian America, British Canada |
The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's Bay Company in the regions that later became Western Canada and Northwestern Ontario. With great wealth at stake, tensions between the companies increased to the point where several minor armed skirmishes broke out, and the two companies were forced by the British government to merge.