One of the territories of Arctic Canada, the Northwest Territories (NWT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) has a landmass of 1,171,918 square kilometres and a population of 37,360 as of the 2001 census.
In 1876, the District of Keewatin, at the centre of the territory, was separated from it.
However, in 1925 the boundaries of the NWT were extended all the way to the North Pole on the sector principle, vastly expanding its territory onto the northern ice cap.
In 1783, the NorthWest Company was officially created, with its corporate offices on Vaudreuil Street in Montreal and led by businessmen Benjamin Frobisher, Peter Pond, and Simon McTavish, along with investor-partners who included Isaac Todd, Robert Grant, Nicholas Montour, Patrick Small, William Holmes and Frobisher's brothers, Thomas, and Joseph.
The destruction of the NorthWest Company post at Sault Sainte Marie by the Americans during the War of 1812 was a serious blow during an already difficult time.
However, the continued existence of the NorthWest Company was in great doubt, and shareholders had no choice but to agree to a merger with their hated rival after Henry Bathurst, the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, ordered the companies to cease hostilities.
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