People walk past the Hudson’s Bay department store in downtown Montréal on March 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi April 7, 2025 More than a department store: The long, complicated legacy behind Hudson’s Bay Company Heather Whiteside, University of Waterloo Like the beaver it nearly wiped out, HBC made Canada into its home by fundamentally transforming its environment, and no bankruptcy court will liquidate that legacy.
