The Northwest Mounted Police was established to police western territories relinquished by which company?

• A. Hudson's Bay Company
• B. British American Company
• C. North West Lumber
• D. Canadian Pacific

Answer: (A)

The lands in the West were under the Hudson’s Bay Company as Rupert’s Land, a vast fur-trade empire. When Canada bought Rupert’s Land from the company in 1869–70, there was a need to establish order and sovereignty in the newly opened region. The Northwest Mounted Police were formed in 1873 precisely to police this western territory, enforce laws, protect settlers, and help integrate the region into Canada. This force later evolved into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

So, the territories were relinquished by the Hudson’s Bay Company. The other options aren’t responsible for ceding those lands: they weren’t the holders of that vast territory, and they aren’t the organization linked to the creation of the NWMP.