Coastal Communities
The coast of Hudson Bay is extremely sparsely populated; there are only about a dozen villages. Some of these were founded in the 17th and 18th centuries by the Hudson's Bay Company as trading posts, making them part of the oldest settlements in Canada. With the closure of the HBC posts and stores in the second half of the 20th century, many coastal villages are now almost exclusively populated by Cree and Inuit people.
Some of the more prominent communities along the Hudson Bay coast are:
- Puvirnituq, Quebec
- Arviat, Nunavut
- Churchill, Manitoba
- Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
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