<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" id="mwuA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Canadian Confederation">Canadian Confederation</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert's_Land" id="mwuQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rupert's Land">Rupert's Land</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-Western_Territory" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North-Western Territory">North-Western Territory</a> are transferred to Canada from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson's_Bay_Company" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a>, and the province of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoba" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manitoba">Manitoba</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territories" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a> are established from these vast territories.