Hudson Bay Company

The Standard of Trade set the prices for trade items across all of Hudson Bay Company’s trading posts. Trappers no longer needed to shop around at different trading posts to find the best deals, all pricing became consistent among all trading posts.

Prices were based in MB, or “Made Beaver”, the equivalent pricing of one prime beaver pelt. Other furs were priced in MB as well. For instance, two otter pelts equaled one MB.

This chart shows the trade pricing for items in 1733.