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Canada, New France

Canada was the name of the French colony

French colonization of the Americas

The French colonization of the Americas began in the 16th century, and continued in the following centuries as France established a French colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere....
that once stretched along the St. Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean....
; the other colonies of New France

New France

The Viceroyalty of New France was the area French colonization of the Americas by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to Spain and Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763....
were Acadia

Acadia

Acadia was the name given to lands in a portion of the French colonial empires in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec, the Maritimes, and modern-day New England, stretching as far south as Philadelphia....
, Louisiana

Louisiana (New France)

Louisiana or French Louisiana was the name of an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682-1763 and 1803-04, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV of France, by French explorer Ren?-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle....
and Newfoundland. Canada, the most developed colony of New France, was divided in three districts named Québec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
, Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivi?res may refer to:*Trois-Rivi?res, the largest city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada*Circuit Trois-Rivi?res, a racetrack in Trois-Rivi?res, Quebec...
, and Montréal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
. Each section of the colony had its own particular government. The governor of the district of Québec was also the governor general of all of New France.

Because of the level of development of Canada compared to the other colonies, the terms "Canada" and "New France" were often used interchangeably.

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Canada was the name of the French colony

French colonization of the Americas

Saint Lawrence River

New France

Acadia

Louisiana (New France)

Treaty of Paris (1763)

The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763, was signed on February 10, 1763, by the kingdoms of Kingdom of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement....
of 1763, when France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
ceded Canada and its dependencies to Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
, the colony was renamed the Province of Quebec

Province of Quebec (1763-1791)

The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Kingdom of Great Britain after the Seven Years' War. Great Britain acquired Canada, New France by the Treaty of Paris when King Louis XV of France of France and his advisors chose to keep the territory of Guadeloupe for its valuable sugar crops instead of New France....
.

Settled country

In 1740, a survey of the population of the St. Lawrence River valley counted about 44,000 colonists, the majority born in Canada. Of those, 18,000 lived under the government of Québec, 4,000 under the government of Trois-Rivières and 22,000 under the government of Montréal. The population was mostly rural, cities having populations of 4600 for Québec, 378 for Trois-Rivières and 4200 for Montréal.

Pays d'en Haut

Dependent upon Canada were the Pays d'en Haut (upper countries), a vast territory north and west of Montreal, covering the whole of the Great Lakes

Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
and stretching as far into the North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
n continent as the French had explored. North of the Great Lakes, a mission, Sainte-Marie among the Hurons

Sainte-Marie among the Hurons

Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons was a France Jesuit settlement in Wendake, the land of the Wyandot, near modern Midland, Ontario, from 1639 to 1649....
, was established in 1639. Following the destruction of the Huron homeland in 1649, the French destroyed the mission themselves and left the area. In what are today Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
and the western prairies, various trading posts and forts were built such as Fort Kaministiquia

Fort Kaministiquia

Fort Kaministiquia, located in what is now Northwestern Ontario, Canada, was founded in 1717 by French merchants led by Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, and was to be the first in a series of forts reaching westward to expand trade....
(1679), Fort Frontenac

Fort Frontenac

Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in 1673 in what is now Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It was strategically positioned at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St....
(1673), Fort St. Pierre

Fort St. Pierre

Fort St. Pierre was the first La Verendrye fort built west of Fort Kaministiquia. It was built in 1731 in Canada when the first western commander started his explorations, fur trading and the search for the western sea....
(1731), Fort St. Charles

Fort St. Charles

Fort St. Charles was a secure trading post constructed in 1732 by La V?rendrye's nephew, Christopher Dufrost de La Jemeraye and his eldest son Jean Baptiste de La V?rendrye....
(1732) and Fort Rouillé

Fort Rouillé

Fort Rouill? was a France trading post located in Toronto, Ontario, which was established around 1750 but abandoned in 1759. The fort was also called Fort Toronto....
(1750).

The only French settlements in the Pays d'en Haut were located south of the Great Lakes, around the Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (1701), Fort Michilimackinac

Fort Michilimackinac

Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th century France, and later Kingdom of Great Britain, fort and trading post in the Great Lakes of North America....
(1715), Fort de Chartres

Fort de Chartres

Fort de Chartres was a France fortification first built in 1720 on the east bank of the Mississippi River in present-day Illinois. The Fort de Chartres name was also applied to the two successive fortifications built nearby during the 1700s in the era of French colonial control over Louisiana and the Illinois Country....
(1720) and Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga is a large eighteenth-century fort built at a narrows at the south end of Lake Champlain where a short traverse gives access to the north end of Lake George in the state of New York....
(1755). That part of the Pays d'en Haut, named the Pays des Illinois (Illinois countries

Illinois Country

The Illinois Country was the name used in the 17th century and afterwards to refer to an undefined region centered around present day southwest Illinois that was explored and settled by the French beginning in 1673, when Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette explored the Mississippi River, and France claimed the Illinois Country....
), was eventually annexed to Louisiana

Louisiana (New France)

Regional county municipalities of Quebec

Following is a list of the Regional county municipality and Regional county municipality#RCMs as geographical units in the province of Quebec, Canada, as of January 2007....
in the Laurentides

Laurentides (region)

The Laurentians is a List of Quebec regions of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains....
region of Quebec, north of Montreal.

In ways such as law, customs and the cultural aspects of the population, the modern successor of Canada is the province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
, which can create confusion with the current Canadian federation

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
of the same name, or the historical Province of Canada

Province of Canada

The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was a British North America#BNA colonies after the American Revolution: in North America from 1841 to 1867....
, whose territory comprise both that of early Ontario and early Quebec. Also, distinction from English Canada

English Canada

English Canada is a term used to describe one of the following:# English Canadians, a term usually meaning English Canadian Canadians, as opposed to French Canadian Canadian....
has been historically important for Quebecers, notably since the advent of contemporary Quebec nationalism

Quebec nationalism

Quebec nationalism is a contemporary nationalist movement in Quebec province of Canada.Canadien liberal nationalism1534?1774...
in the Quiet Revolution

Quiet Revolution

The Quiet Revolution was the 1960s period of intense change in Quebec, Canada, characterized by the rapid and effective secularization of society, the creation of a welfare state and a re-alignment of Quebec's politics into Quebec federalism and Quebec separatism factions....
of the 1960s. For these reason, nowadays, Quebecers often use the term "New France" when referring to Canada, New France.

Canada, New France

Settled country

Pays d'en Haut

See also