New France question

With a POD in 1744 what is the largest reasonable population for New France to have by the OTL start of the 7 Years War? I found the population was about 60 000 OTL, but it's hard to get anything reliable. Any ideas?
 
Does about 100 000 sound reasonable through more active immigration from France and other European ares:confused:
 
Does about 100 000 sound reasonable through more active immigration from France and other European ares:confused:

I'll have to look into it, but that still sounds reasonable. Remember they all have to be A) Catholic, B) settlers wished to try their luck in the balmy sugar islands, and C) the reputation of New France (especially Canada, Acadia was known to be relatively prosperous...but the peninsular part was now Nova Scotia by your POD and the New Brunswick area was a disputed no man's-land) was daunting as a cold, whore-infested place (yes). So you have to change that or force more settlers to go in anyways.

Basically have Louis XV force more direct subjects go to New France, maybe recruit some down-on-their-luck peasants from neighboring areas who will already be/become Catholic and swear fealty, and it's plausible as long as you do it over a long enough period of time.
 
No chance of shipping the protestants over to move a threat out of France? Just curious.

Nope-even in OTL people commented on how they went over instead to Protestant countries and colonies and instead strengthened THOSE places. The French kings will probably not be big on this in any TL without some major personality and/or policy changes.
 
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