WI many French people migrated to the American colonies like the English.

Below is a comparison of emigration from the principal countries sending migrants overseas.

Emigration from Europe to Colonies
Before 1580
Portugal 330,000 (17% of 1580 population)
Spain 139,000 (1.85% of 1580 population)

Emigration from Europe to Colonies
1580-1640
Portugal 360,000 (18% of 1600 population)
Spain 188,000 (2.4% of 1600 population)
Britain & Ireland 126,000 (2.6% of 1600 population)
France 4,000 (0.02% of 1600 population)
Netherlands 2,000 (0.1% of 1600 population)

1640-1700
Britain & Ireland 248,000 (4.1% of 1700 population)
Spain 158,000 (3.1% of 1700 population)
Portugal 150,000 (7.1% of 1700 population)
France 23,000 (0.1% of 1700 population)
Netherlands 13,000 (0.68% of 1700 population)

1700-1760
Portugal 600,000 (26% of 1760 population)
Britain & Ireland 372,000 (5.6% of 1760 population)
Spain 193,000 (2.1% of 1760 population)
Germany 97,000 (0.5% of 1760 population)
France 27,000 (0.1% of 1760 population)
Netherlands 5,000 (0.19% of 1760 population)

1760-1820
Britain & Ireland 615,000 (3% of 1820 population)
Portugal 105,000 (3.5% of 1820 population)
Spain 70,000 (0.6% of 1820 population)
Germany 51,000 (0.19% of 1820 population)
France 20,000 (0.07% of 1820 population)
Netherlands 5,000 (0.2% of 1820 population)
 
And also France wanted to concentrate more on the fur trade in New France, so didn't want as many colonists. They didn't encourage immigration.
Without wishing to derail the thread too much at what point did they realise that the fur trade was likely to be profitable do you know? I'm considering a stillborn Quebec thanks to England's entry into the Thirty Years' War timeline but it kind of hinges on whether the French and English know how valuable northern New France potentially was. Thanks.
 
Without wishing to derail the thread too much at what point did they realise that the fur trade was likely to be profitable do you know? I'm considering a stillborn Quebec thanks to England's entry into the Thirty Years' War timeline but it kind of hinges on whether the French and English know how valuable northern New France potentially was. Thanks.

Should be close to the middle XVII, maybe a bit later, corresponding to the drop of demands in Europe, mainly in France and England. You'll probably find that in the Hudson Bay Reports and, in the Encyclopedia of the Great Lakes par Thornbeck and Cie. No they didn't, it was too early in the process and Louis was just interested to parade his new 39th regiment for the southern islands
and then, to stop the killing between iroquoians and hurons in New France, feeded by the the hollandishes merchants, indirectly by the frenches very friendly with the hurons controlling the lakes, and jalousies of the iroquoians
with limited accesses to the big reservoir of fur trade, that were the great lakes, with the result of introduction of guns that eliminated almost everybody. You may think that merchants killed a lot of people without even touching an arms, and you would be right. Gerard.
 
Without wishing to derail the thread too much at what point did they realise that the fur trade was likely to be profitable do you know? I'm considering a stillborn Quebec thanks to England's entry into the Thirty Years' War timeline but it kind of hinges on whether the French and English know how valuable northern New France potentially was. Thanks.

The fur trade from North America became important once stocks of European beaver began to decline dramatically after 1600. The European fur trade centred on furs acquired by Dutch merchants from Muscovy (Russia). Around the same time, hats made from beaver pelts became fashionable in Europe leading to increasing demand. However, by the 1690s the hats had gone out of fashion and by 1700 there was a glut of rotting unsold beaver pelts in France and Amsterdam. The French fur trade soon began to diversify to other types of fur and it was once again profitable by 1729.
 
It was probably by someone posting here but what was that great recent timeline abut the increase in the population of New France, leading to them pinning the British colonies on the coast?

I could do a search, but it would tell me that 'new' is too common a word and then list every thread with 'France' in it.
 
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