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ORIGIN OF THE FRENCH CANADIANS 



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The census (nominal) of 1667 says 3,918 souls. These last figures 

 represent the 700 heads of families above mentioned. The followini; 

 statement is a résumé of that valuable document : — 



Families, 668 ; males, 2,406; females, 1,512; married (625), 1,250; 

 widowers, 20; widows, 26; boys, 1,762; girls, 860. 



Ages of the People. 



Ages in Relation to Conjugal Condition. 



The number of arpents under cultivation was 11,448, with cattle 

 3,107, and sheep 85. No horses yet in the colony. All the sheep were 

 run on at Eiver St. Charles, near Quebec. 



The land under cultivation shows an average of seventeen arpents 

 per family. The census of 1681 has the same small proportion. 



IV. After 1665, the city of Paris, or rather the small territory 

 encircling it, contributed a good share. The whole of the south and 

 east of France had no connection with Canada at any time. Normandy, 

 Perche, Maine, Anjou, Touraine, Poitou, Saintonge, Angoumois, Guienne 

 and Gascony — on a straight line from north to south — furnished the 

 bulk of the families now composing the French Canadian people. 



Anyone who will peruse the numerous works containing letters and 

 documents relative to the years 1632-70 in this colony may obtain more 

 information on this subject. 



In addition I may mention inventories (existing in original) of 

 household effects, which afford a fair idea of the contents of the early 



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