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1666 census of New France

Census in Canada

Field	Value
name	First Census of New France
country	New France, Kingdom of France
date
population	3,215
region_type	settlement
most_populous	Montreal (625)
least_populous	(13)
next_year	1667
next_census	1667 census of New France
website

The 1666 census of New France was the first census conducted in Canada (and also North America) for the Kingdom of France. It was organized by Jean Talon, the first Intendant of New France, between 1665 and 1666.

Talon and the French Minister of the Marine Jean-Baptiste Colbert had brought the colony of New France under direct royal control in 1663, and Colbert wished to make it the centre of the French colonial empire. To do this he needed to know the state of the population so that the economic and industrial basis of the colony could be expanded. The next New France census was in 1667.

Collection

Jean-Talon conducted the census largely by himself, travelling door-to-door among the settlements of New France. He did not include Indigenous inhabitants of the colony, or the religious orders such as the Jesuits or Recollets.

Results

According to Talon's census there were 3,215 people in New France, and 538 separate families. Children and unwedded adults were grouped together; there were 2,154 of these, while only 1,019 people were married (42 were widowed). A total of 625 people lived in Montreal, the largest settlement; 547 people lived in Quebec; and 455 lived in Trois-Rivières. The largest single age group, 21- to 30-year-olds, numbered 842. 763 people were professionals of some kind, and 401 of these were servants, while 16 were listed as "gentlemen of means".

Other censuses

After the 1665–1666 census the next census was conducted in 1667, a total of 36 full censuses and 9 partial censuses taken during the French regime until 1763.

List of censuses.

1667 Population of New France
1671 Population of Acadia
1681 Population of New France
1685 Population of New France
1686 Population of Acadia
1687 French Population of Newfoundland
1688 Population of New France

References

"Early French settlements (1605 to 1691)".
(2009). "(Census of 1665–1666) Role-playing Jean Talon". Statistics Canada.
(2006). "Statistics for the 1666 Census". [[Library and Archives Canada]].
"Jean Talon: 1625-1694".
"Early French settlements (1605 to 1691)".

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