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French Settlement (New France) New France was the name of all the Newfoundland of the French. The New France of North America was called the Canada colonies. Although, there was Acadia and Louisiana colonies, when you spoke of New France you are mostly referring to Canada. New France began in about the 1600s and lasted to about 150 years. Approximately seventy-five percent of the French settlers lived in New France Canada. Although the French lost their territory to the British during the seven years war, the French influence is still noticeable. About six million Canadians speak French in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Exploration and settlement French exploration started in 1534 by King Francias I, who ordered Jacques Cartier to fine the China Passage. Jacques Cartier found Canada and took possession of it. This then had begun settlement in New France. In the 1600s “New France begins to take shape.”(World Book 2000 Edition 14no.,204) French Settlement went from as far as the Hudson bay