New France's reason for colonization?

Question

What was New France's reason for colonization?

Answer 1

France established colonies in the New World while searching for a northwest passage to Asia. The colony of New France was established to provide a fur trade to Europe. The fur trade was important as the European beaver was extinct by that time and beaver pelts made high quality felt.

The fur trade was not labor intensive and the farmland in New France (Canada) was not very good, so the French population was never very big.

Answer 2

New France reason for colonization is to create prosperous colonies like Mexico and Peru. After discovering Quebec had no resources like gold and silver in the Southern Americas but they did have alot of beavers..... French hatmakers could make excellent and profitable hats from their fur (waterproof too!) Soon, France was trading with the native peoples of the St. Lawrence for beaver pelts. The colony was soon shipping 15,000 pelts a year.

To conclude. The reason for colonization was purely economic and to bank on resources France didn't already have.

Answer 3

You could've asked this with your other question about Spain.