Birth Rate
To increase the birth rate in the colony Intendant Talon initiated a series of measures
to encourage large families and rapid population growth.
 

men and women were encouraged to marry young and have large families fathers were fined if children did not  marry before a certain age family allowances were paid to families with over 10 children payments were made to couples who married young bachelors were fined and not allowed to take part in the fur trade Result In 1681, New France's population was 10,000. By l760, it had increased to 70,000.

Try the following questions on the population growth in New France.