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New France

area colonized by France in North America
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New France

Summary

New France is a colony[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of colony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,806 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • New France is in the country of Kingdom of France[3].
  • New France is on the continent of North America[4].
  • New France's instance of is recorded as colony[5].
  • New France's instance of is recorded as viceroyalty[6].
  • New France's capital is recorded as Quebec City[7].
  • New France's official language is recorded as French[8].
  • New France's currency is recorded as New France livre[9].
  • New France's currency is recorded as French livre[10].
  • New France's shares border with is recorded as Province of North Carolina[11].
  • New France's shares border with is recorded as Province of South Carolina[12].
  • New France's anthem is recorded as Marche Henri IV[13].
  • New France's basic form of government is recorded as absolute monarchy[14].
  • Kingdom of France is named after New France[15].
  • New France's legislative body is recorded as Sovereign Council of New France[16].
  • New France is part of French colonial empire[17].
  • New France's Commons category is recorded as New France[18].
  • 1534 marks the founding of New France[19].
  • New France was dissolved in 1763[20].
  • New France's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 46.81666667, 'lon': -71.2}[21].
  • New France's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New France[22].
  • New France's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:New France[23].
  • New France's participant in is recorded as King William's War[24].
  • New France's replaced by is recorded as Acadia[25].
  • New France's topic has template is recorded as Template:New France[26].
  • New France's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in New France[27].

Body

Geography

New France is in the country of Kingdom of France[3]. It is on the continent of North America[4]. It is part of French colonial empire[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include colony[5] and viceroyalty[6].

History and Context

1534 marks the founding of New France[19]. Kingdom of France is named after it[15].

Why It Matters

New France ranks in the top 3% of colony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,806 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Kingdom of France Sovereign Council of New France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn
    Gnd id → 4414793-4
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 9w ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Acadia
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1366]]: [[Q2822228]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0417520-Nova-Francie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0417520-Nova-Francie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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