Collection

The New France Collection documents the history of Canada from 1610 to the beginning of the English regime that followed the British Conquest of 1763. It covers the economic, social and military administration of France's North American colonies, notably Canada, Acadia and Louisiana. In particular, the collection chronicles the seigniorial system of New France, inherited from the French regime, the commercial organization of the fur trade, the end of the Seven Years' War in Acadia, and the judiciary's role in the affairs of the era's citizenry.

There are approximately one hundred financial records, letters, notarial acts, and civil, religious and military certificates and permits, most of which were produced between 1652 and 1760. The collection also contains a plan of the Château de Vaudreuil and four hand-written notebooks, published in 1838 and attributed to Louis-Léonard Aumasson de Courville, also known as the Sieur de Courville.