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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon
The natural and wholly domestic growth of French Canada's population after the Conquest is nothing short of astounding however. From a nucleus of 65-70,000 in 1763, French Canada's population increased 25-fold by 1901, despite massive emigration to the United States and to a much lesser degree other Canadian provinces.
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La revanche des berceaux - at least in Quebec and Acadian NB. This was actively encouraged by parish priests.
It would be interesting to see the comparable birthrates between francophones in Canada and their cousins who moved to the USA between the late 1800's and the 1960's