1. Note: The quote used from Pritchard relates to the policy adopted by minister Colbert;James Pritchard;Search of Empire: The French in the Americas,2007
2. PAUL, Josianne, Exilés au nom du roi. Les fils de famille et les faux-sauniers en Nouvelle-France, 1723-1749 (Sillery, Septentrion, 2008), 211 p.
3. The Population of the St-Lawrence Valley;James Pritchard;Search of Empire: The French in the Americas,2000
4. Reluctant Exiles: Emigrants from France in Canada before 1760;Peter Moogk;William & Mary Quarterly,1989