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AMERICAS

  • Canada (some of Canada) -- New France (1534–1763), and nearby lands: such as Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, Saint Lawrence River, Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg, Quebec
  • United States (some of the US) -- Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1650–1733), French Louisiana (23.3% of the current country) (1672–1804) (sold by Napoleon I)
  • Haiti (1627–1804)
  • French Guiana (1643- )
  • Guadeloupe (1635- )
  • ÃŽles des Saintes (1648- )
  • Marie-Galante (1635- )
  • la Désirade (1635- )
  • Martinique (1635- )
  • Clipperton Island (1711- )
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1604- )
  • Collectivity of Saint Martin (1624- )
  • Saint Barthélemy (1648-1784, 1878- )

AFRICA
  • Morocco (1912–1956) (protectorate) (89% of the current territory)
  • Algeria (1830–1962)
  • Tunisia (1881–1956) (protectorate)
  • Ivory Coast (1843–1960)
  • Benin -- French Dahomey (1883–1960)
  • Mali -- French Sudan (1883–1960)
  • Guinea -- French Guinea (1891–1958)
  • Mauritania (1902–1960)
  • Niger (1890–1960)
  • Senegal (1677–1960)
  • Burkina Faso -- French Upper Volta (1896–1960)
  • Togo -- French Togoland (1918–1960)
  • Chad (1900–1960)
  • Republic of Congo -- French Congo (1875–1960)
  • Gabon (1839–1960)
  • Cameroon (partial) -- French Cameroon (91% of current Cameroon) (1918–1960)
  • Madagascar (1896–1960)
  • Mauritius -- Isle de France (1715–1810)
  • Djibouti -- French Somaliland (1862–1977)
  • Mayotte (1841- )
  • Seychelles (1756–1810)
  • Comoros (1866–1975)
  • Réunion (1710- )

ASIA
  • Laos -- French Indochina (protectorate) (1893–1954)
  • Cambodia -- French Indochina (protectorate) (1863–1953)
  • Vietnam -- French Indochina (protectorate) (1858–1954)
  • India (some of the country) -- Arkat (protectorate) (1692–1750), Pondichery (1765–1954), Karikal (1725–1954), Mahe (1721–1954), Yanaon (1723–1954), Chandernagor (1673–1952),Trincomalee (1782–1784)
  • China (some of the country) -- Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (1898–1946), French Concession of Shanghai (1849–1946), Tianjin (1860–1946) and Hankou (1898–1946)
  • Lebanon -- French Lebanon (1920–1943) (French Mandate of Lebanon)
  • Syria -- French Mandate of Syria (1920–1946)

OCEANIA
  • French Polynesia -- (1843- )
  • New Caledonia (1853- )
  • Vanuatu -- the New Hebrides (1887–1906)
  • Wallis and Futuna (1887-)

France also claims lands in Antarctica.
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Mostly Trading colonies

In what is now Canada

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If you mean in colonial America France had colonies in Canada.

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mostly trading colonies.(Apex)

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