What does your text say? I'd start there to answer this question. Could it be that the French government wasn't interested in encouraging settlement, but was primarily interested in the lucrative fur trade at that time?
Here are some articles that discuss New France:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=the+settlement+of+new+france&form=EDGNTC&qs=PF&cvid=9193d54384d44241924b2b18b1f1ecac&pq=the%20settlement%20of%20new%20france
in the early 1600 why did the population of new france not grow along with the demands for fur
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Idk just look it up in ur history textbook, don't be a lazyass