Jean Talon, Count d'Orsainville was a French colonial administrator who served as the first Intendant of New France. Talon was appointed by King Louis XIV and his minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to serve as the Intendant of Justice, Public Order and Finances in Canada, Acadia and Newfoundland for two terms: 1665 to 1668 and 1670 to 1672.
Portrait by Claude François, 1671
Jean Talon, statue in front of the Quebec Parliament Building
New France was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
Champlain's Habitation c. 1608
One group of King's Daughters arrives at Quebec, 1667
Jean Talon, count of Orsainville, first intendant of New France
Company of New France building in present-day Quebec City