« We no longer wish to ask for only country girls, as capable of working as men are. Experience has shown that those who have not been raised to it are not suitable here (...). »
Marie de l'Incarnation, 1668.

There are 78 Filles du roi in the group of 1668. The vast majority of the group is of French origin, but there are girls of other nationalities present. According to Marie de l' Incarnation, there are among them a Moor and three others: Portuguese, German, Dutch...

If they do not usually experience any difficulty finding a husband, some find it in adjusting to the daily life of New France. The reason for this is simple since, according to Marie de l'Incarnation, these are town girls, little or not at all prepared to work on the land.

From 1668 onwards, measures are taken to reduce the risk of others like this arriving. That is why Anne Gasnier, a woman from Québec, is chosen to go to France to take part in the selection of recruits who show the best potential for adaptability to the special context of New France. She will focus on charitable institutions, where orphans and poor girls are received and sheltered.

The fact that almost half of les Filles du roi gave Paris as their place of origin or departure, does not exclude the hypothesis that they could have been born elsewhere. Research conducted by historians allows the conclusion that the majority of French provinces has seen one or more of its young girls leave for Canada.

After l'Ile-de-France, the provinces contributing most to the movement are: Normandy, with 120 girls, Aunis, le Poitou, Champagne, Picardy, Orléans, and Beauce. Only Alsace, Dauphiné, Provence, Languedoc, Roussillon, Béarn, Gascony and the county of Foix did not participate.