One reason New France attracted few colonists was because they

Here are the reasons why new France attracted few colonist:

- Not many push factors from France

- people scared of disease (such smallpox, typhus, cholera, and dysentery that couldn't be handled by their current medical knowledge)

- Indian raids (due to the anger that they felt because the Europeans stole their lands)

- bad climate (which make the new france a bad soil for agriculture business)