What countries did France colonize?

There is an impressive list of countries that were once colonized by the French, on every continent, among them:

- large parts of Canada and of the United States

- numerous islands in the Caribbean

- French Guiana

- nearly all of Northern Africa,

- large parts of sub-Saharan Africa,

- Djibouti,

- numerous islands in the Indian ocean including Madagascar

- Middle East (Lebanon, Syria)

- Asia (half of India, Cambodia, Laos, Viêt Nam, territories in China)

- Pacific : numerous islands including Tahiti