In turn France gained the return of its sugar colony , Guadeloupe , which it considered more valuable than Canada , which Voltaire notoriously dismissed as '' Quelques arpents de neige '' , '' Some acres of snow '' .
In turn France gained the return of its sugar colony , Guadeloupe , which it considered more valuable than Canada . 
 Voltaire had notoriously dismissed Canada as '' Quelques arpents de neige '' , '' Some acres of snow '' .