See more info French-speaking inhabitants of the region in Canada formerly known as Acadia: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island.

French Canadian inhabitants of Acadie, now the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Acadians in mainland Nova Scotia and New Brunswick fell under English rule after the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Those on Cape Breton Island became unwilling subjects of His Majesty after t)he fall of Louisbourg in 1758. In 1755, thousands of Acadians were deported from Nova Scotia, a historical tragedy memorialized by the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne in his epic poem, Evangeline. Thousands of Acadiens hid in the woods, escaped the English, or made their way back after deportation and live today in New Brunswick, mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, and Newfoundland.