The Acadians today live predominantly in the Canadian Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia), as well as parts of Quebec, Canada, and in Louisiana and Maine, United States. In New Brunswick, Acadians inhabit the northern and eastern shores of New Brunswick.

What is Acadia called today?

Although both settlements were short-lived, they mark the beginnings of a French presence in the area that the French called Acadie (Acadia) and that today comprises eastern Maine and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

When did Acadia end?

After the Treaty of Paris (1763) left the British in undisputed possession of Canada, Acadia ceased to exist as a political unit, and a number of Acadians found their way back to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.