Franco-Columbians are French Canadians or French-speaking Canadians (Francophones) living in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Grand-Pré is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, Nova Scotia. Its French name translates to "Great/Large Meadow" and the community lies at the eastern edge of the Annapolis Valley several kilometres east of the town of Wolfville on a peninsula jutting into the Minas Basin surrounded by extensive dyked farm fields, framed by the Gaspereau and Cornwallis Rivers. The community was made famous by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Evangeline and is today home to the Grand-Pré National Historic Site. On June 30, 2012, the Landscape of Grand-Pré was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
CIFA-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 104.1 FM in Clare, Nova Scotia. It is a francophone community radio station for the region's Acadian community.
UNI Financial Cooperation is the operating name of the Caisse populaire acadienne ltée, a collective of Francophone credit unions based in New Brunswick, Canada, and active mainly in that province's Acadian region. Its headquarters are in Caraquet.
École secondaire de Par-en-Bas is a Canadian French high school located in Tusket, Yarmouth County in the province of Nova Scotia, for Acadian students. The school hosts grades 7 through 12, with approximately 400 students. The construction of an amphitheater/community center as an addition to the school was completed in 2011.
Zachary Richard, CM, is a Cajun singer/songwriter and poet. His music is a combination of Cajun and Zydeco musical styles.
The Acadians are the descendants of the French settlers, and sometimes the Indigenous peoples, of parts of Acadia in the northeastern region of North America comprising what is now the Canadian Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, a Gaspé, in Quebec, and to the Kennebec River in southern Maine.
Phil Comeau, CM is a Canadian film and television director, born in Saulnierville, Nova Scotia. He lives in Moncton, New Brunswick and Montreal, Quebec.
Pierre E. Belliveau was a physician and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1963 as a Liberal member.
The Place d’Acadie is a public square in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, dedicated on 8 March 1984 by the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, and by the president of an association called "Les Amitiés Acadiennes", Philippe Rossillon. It is located near the Mabillon metro station, where the Boulevard Saint-Germain intersects the Rue du Four and the Rue de Buci.
École Rose-des-Vents is a Francophone school located in Greenwood, Nova Scotia operated by the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP).
Jean-Mandé Sigogne was a French Catholic priest, who moved to Canada after the Revolution and became known for his missionary work among the Acadians of Nova Scotia.
École acadienne de Truro is a Canadian francophone public school in Truro, Nova Scotia. It is operated by Conseil scolaire acadien provincial. Created in 1997, the École acadienne de Truro was the first francophone public school in central Nova Scotia.
Pisiguit is the pre-expulsion-period Acadian region located along the banks of the Pisiquit River from its confluence with the Minas Basin of Acadia, which is now Nova Scotia, including the St. Croix River drainage area. Settlement in the region commenced simultaneous to the establishment of Grand-Pré. Many villages spread rapidly eastward along the river banks. These settlements became known as Pisiguit or. The name is from the Mi'kmaq Pesaquid, meaning "Junction of Waters". In 1714, there were 351 people there.
Anselme Chiasson was a Catholic priest, educator and writer in New Brunswick. Chiasson made significant contributions to the recording of Acadian history and folklore.
Darrell Samson is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He is a former superintendent of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial, Nova Scotia's Acadian and Francophone school board.
Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse is an Acadian newspaper published in southwest Nova Scotia, Canada.
Marie-Colombe Robichaud is a Canadian writer living in Nova Scotia. Her work concerns itself with preserving the Acadian language and culture.
Germaine Comeau is a Canadian writer of Acadian descent.
