Thousands of ‘lost Canadians’ have applied for dual citizenship – is Canada ready?

Growing up, his father was fiercely proud of their French-sounding name, and as well as the history of the Acadian people, their culture and music. The Acadians were French settlers in the eastern part of Canada. When Britain took control of the region in the mid-18th Century, about 10,000 Acadians were expelled to the United States, settling in New England but also places like Louisiana.