Here’s some details on the bill. The Acadian Expulsion happened about 100 years before Canada became an independent country. So your ancestors would not have been Canadian citizens during the deportation. I am not an immigration lawyer though. There is a contact page on the immigration site, you could just ask them.
Efflixi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I hadn’t actually considered that. That very likely makes me ineligible actually. Thinking about it like that, I doubt any of my ancestors were ever actually Canadian. I’d forgotten about the fact Canada wasn’t an independent country yet so they wouldn’t qualify and therefore I wouldn’t either.
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Please read the Canadian citizenship subreddit. You might be eligible still.
www.reddit.com/r/…/french_acadian/
reddit.com/…/some_information_regarding_the_ongoi…
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
www.genealogiequebec.com has documents for Acadia with family files based on the original parish records of Acadia and covers from 1621 to 1849.