One of my ancestors was an Acadian, (some of the first Eurpean settlers to Canada) His brothers and sisters (and families) were deportated to New England ( out of Canada) during the Acadian Deportation of 1755. At the time, the British declaired it illegal for any Acadian to be at large...and they could be captured, deported, or killed on site. He avoided deportation, was unarmed when shot by British troops while he was tending his fields on his farm. His wife and two children survived a fled to safe haven inside Canada. Most of his deported relatives eventually came back to Canada....save one who went back to France and one to Quebec.