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search Brayon, Brayonne Regions with significant populations
Canada, concentrated in the Madawaska region of New Brunswick.
Primarily Roman Catholic Related ethnic groups  Brayons are a
francophone people inhabiting the area in and around Edmundston,
New Brunswick, Canada. In French, they are called les Brayons or
feminine les Brayonnes, and both terms are also used as
adjectives, as in Brayon culture, or la culture brayonne. Given
their location in New Brunswick, a Canadian Maritime province,
they are considered by many to be Acadians; however most
residents relate more to Quebec and the majority have strong
roots and ancestral ties to Quebec as compared to Acadia,
considering that at one point the Madawaska region was
considered part of Quebec.  The Brayons view themselves as
neither Acadian nor Québécois, affirming that they are a
distinctive culture with a history and heritage linked to
farming and forestry in the Madawaska area, unlike both the p