• La Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse ( FANE ) is the oldest provincial association serving the Acadian community of this province. Incorporated on October 14th, 1968 the Acadian Federation represents the interests of all Nova Scotia Acadians and French-speaking citizens.

• Faithful to its mandate as a community organization, it is structured to ensure the full participation of the community in its planning and management activities.

• The Fédération acadienne also brings additional partners together on a yearly basis to update the Acadian community’s five year Strategic Development Plan. (2009-2014)

•The Fédération acadienne’s principal roles are: offering support to its member associations and the broader Acadian community, representing and lobbying on behalf of its members, facilitating community dialogue and consultation, communications, research and development.

In Nova Scotia, certain government institutions have been mandated, by the French-Language Services Act, to ensure that they are able to provide services in the French language to the French-language community.  All too often, French-speaking residents claim they have been unable to get service in their official language.

In 2009, Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FANE) undertook a study to determine the level of French-language services in Federal institutions designated as bilingual.  Following the success of that two-year endeavour, FANE has redoubled its efforts with a second survey, this time aimed at provincial government services.  The results of that survey may be viewed by following this link.


Our Global Development Plan 2009-2014 was launched on October 23 2010 during our Annual Meeting.  It is the result of two community forums held in 2008 and 2009 by all of our member organizations.

During these forums, the community established five main forums: Our Acadian and Francophone population in Nova Scotia, Our Acadian and Francophone Environment (living in French 24 hours a day), Our Acadian and Francophone Identity and Culture, Our Community Leadership and Our Organizational Capacity (efficiency and effectiveness).

The object of these forums is to give the Acadian and Francophone community in Nova Scotia a Global Development Plan which truly reflects the needs and desires of the community.  It will serve as a tool for negociations and to raise awareness.  You can view the Global Development Plan 2009-2014 here.