Brayons are a
francophone people inhabiting the area in and around
Edmundston,
New Brunswick,
Canada. In French, they are called or feminine , and both terms are also used as adjectives, as in
Brayon culture, or . 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.