[4] In June 1973, the Société des Acadiens du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB) was created in Shippagan, resulting from a meeting held the year prior.

[6] In 1979, the organization was involved in the holding of a conference to discuss the creation of an Acadian province separated from New Brunswick,[7][8][9] with proposals being made as early as 1976.

[10] During the 1980 Quebec referendum, SANB expressed support for voting 'yes', with president Jean-Claude Leblanc making an interpretation of the status quo being favored by those voting 'no', stating that it "leads directly, quickly and undeniably to the assimilation of francophones and their disappearance in the more-or-less long term.

"[16] In 2022, SANB criticized the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick for adding two new MLAs from the People's Alliance.

[17] Later that year, calls were made to Premier Blaine Higgs for the removal of Austin from an Official Languages Act examination group by multiple organizations including SANB.