Article 10 of the Treaty of Utrecht

all Nova Scotia or Acadie, with its antient (sic) Boundaries; as also the City of Port Royal, now called Annapolis Royal, and all other things in those Parts, which depend on the said Lands and Islands; together with the Dominion, Propriety, and Possession of the said Islands, Lands, and Places; and all Right whatsoever, by Treaties, or by any other way obtained, which the most Christian King, the Crown of France, or any of the Subjects thereof, have hitherto had to the said Islands, Lands, and Places, and the Inhabitants of the same, are yielded and made over to the Queen of Great Britain and to her Crown for ever.

Cession de l'Acadie (11 avril 1713) - Art. 12 : «Le roi très chrétien devra livrer à la reine de la Gr.-Bret. la N.-É. ou l'Acadie entière, comprise dans ses anciennes limites, et aussi la cité de Port-Royal, maintenant Annapolis-Royal... et ensemble tout ce qui dépend des dites terres et îles de ce pays.»

Note that in the above English and French language versions of the Treaty, Queen Anne is (properly) described as the Queen of Great Britain. The Treaty of Utrecht was made 6 years after the Treaty of Union. The manner of referring to Louis XVI as "the Most Christian King" may seem curious to the casual reader in the 21st century, but in the 18th, this was merely the accepted formal way of referring to the King of France, a title originally accorded to the 9th century Charles the Great (Charlemagne).

Concessions by Queen Anne concerning the continuity of land tenure and freedom of movement by former French subjects in return for the release of political prisoners ("religious prisoners") by Louis XIV.

Concessions de la reine Anne (23 juin 1713) : - elle a demandé à Louis XIV la mise en liberté de prisonniers, détenus aux galères pour cause de religion réformée ; - sa demande est agréée. - En reconnaissance, elle fait écrire à Nicholson, gouverneur de la N.-É. : - «C'est notre vouloir et bon plaisir que ceux de nos sujets qui ont des propriétés en notre gouvernement d'Acadie et T.-N, aient le droit de conserver leurs terres, d'en jouir sans être molestés, ou de les vendre, s'ils préfèrent se retirer ailleurs».