He was a leader of the Acadians renowned for the decision he made during the Deportation of the Acadians. He was deported on a vessel known as the "Duke William". The sinking of the "Duke William" was one of the worst marine disasters in the Canadian history. The captain of the "Duke William", William Nichols, described Noel Doiron as the "head prisoner" of the doomed vessel and of being revered as the "father" to all Acadians on Ile Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island). For his "noble resignation" and self-sacrifice aboard the "Duke William". He also is the namesake of the village Noel, Nova Scotia and the surrounding communities of Noel Shore, East Noel, (also known as Densmore Mills), Noel Road and North Noel Road.

He lived most his childhood in the Parish of Sainte-Famille (present-day Falmouth, Nova Scotia). During Queen Anne's War in June 1704, at the age of 20, he was taken prisoner by Colonel Benjamin Church. Colonel Church came from Boston, Massachusetts and torched Acadian hamlets in an expedition that raided Grand-Pre, Pisguit (present-day Windsor, Nova Scotia) and Beaubassin. When Church returned to New England, he boosted that only five dwellings remained in all Acadia. Church made no distinctions between Canada, Native Americans or Acadians. They were all enemies. At this time, Church transported approximately 100 Acadian prisoners to Boston including Noel Doiron and his future Marie Henry. While forcibly removed from their home, Noel, Marie and the other Acadian hostages were initially permitted to roam freely in the streets of Boston, much to the dismay of New Englanders. The first group of Acadian prisoners were returned to Acadia in 1705. Noel and Marie Doiron were delayed in return because the New Englanders refused to release the notorious privateer Pierre Masonnait dit Baptiste. After two years in exile, Noel and the other Acadian prisoners finally returned to Acadia along with Pierre Masonnait. They arrived at Port-Royal on September 18, 1706. Within three days of their arrival, Noel and Marie had their first child, who was born while imprisoned in Boston, and baptized at Port-Royal. A marriage ceremony quickly followed. By 1714, Noel Doiron and his family were established in Vila Noel, Nova Scotia. The Doiron family grew to include five sons and three daughters --- one son died in Vila Noel before 1746. The three daughters would marry and leave the village while the surviving sons married and remained with their parents. Doiron lived in the village for 40 years. During the time he and his family built dykes that still exist in the community as well as chapel at Burntcoat Head, Nova Scotia (formerly known as Steeple Point). As with most Acadians in the Cobequid region, Noel Doiron was likely a cattle farmer involved in supporting trade with the French Fortress of Louisbourg. In the early spring of 1750, he and residents of Noel, Nova Scotia, followed the direction of Jean-Louis Le Loutre and left the Cobequid and migrated to Pointe Prime, Ile-Saint-Jean (present-day Eldon, Prince Edward Island). Noel was followed by the other Acadians along the East Hants, Nova Scotia shore, such as those Acadians at present day Selma and Maitland, Nova Scotia. The shore was vacated by the end of 1750. Noel and other Acadians joined a larger migrants of the Copequid Acadians out of British-occupied mainland Nova Scotia. After the establishment of Halifax in 1749, Acadians wanted to leave the Cobequid for several reasons: they feared deportation to unknown colonies, the loss of civil liberties, religious intolerance, and aboriginal hostility. Noel left despite the fact that the British had imposed strict travel restrictions on the movement of Acadians. They were forbidden to travel beyond mainland Nova Scotia, and blockades were erected. Travel by boat impossible as all Acadian vessel leaving Mines Basin were seized by the Crown. Travels on roads was prohibited and groups of British soldiers were sent throughout the Mines Basin to ensure the travel ban was enforced. Public meetings were also forbidden and all firearms were confiscated, Noel and Marie Doiron spent eight years at Pointe Prime, Ile Saint-Jean. On October 20, 1758, he and most of the other inhabitants from the Noel Bay embarked for passage from Ile Saint-Jean to France on the "Duke William". Captain Nichols wrote that he and his crew, "...laid off the ship about half an hour, when their cries, and waving us to be gone, almost broke our hearts." The "Duke William" drifted, according to Nichols, "...till it fell calm, and as [it] went down decks blew up. The noise was like the explosion of a gun, or a loud clap of thunder." The "Duke William" sank about 20 leagues from the coast of France in the English Channel shortly after 4:00 p.m. on December 13, 1758. Noel Doiron died on the board along with his wife, Marie, five of their children with their spouses and over thirty grandchildren.