http://www.angelfire.com/geek/APRACE/glossary.htmlfor one of the possible origins.
http://www.canuckabroad.com/is a website created by a Canadian (without a French version, btw)
another one:
http://www.canuck.ws/?browse=/Regional/North_... (again without a French version)
the term is familiar to me from stories dating back to WWII, and refers generally to 'Canadian'. No reference was ever made in any of these stories to 'specially Franco-Canadian'.
googling for Canuck and Franco-Canadian gets 98 hits,
Canuck and French-Canadian gets 838 hits,
Canuck and Canadian gets 148,000 hits.
References to 'specially Franco-Canadian' appear to be circulating only in dictionaries. Usage in the field does not reflect this at all.
Fehlereinsendung is right, and supported