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Originally Posted by Architype
It may be a term more common in French, but normally I have never heard, for example, Newfoundland or any other province described as a province before confederation. There may be a little revisionist propaganda here.
edit: However, although it appears foreign today, apparently the term was used at that time, specifically for Quebec; "The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Great Britain" (Wikipedia)
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Yes, the narrower usage you are referring to developed long after the period in question. "Province" could be used to refer to any type of possession. For example, the Province of Canada was one of the entities that were amalgamated to form the new Dominion of Canada in 1867, from which the new provinces of Quebec, Ontario, etc. were then created.