It’s only been Canada since 1928. Prior to that New Foundland was an independent country, eh?
Completely off topic, but — I knew a guy who married a woman from Russia. She basically spoke no English at all. Could not have a conversation with her, she would just shake her head.
However, it was challenging to speak with him as well. As far as I could tell, he had been in the US for a long time, but his English was awful, his accent was about as bad as hers. I felt like I understood about 10% of what he said.
Turns out he was a Canadian from Newfoundland. I thought he was Russian, like his wife. Nope. But she was strictly mail-order and left him before long.
My Aunt served in the RCAF during WWII. Part of her enlistment was served in Newfoundland. At the time it was considered overseas duty. Newfoundland became Canada's 10th province in 1949.