More specifically, would a resident of say, Massachusetts, view a resident of Nova Scotia in the same way that he would view a resident of Virginia? Or was the fact that most Canadian's were French subjects until 1763 mean that they were viewed more as foreigners?
Also, was there any attempt to involve any of the provinces in the Revolution? If not, why not?
Edit in title: *Province
The future provinces of Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island were invited to join the Revolution, but either declined or didn't respond. Source.
As for how they were seen, I can't answer that as authoritatively, and someone else might be able to provide a more in depth answer, but Quebec certainly was seen as something of a foreign land since it had only joined British North America little more than a decade before the Revolution broke out. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island had been part of British territory for about 50 years longer, but they still had originated as French territory, so there was some disconnect between the future Canadian provinces and the future American states. Source.