Canard is the French word for "duck." The term canard was not meant to refer to any particular structure of the aircraft. It was originally used to describe the long neck, duck-like look of an airplane with a small lifting surface in front of the main wings. So I would think that foreplane would be the more accurate term to describe a lifting surface that is in front.

This is my Sig Tristar with OS .25fp. It has a flat-plate airfoil foreplane with a chord that measures 5" at the root and 3" at the tip and about 3 degrees incidence (too much incidence in my opinion). It loops in about 10 feet and is very aerobatic. It even does a nice flat spin that recovers immediately after I let go of the sticks. It's ability to flatspin really surprised me since it doesn't have rudder control.