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Canadianization 
1 n. the process of bringing persons to adopt Canadian customs, language, and traditions so that they may identify themselves as Canadians.
- 1929 . . . it is at the root of this matter of assimilation and Canadianization.
- 1963 The increase in variety of course made more imperative and more challenging the process of Canadianization and also the problem of Canadian identity.
2 n. the movement to displace American investments in Canada with Canadian capital.
- 1958 Yet in proposing "Canadianization" of powerful U.S. subsidiaries in Canada, the commission was more in tune with the Tories than the St. Laurent Liberals. . . .
- 1964 His budget makes some marginal changes in the incentives he offered last year for the expansion and "Canadianization" of the economy.
- 1929 . . . it is at the root of this matter of assimilation and Canadianization.