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colonization society Hist. 
a society which bought land for settlement by its members.
- 1878 The Hudson's Bay Company has intimated to an Ontario colonization society that it will carry its members as passengers on the river steamboats if they will settle on the Saskatchewan.
- 1929 The colonization society, which made its appearance about 1850, was a prominent result.
- 1878 The Hudson's Bay Company has intimated to an Ontario colonization society that it will carry its members as passengers on the river steamboats if they will settle on the Saskatchewan.