In the second half of the 17th  century, Kanjiza was completely deserted by the Serbs: merely the walls of the ruining ancient fortification marked the village. By the fall of Otoman Empire the Roman Catholic alliance,- headed by the Habsurg dominated Austria, - liberated most of the territory of Hungary in 1686. Kanjiza was liberated on October 20 of the same year, and this day is still celebrated as the day of the municipality. During the liberation war against the Turks the Hungarians left even Martonos. The Vienna war council, depending on the state of emergency, settled first Martonos (in 1687) than -after the Karloca Peace Treaty (1699)-, Kanjiza with migrated Serbs who were engaged as border guard soldiers. The soldiers were organized in cavalrly and infantry troops and renewed the Kanjiza and Martonos fortifications that became part of the Tisa region border guard system in 1700. The newly settled Kanjiza fortification, that was called Foldvar (FEUDVAR, 1560) in the times of the Turkish Empire, was named OKANIZSA (Vetus-, Alt-, Stara Kanjiza).
During the early years of the 18th century the Turks were expelled from the left (Bansag) banks of the Tisa, so the river ceized to be a border, therefore, the Tisa border guard region was abolished in 1741 and declared a civilian region in 1751. Part of the border guards left the territory in order to keep their privilages, while a certain number stayed there: they were given land, the officers were declared noblemen and in protecting their collective rights, a Tisa priviliged district was formed, including Martonos and Kanizsa, although this district was part of the Bacs-Bodrog County. Kanizsa was awarded the title of borough and the right to establish a haven. To substitute the migrated Serbs, the Hungarian Chamber settled Hungarians from the north part of the country to Kanizsa in 1753 and to Martonos in 1771 and later, in 1772, to Horgos. The legal status of Hungarians was equalled with the Serbs in 1774 and from that time on, Okanizsa - due to the prevailing number of its population - was known also as Magyarkanizsa (Hungarian Kanizsa, while the neighbouring Rev- , later Kiskanizsa on the opposite bank of the river, was attributed with "Torok" /Turkish/ after 1699, and this name was kept even after 1718 untill recent days). The Puszta of Adorjan was anexed to Kanizsa in 1700 and the Kanizsa farmers started to utilize it in the second half of the 17th century, while later tobacco grower cotters settled and reconstructed the settlement from the Middle ages.

Still, the Revolution created civic equality and fundaments for economic changes: the district was abolished, villeins became farmers and Kanizsa slowly regained its smal-town features. Near the town, close to Adorjan a new settlement was formed: Kishegyes that was later (1904) renamed to Oromhegyes while on the south-west side disperesed farms started to grow. After the Reconciliation (1867) the progress was rapid: by the end of the eighties Kanizsa had twice as much houses as in 1848 and was connected by railroad to the neighbouring Zenta and Szeged and also to other parts of the country and the world. From its own funds, the municipality finished the construction of the river damn (1856), drainaged and embanked Nagyret (Large Meadow), then, together with other districts, bought off from the state the public meadows in 1870. The meadows were not divided among the farmers, they could only rent it, and the income from the rent was used to cover the ever raising public charges.