Canton

Canton may refer to:

Administrative divisions

• Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries
• Township (Canada), known as canton in Canadian French

Arts and entertainment

• Canton (band), an Italian synth pop group
• "Canton" (song) by Japan
• Canton, a fictional town in "Jaynestown", an episode of Firefly

Design

• Canton (building), a corner pilaster
• Canton (flag), an emblem placed in the top left quarter of a flag
• Canton (heraldry), a square or other charge (symbol) occupying the upper left corner of a coat of arms
• Canton porcelain, Chinese ceramic ware

People

• Canton (surname), and list of people with the surname
• Canton Jones, American Christian music/hip-hop artist

Places

Canada

• Canton, New Brunswick, a community in Drummond Parish, New Brunswick
• Canton, Ontario

China

• Guangdong (Canton Province), province in southern China
• Guangzhou (Canton City), capital of Guangdong Province
• Canton River (Pearl River), a river in southern China near Guangzhou
• Canton Road, Hong Kong

United States

• Canton, Connecticut
• Canton, Georgia
• Canton, Illinois
• Canton, Indiana
• Canton, Iowa
• Canton, Kansas
• Canton, Maine
• Canton, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood and park
• Canton, Massachusetts
• Canton, Michigan
• Canton, Minnesota
• Canton, Mississippi
• Canton, Missouri
• Canton, Montana, a former town now situated under Canyon Ferry Lake
• Canton, New Jersey
• Canton, New York, a town
• Canton (village), New York
• Canton, North Carolina
• Canton City, North Dakota
• Canton, Ohio
• Canton, Oklahoma
• Canton, Pennsylvania
• Canton, South Dakota
• Canton, Texas
• Canton, West Virginia
• Canton, Wisconsin, a town
• Canton, Barron County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Canton River (United States), a river in Canton, Massachusetts, United States
• Canton Township (disambiguation)

Other countries

• Canton, Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • Canton (Cardiff electoral ward)
• Canton Island, Kiribati

Other uses

• Canton (1790 EIC ship), an East Indiaman
• Canton (basketball), a 1906–1907 basketball team in Canton, Ohio, US
• Canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored liqueur
• Canton Fair, a biannual trade fair in Canton (Guangzhou), China
• Canton System, a Chinese trade policy from 1757 to 1842
• Canton System (Prussia), unrelated to the above - a system of recruitment to the Prussian Army
• A metonym for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, located in Canton, Ohio, US
• Canton Electronics, German loudspeaker manufacturer

See also

• New Canton, Illinois
• West Canton, North Carolina
• East Canton, Ohio
• North Canton, Ohio
• Cantoning, the division of soldiers into groups for the purpose of billeting on campaign or to garrison a territory
• Kanton (disambiguation)
• Cantone (disambiguation)
• Cantonist, sons of Russian conscripts who were educated in special canton schools
• East Cantons, a region of eastern Belgium
• Afrin Canton, one of the cantons of the autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria
• Shahba Canton, one of the cantons of the autonomous Democratic Federation of Northern Syria
• Pancit canton, a Philippine noodle dish

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