Canton

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Canton may refer to:

Administrative divisions

• Canton (country subdivision), territorial/administrative subdivision in some countries, notably Switzerland
• Township (Canada), known as canton in Canadian French

Place names

Australia

• Canton Beach, New South Wales, Australia

Canada

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

China

• Guangdong (former official name: Kwangtung), or Canton Province, a province in southern China
• Guangzhou (former official name: Canton), capital of Guangdong Province

Kiribati

• Canton Island, Kiribati

United States

• Canton, California
• 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 Township (disambiguation)

Wales

• Canton, Cardiff, Wales

Fictional

• Canton, a fictional town in "Jaynestown", an episode of Firefly

People

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

Other uses

• Canton (building), a corner pilaster
• Canton (flag), any quarter of a flag
• Canton (heraldry), a charge placed in the upper dexter corner
• Canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored liqueur
• Canton (military), soldiers encamped waiting for action are cantoned
• Canton River or Pearl River, a river in southern China near Guangzhou
• Canton River (United States), a river in Canton, Massachusetts, United States
• Canton Fair
• Canton System
• "Canton", a song by Japan from Tin Drum

See also

• List of places named after Guangzhou
• Cantone, a Swiss village
• Cantonment, a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters
• Cantonist
• Kanton (disambiguation)
• East Cantons
• Eric Cantona
• East Canton, Ohio
• Eastern Townships
• New Canton, Illinois
• North Canton, Ohio
• West Canton, North Carolina
• Subdivisions