| Canas | |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cusco |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Yanaoca |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Juan Francisco Melendez Nina (2007) |
| Area Total Km2: | 2103.76 |
| Population Total: | 42368 |
| Population Footnotes: | |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 0805 |
Canas Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
The La Raya mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below:[1]
The province is divided into eight districts (Spanish; Castilian: distritos, singular: distrito), each of which is headed by a mayor (alcalde). The districts, with their capitals in parentheses, are:
The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (91.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.13% of the residents started speaking in Spanish.[2]