| Official Name: | Kankakee Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | LaPorte |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 30.69 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 30.55 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 4739 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 158.1 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 232 |
| Elevation Ft: | 761 |
| Coordinates: | 41.6486°N -86.6503°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-39186[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453521 |
Kankakee Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,739 (down from 4,830 at 2010[4]) and it contained 1,579 housing units.
The first settlements were made in Kankakee Township in the 1830s.[5] The northeast corner of LaPorte, Indiana, is located within the southwestern corner of the township.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.54%) is land and (or 0.46%) is water.[4]