| Official Name: | Machala Canton |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Image Map1: | Cantones de El Oro.png |
| Map Caption1: | Cantons of El Oro Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Ecuador |
| Subdivision Name1: | El Oro Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
| Subdivision Name2: | Machala |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 372.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 census |
| Population Total: | 306309 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | ECT |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | -3.2667°N -137°W |
Machala Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the El Oro Province. Its capital is the town of Machala. Its population at the 2001 census was 217,696.[2]
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[3]