| Official Name: | Tulcán Canton |
| Settlement Type: | Canton |
| Image Map1: | Tulcan in Carchi (Ecuador).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Tulcán Canton in Carchi Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Ecuador |
| Subdivision Name1: | Carchi Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tulcán |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1812 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 92375 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | ECT |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 0.8117°N -77.7186°W |
Tulcán Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in Carchi Province. Its capital is the city of Tulcán. The population of the canton in the 2001 census was 77,175[2] and 86,498 in the 2010 census.[3] The area of the canton is 1812sqkm.
Most of the population of the canton is in the Andes, especially in the city and surroundings of Tulcán, but the land area stretches into the Andes foothills to the west. Tulcan has the highest elevation of any city in Ecuador, 2950m (9,680feet) above sea level. The northern limit of the canton is the border with Colombia with the most important land passage between the two countries at Rumichaca Bridge.
The canton is sub-divided into ten parishes: El Carmelo (El Pun), El Chical, Julio Andrade (Orejuela), Maldonado, Pioter, Santa Martha de Cuba, Tobar Donoso (La Bocana de Camumbi), Tufiño, Tulcán, and Urbina (Taya).[4]
Richard Carapaz, winner of the Giro d'Italia and the first Ecuadorian to win a Grand Tour of cycling was born in El Carmelo.
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[5]