The word canon may mean:

• About the church:
  • Canon law, a rule or law of the church
  • A Canon (church), a member of the Chapter of a cathedral or other large church
  • Canon, a list of all saints
• Canon (music), music in which two or more parts ("voices") imitate one another
• Canon (fiction), in fiction, all the plots and events that are part of the narrative
• Canon (company), a Japanese camera company
• Canon, Georgia, a small city in northeast Georgia (USA)