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Canon may refer to:
- Canon (fiction), a body of works considered genuine or official within a fictional universe
- Canon (company), a Japanese imaging and optical products corporation
- Canon (music), a contrapuntal composition which employs a melody with one or more imitations
- Canon (priest), a Christian priest who belongs to one of certain chapters
- Canon (hymnography), a type of Eastern Orthodox hymn
- Canon (manga), a shōjo manga by Chika Shiomi
- Canon (game), an online Browser-based strategy war game
- Canon, Georgia, a city in Franklin County, Georgia, United States
- Cañon or canyon, a deep valley between cliffs
Canon may also be used for:
- Canon law
- Aesthetic canon
- Biblical canon
- Taoist canon or Daozang
- Pali Canon
- Chinese Buddhist Canon
- Tibetan Buddhist canon
- Chinese classic texts or Chinese canonical texts
- Canon of the Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer of the Roman Rite
- Western canon, the books, music, and art that have been the most influential in shaping Western culture
- The Canon of Medicine, a medical text written by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
- Canon of Eclipses, a compilation eclipses by Theodor Ritter von Oppolzer
- Film canon, the limited number of masterpieces by which all other films are judged
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