Cañar (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɲaɾ]) is a province in Ecuador.

At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184.

[3] It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari.

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[4] The province is divided into 7 cantons.

The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.