Canéjan (French pronunciation: [kaneʒɑ̃] ⓘ; Gascon: Canejan, before 1987: Canéjean)[3] is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Canéjan is located 11.4 km southwest of Bordeaux.

The commune borders Cestas (southwest), Gradignan (northeast), Pessac (north), and Léognan (southeast).

On 20 August 1949, 29 people from Canéjan died at Le Puch (Cestas), while fighting a fire which killed 82 and burned 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres).

In September 1949, General Charles de Gaulle came in Canéjan to visit firefighters' graves.