[3] Can-avid was created in 1948 from the barrios of Can-avid, Carolina, Barok, Cansangaya, Mabuhay, Camantang, Canilay, Pandol and Balagon, formerly part of Dolores, Eastern Samar, by virtue of Republic Act No.

[5] Can-avid is politically subdivided into 28 barangays.

In the 2020 census, the population of Can-avid, Eastern Samar, was 21,682 people,[3] with a density of 75 inhabitants per square kilometre or 190 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty incidence of Can-avid Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

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