Canadian is on the eastern side of the Texas Panhandle, close to the border with Oklahoma.

[7] A portion of the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away was filmed in Canadian.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Canadian has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), all land.

[6] Nic Garcia of the Texas Tribune characterized Canadian as having "a sense of isolation.

[10] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,339 people, 908 households, and 627 families residing in the city.

As of the census[3] of 2000, 2,233 people, 869 households, and 625 families resided in the city.

About 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.