In 2010, the population of the region was 2,009 people, and they are mainly fishers and agricultural workers.

The main town in the area takes the same name as the district and is located down the western coast from Castries, the capital of the country.

[1][3][4][5] The name Kanawe is derived from the Amerindian word for cooking pots, in the past Canaries had a large sugar plantation that ran inland up the valley that stretches in an easterly direction from the village.

Records show that Canaries has existed since 1763 and the original settlers came from the neighboring island of Martinique.

[5] The Canaries District is represented in the House of Assembly of Saint Lucia by the Honorable Wayne D. Girard, Parliamentary Representative for the Anse La Raye/Canaries electoral constituency.