Caneggio is a former municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

[2] The village had limited farming land, so the local economy was based on alpine pastures and forestry.

[2] Caneggio has an area, as of 1997[update], of 3.53 square kilometers (1.36 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 0.2 km2 (0.077 sq mi) or 5.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.04 km2 (9.9 acres) or 1.1% is either rivers or lakes.

[3] The village is located in the Mendrisio district, on the left side of the Valle di Muggio.

Until 2004 it included the settlement of Campora on the other side of the valley, but it is now part of Castel San Pietro.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure a brach's head couped argent.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[2][9] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 31.33% of the vote.

[10] In the 2007[update] Gran Consiglio election, there were a total of 261 registered voters in Caneggio, of which 188 or 72.0% voted.

[11] There were 142 residents of the village who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 37.3% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 4 or 33.3% were in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 1 or 8.3% were in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 25.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 16.7% were in education.

[13] From the 2000 census[update], 300 or 87.5% were Roman Catholic, while 18 or 5.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.