Canhusen is a small village in the region of East Frisia, in Lower Saxony, Germany, between Loppersum and Wirdum.

Administratively, it is an Ortsteil of the municipality of Hinte, of which it is located to the northeast.

At the village, there is a borg from the chieftain Folkmar Allena.

This chief ultimately lost his power to Ocko II tom Brok.

[1] The Church of Canhusen was built in 1789 and has a bell from the former Sielmönken Monastery.