The Caniçada Dam (Portuguese: Barragem da Caniçada/HICA-Hidroeléctrica do Cávado-Caniçada; Portuguese pronunciation: [bɐˈʁaʒɐ̃j dɐ kɐniˈsaðɐ]) is a concrete arch dam on the Cávado River, the civil parish of Parada do Bouro, in the municipality of Vieira do Minho, in the Portuguese Norte (district of Braga).

[2] In 196, approval was obtained to begin a program of observation of the dam, as proposed by the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Civil Engineering National Laboratory).

The volume of the dam is 90,000 cubic metres (3,200,000 cu ft).

[2][1] At full reservoir level of 163 metres (535 ft) the reservoir of the dam has a surface area of 783 square kilometres (302 sq mi) of 6.89 (5.78)[3] km2 and a total capacity of 170.6 mio.

The power station contains 2 Francis turbine-generators with 31 MW (34 MVA) each in an underground powerhouse 134[5] m below the surface.