Caniço (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈnisu]) is a parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands.

[2] Caniço is connected to the urban sprawl of Funchal and is larger than the seat of the municipality.

It is located 6 km east of Funchal.

On 17 April 2019, a tour bus crashed on a road near Caniço, killing 29 people.

This Madeira location article is a stub.