Canova is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.

[4] The community is located on the west bank of the Rio Grande.

It is named after the extensive irrigation in the area, as it means "sluice" in Spanish.

[5] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of 0.864 square miles (2.24 km2); 0.845 square miles (2.19 km2) of its area is land, and 0.019 square miles (0.049 km2) is water.

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