Canning played a number of sports as a student at the Cistercian College in Roscrea.
[1] Canning began his club hurling career at juvenile and underage levels with Portumna, before making his senior team debut in 2017.
[2] On the inter-county scene, Canning first appeared for Galway during a two-year tenure with the minor team.
He scored 2-02 and was man of the match when Galway defeated Cork in the 2017 All-Ireland minor final.
[4] Canning put his hurling career on hold when he joined Northern Suburbs Rugby Club in Sydney in January 2018.