Kaniv Nature Reserve (Ukrainian: Канівський природний заповідник) is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a portion of the right bank of the Dnieper River, and two floodplain islands in the river itself.

[1] The reserve is a unit of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and is located in Cherkasy Oblast.

[1] The hills on the right bank (west side) of the Dnieper are forested and represent the majority of the reserve.

The animals are those typical of the forest steppe, including roe deer, badgers, and marten.

Two rooms in the museum house a tribute to the Ukrainian scientist Mykola Biliashivsky.